At Redeemer Classical School, we participate annually in local, regional and national academic competitions as a way to challenge our students. These include our school Spelling Bee and Science Fair with winning students moving on to the Regional competitions. In addition, our Griffins take part in multiple country-wide exams, including: the National Greek Exam, the National Latin Exam, the National Mythology Exam, and the Classical Learning Test.
We’re very proud of all of our students for their hard work all year long. CONGRATULATIONS to those that earned local, regional and national honors!
SPELLING BEE
On January 20th, four contestants from each Logic School class advanced victoriously from their classroom spelling bees:
6th Grade
John Gao, Heidi Garman, Jeremiah Michael and Euel Yared
7th Grade
Levi Eller, Adelein Hormel, Rachel Kidd, and Samuel Peters
8th Grade
Hillary Arimoto, Micah Carderelli, Jonathan Eller, and Sadie Houff
On February 10th, these students faced off against one another in the Redeemer Spelling Bee. Students were asked to spell words like, peevish, flybys, conifers, and subsidence. The competition ended with Hillary Arimoto taking third place, Heidi Garman securing second place, and Euel Yared placing first. Euel successfully spelled his winning word, deign.
Euel proceeded to represent Redeemer at the Scripps Regional Bee on March 6th at Skyline Middle School where he placed sixth out of twenty-four contestants. Congratulations to Euel for doing so well at the regional bee and well done to all the Logic School students for their tremendous effort and participation.
REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR
The Shenandoah Valley Regional Science and Engineering Fair was held on March 14th at James Madison University. Nine Redeemer students competed: Hillary Arimoto, Alexander Bucher, Caleb Cain, Jonathan Eller, Peyton Funkhouser, Adelein Hormel, Rachel Kidd, Chloe Ladner, and Qedus Yared. These students did an excellent job presenting their projects, and many awards were earned. Go Griffins!
CATEGORY AWARDS
CHEMISTRY
Hillary Arimoto: Gold Award**
ENVIRONMENTAL
Rachel Kidd: Silver Award
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Chloe Ladner: Gold Award**
Adelein Hormel: Silver Award
Jonathan Eller: Bronze Award
PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY
Qedus Yared: Gold Award**
Peyton Funkhouser: Silver Award
Alexander Bucher: Bronze Award
SPECIAL AWARDS
The Lemelson Early Inventor Award
Adelein Hormel
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)
The Rockbridge Shenandoah chapter gave four awards (of which our students received three) which included monetary awards as well as an invitation to present their projects and be recognized as part of an award ceremony for their first chapter IT Scholarships.
1st place: Alexander Bucher ($150 in gift cards)
3rd place: Qedus Yared ($50 in gift cards)
4th place: Peyton Funkhouser ($25 in gift cards)
** Students who earned the GOLD award also qualify to participate in the National Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, a highly competitive national competition for middle school science fair projects.
NATIONAL GREEK EXAM
Our 10th and 11th Grade students took the National Greek Exam this spring, earning the following awards:
Introduction to Attic Greek (10th Grade)
BLUE RIBBON “HIGHEST MERIT” AWARD
Charlie Loucks
RED RIBBON “HIGH MERIT” AWARD
Jon Bolander
Jackson Ladner
Madison Pascarella
Beginning Attic Greek (11th Grade)
RED RIBBON “HIGH MERIT” AWARD
Maddie Ladner
Nathan Dunaway
NATIONAL LATIN EXAM
In March, our 6th-8th grade students took the National Latin Exam. This 45 minute test covers questions about Latin history, culture, and translation as well as questions about Latin phrases and English derivatives from Latin. Most students who take this test are in high school. Euge, discipuli!
GOLD SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Heidi Garman (6th)
Adelein Hormel (7th)
SILVER MAXIMA CUM LAUDE
Jonathan Eller (8th)
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Cameron Kerns (6th)
Chloe Ladner (8th)
Westyn Lee (6th)
Reuben Houff (6th)
CUM LAUDE
Hillary Arimoto (8th)
Phinehas Bucher (6th)
Caleb Cain (8th)
Eliza Hughes (6th)
Jeremiah Michael (6th)
Qedus Yared (8th)
CLASSICAL LEARNING TEST
The CLT is a standardized college entrance exam developed specifically for classically-educated students. The CLT10 tests college preparedness and the CLT8 evaluates high school readiness. Our 8th, 10th and 11th grade classes averaged much higher than the national average scores.
CLT* Junior class average: 85 (national avg: 67)
CLT10 Sophomore class average: 89 (national avg: 62)
CLT8 Eighth grade class average: 85.4 (national avg: 58)
NATIONAL MYTHOLOGY EXAM
In February, all 5th-8th grade students took the National Mythology Exam. 5th and 6th grade students completed sections on general mythology and questions on the story of Jason and the Argonauts. 7th and 8th grade students completed these two sections as well as a section with expansion questions.
GOLD PERFECT
Heidi Garman (6th)
Adelein Hormel (7th)
Cameron Kerns (6th)
Amelia Velker (5th)
GOLD SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Hillary Arimoto (8th)
Vera Rose (5th)
Maya Weniger (7th)
Qedus Yared (8th)
SILVER MAXIMA CUM LAUDE
Caleb Cain (8th)
Ben Eller (5th)
Levi Eller (7th)
Miriam Houff (5th)
Reuben Houff (6th)
Rachel Kidd (7th)
Caleb Lorson (6th)
Adam Peterson (5th)
Nathaniel Uribe (6th)
Aaron Wenger (5th)
Carleigh Zarchin (5th)
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Alexander Bucher (8th)
Phin Bucher (6th)
Eliza Burtner (5th)
Uriah Fisher (8th)
John Gao (6th)
Eliza Hughes (6th)
Louisa King (6th)
Ella Kosalka (6th)
Jeremiah Michael (6th)
Chloe Ladner (8th)
Josiah Nolt (5th)
Euel Yared (6th)
CUM LAUDE
Micah Carderelli (8th)
Cyrus Diener (5th)
Eli Gray (5th)
Westyn Lee (6th)
Caelli Mello (7th)
Noah Weniger (5th)