In what has become a tradition, `Iolani seniors taking AP Latin Literature met at the fountain just prior to their exam on Friday afternoon. They honored their "choice author," Horace, and his fountain at Bandusia by reciting their version of his famous Ode III.xii which begins:

"O fountain of `Iolani, clearer than glass, worthy of sweet wine not without flowers, tomorrow you will be given a goat whose forehead swollen with first horns destines him for love and battles...."

After offerings of wine, flowers and a goat, the students were more than ready for the rigors of the last exam of the AP exam fortnight.

The results of the 2007 National Latin Exam were announced on May 1, 2007. `Iolani Latin students have again distinguished themselves on the exam. Of 219 students who took the exam, 200 (91%) received an award.  60% of the students who took the exam at level 1 or higher received either a gold or silver medal (Medals are not awarded for the Introductory level of the exam.) `Iolani students received 73 gold medals and 47 silver medals. Nine students achieved the distinction of a perfect score. The results, by level, are as follows:

INTRODUCTORY EXAM LATIN IA

The average `Iolani score was 35.9 and the average national score was 31.

Total Exams      41
Certificate of Outstanding Achievement  27
Certificate of Achievement    11

Perfect Scores:

GUTHRIE ANGELES
SHANON CHAU
BRYSON EMMONS
STRATFORD GOTO
COLE TANIGAWA-LAU
KAITLYN TOM
STEVEN YEE

Only 463 of 16553 test takers achieved a perfect score.

LATIN I  LATIN IB & LATIN I

The average `Iolani score was 33.76 and the average national score was 27.

Total Exams      60
Summa cum laude (+gold medal)   31
Maxima cum laude (+silver medal)   10
Magna cum laude     11
Cum laude      4

Perfect Score:

ZHENGHUA HUANG

Only 426 of 135,000 test takers achieved a perfect score. 

LATIN II

The average `Iolani score was 35.6 and the average national score was28.

Total Exams      39
Summa cum laude (+gold medal)   25
Maxima cum laude (+ silver medal)   7
Magna cum laude     6
Cum laude      1

Perfect Score:

AMY KO

Only 426 of 135,000 test takers achieved a perfect score. 

LATIN III Prose

The average `Iolani score was 27.8 and the average national score was 23.

Total Exams      36
Summa cum laude (+gold medal)   6
Maxima cum laude (+ silver medal)   14
Magna cum laude     8
Cum laude      3

LATIN IV Poetry  A.P. Latin I

 The average `Iolani score was 32.2 and the average national score was 26.

Total Exams      21
Summa cum laude (+ gold medal)   9
Maxima cum laude (+ silver medal)   7
Magna cum laude     2

Five juniors will receive a copy of The Oxford Classical Dictionary at Fall Honors Day as recipients of the Maureen O’Donnell award for having achieved four gold medal performances in four years.

KATE M. IKEHARA
SCOTT K. KANESHIRO
COLLEEN Y.M. LUNDY
MICHELLE K. MORIOKA
BRENNAN A. NACARIO

LATIN V   A.P. Latin II

The average `Iolani score was 33.2 and the average national score was 29.

Total Exams      22
Summa cum laude (+ gold medal)   2
Maxima cum laude (+ silver medal)   10
Magna cum laude     3
Cum laude      3

Two seniors will receive a special book award at Spring Honors Day as recipients of the Carter Stubs Drake Goad award for having achieved five gold medal performances in five years.

TARYN R. NAKAMURA
KERRIE L.Q. YEE