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Awards & Results:
Medusa 2007:
The Medusa Mythology Exam Committee is proud to present the winners in its 2007 Achievement Awards Program. Achievement Awards winners were selected based on an overall score in the competition, which included a teacher recommendation, Medusa test score and points awarded for composistions of not more than 250 words. This year's topic was: "In honor of Medusa. create a new mythological story that hinges on a character's physical appearance."
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Congratulations to the 2007 Achievement Awards Winners:
$750 Minerva Award – Kelly Paul, Conrad Weiser High School, Womelsdorf, PA (Diane Rurode, Teacher)
$550 Apollo Award – Victoria Neuman, Madeira High School, Cincinnati, OH (Kay Fluharty, Teacher)
$300 Nike Award – Lucy Tan, Sydney Girls High School, Sydney, AUSTRALIA (Karyn Moon, teacher)
$100 Musa Award – Will Ladnier, Martin Luther King Magnet School, Nashville, TN (Nancy Howell, Teacher)
$100 Musa Award – Kavinda Wewegama, Northside College Prep High School,Chicago, IL (Chester Tylinski, Teacher)
$100 Musa Award – Carly Silver, Weston High School, Weston, CT (Amanda Telford, Teacher)
$100 Musa Award – Imran Husain, Park View High School, Sterling, VA (Paul Perrot, Teacher)
Medusa 2006:
The Medusa Mythology Exam Committee is proud to present the winners in its 2006 Achievement Awards Program. Achievement Awards winners were selected based on an overall score in the competition, which included a teacher recommendation, Medusa test score and points awarded an essay of not more than 250 words that addressed the topic, “ Imagine that Eurystheus had demanded a thirteenth labor and tell that story .” In the case of a tie in total points, the entry with the higher-scoring essay was ranked higher.
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Congratulations to the 2006 Achievement Awards Winners:
$750 Minerva Award – Diana Lievsay, Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke , VA (Ruth Cole, Teacher)
$550 Apollo Award – Arden Rogow-Bales, Toronto French School, Toronto , Ontario (Michael Bales, Teacher)
$300 Nike Award – Mimi Lu, Sydney Girls’ High School,
Sydney , Australia (Dorothy Healey, Teacher)
$100 Musa Award – Alexandra Perez, Thomas Jefferson School for Science & Technology, Fairfax, VA (Christine Conklin, Teacher)
$100 Musa Award – Kelly Paul, Conrad Weiser High School, Womeldorf , PA (Diane Rurode, Teacher)
$100 Musa Award – Philip Katz, Crown Point High School,
Crown Point , IN (Jeremy Walker, Teacher)
Medusa 2004:
The 2004 Medusa Mythology Examination was a great success. What follows are some excerpts from the 2004 Results packet.
Approximately 7,500 from 340 schools across the United States, Canada, Italy, Australia, and Slovenia registered for the April exam.
The exam averages for 2004 are as follows:
Overall Average (students in all levels) 26/50 questions
Lower Level Average (students in Intro, I & II) 24/50 questions
Upper Level Average (students in III-VI, AP) 28/50 questions
There were six perfect papers.
Medusa 2003:
The 2003 Medusa Mythology Examination was a great success. What follows are some excerpts from the 2003 Results packet. Approximately six thousand students from three hundred schools across the United States, Canada, Italy, and Australia registered for the April exam.
The national averages for 2003 are as follows:
Overall Average (students in all levels of Latin) 27/50 questions
Lower Level Average (students in Intro, Latin I & II) 26/50 questions
Upper Level Average (students in Latin III-VI, AP) 29/50 questions
There were nine perfect papers.
Medusa 2002:
The 2002 Medusa Mythology Examination was a great success. What follows are some excerpts from the 2002 Results packet. Approximately seven thousand students from three hundred schools across the United States, Canada, Italy, and Australia registered for the April exam.
The national averages for 2002 are as follows:
Overall Average (students in all levels of Latin) 27/50 questions
Lower Level Average (students in Intro, Latin I & II) 25/50 questions
Upper Level Average (students in Latin III-VI, AP) 29/50 questions
Medusa 2001:
The 2001 Medusa Mythology Examination was a great success. What follows are some excerpts from the 2001 Results packet. Approximately four thousand students from two hundred schools across the United States and Canada registered for the April exam. Fifty percent of all participants received some sort of award (certificate or medal) this year.
The Medusa Mythology Exam purchases medals exclusively from Veneto Sport Awards in Jackson, New Jersey. Veneto carries a nice selection of medals with classical images, imported directly from Italy. The service is *fast* and the staff are friendly, and the prices are downright reasonable. Give them a call at 1-800-476-3575 - we highly recommend them.
The national averages for 2001 are as follows:
Overall Average (students in all levels of Latin) 27/50 questions
Lower Level Average (students in Intro, Latin I & II) 26/50 questions
Upper Level Average (students in Latin III-VI, AP) 29/50 questions
Medusa 2000:
The 2000 Medusa Mythology Examination was a great success. What follows are some excerpts from the 2000 Results packet. Approximately four thousand students from two hundred schools across the United States and Canada registered for the April exam. Fifty percent of all participants received some sort of award (certificate or medal) this year.
The Medusa Mythology Exam purchases medals exclusively from Veneto Sport Awards in Jackson, New Jersey. Veneto carries a nice selection of medals with classical images, imported directly from Italy. The service is *fast* and the staff are friendly, and the prices are downright reasonable. Give them a call at 1-800-476-3575 - we highly recommend them.
The national averages for 2000 are as follows:
Overall Average (students in all levels of Latin) 27.2/50 questions
Lower Level Average (students in Intro, Latin I & II) 25.9/50 questions
Upper Level Average (students in Latin III-VI, AP) 29.7/50 questions
Medusa 1999:
The 1999 Medusa Mythology Examination was a great success. What follows are some excerpts from the 1999 Results packet: The Medusa Mythology Examination Committee is "very pleased with the amount of participation and with the outcome of the examination. Approximately fourteen hundred students at seventy schools across the nation took the examination in April. This is a 350% jump in student participation from last year - wow! We are also excited to announce that student achievement on the Exam has increased in all categories over last year. Fifty percent of all participants received some sort of award (certificate or medal) this year."
The Medusa Mythology Exam purchases medals exclusively from Veneto Sport Awards in Jackson, New Jersey. Veneto carries a nice selection of medals with classical images, imported directly from Italy. The service is *fast* and the staff are friendly, and the prices are downright reasonable. Give them a call at 1-800-476-3575 - we highly recommend them.
The national averages for 1999 are as follows:
Overall Average (students in all levels of Latin) 30.8/50 questions
Lower Level Average (students in Intro, Latin I & II) 28.7/50 questions
Upper Level Average (students in Latin III-VI, AP) 33.8/50 questions
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