Why is Latin a valuable language to learn? Click here for Mr. Sellers's TEDx Talk (2016) on this subject.
Recent Results from the Tennessee Junior Classical League State Convention
2020: N / A (COVID-19)
2019: 1st place overall (out of 32 schools)
2018: 1st place overall (out of 38 schools)
2017: 1st place overall (out of 37 schools)
2016: 1st place overall (out of 33 schools)
2015: 1st place overall (out of 31 schools)
MUS has finished in first place at this annual statewide Latin competition every year since 2008.
Recent Results from the National Latin Exam
2020: 81 Gold Medals
2018: 1st place overall (out of 38 schools)
2017: 1st place overall (out of 37 schools)
2016: 1st place overall (out of 33 schools)
2015: 1st place overall (out of 31 schools)
MUS has finished in first place at this annual statewide Latin competition every year since 2008.
Recent Results from the National Latin Exam
2020: 81 Gold Medals
2019: 75 Gold Medals
2018: 64 Gold Medals
2017: 85 Gold Medals
2016: 90 Gold Medals
2015: 65 Gold Medals
Over 150,000 students around the world take the NLE each year. Generally speaking, a Summa Cum Laude Gold Medal is awarded to students whose scores place them in the top 10-15%.
Recent Results from the Advanced Placement Latin Exam
Since 2013, 100% of the 110 MUS AP Latin students to take the exam have scored a 3 or above. 101 of the 110 (92%) have scored a 4 or a 5.
Other Results
In addition to the achievements listed above, we have also had numerous winners in recent years in the CAMWS Latin Translation Contest, Bernice Fox Classics Writing Contest, University of Memphis Language Fair, Phaedrus Latin Composition Contest, Medusa Mythology Exam, Humanities Tennessee Letters About Literature Contest, Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association Contest, and the National Junior Classical League online exams.
2018: 64 Gold Medals
2017: 85 Gold Medals
2016: 90 Gold Medals
2015: 65 Gold Medals
Over 150,000 students around the world take the NLE each year. Generally speaking, a Summa Cum Laude Gold Medal is awarded to students whose scores place them in the top 10-15%.
Recent Results from the Advanced Placement Latin Exam
Since 2013, 100% of the 110 MUS AP Latin students to take the exam have scored a 3 or above. 101 of the 110 (92%) have scored a 4 or a 5.
Other Results
In addition to the achievements listed above, we have also had numerous winners in recent years in the CAMWS Latin Translation Contest, Bernice Fox Classics Writing Contest, University of Memphis Language Fair, Phaedrus Latin Composition Contest, Medusa Mythology Exam, Humanities Tennessee Letters About Literature Contest, Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association Contest, and the National Junior Classical League online exams.
