The National Latin Honor Society was established to recognize secondary school students who have demonstrated sustained excellence in Latin studies — not merely facility with the language but a record of achievement, across years of serious work, that sets them apart from their peers. Membership is selective by design. To be considered, a student must have earned the highest marks in advanced Latin courses and must already hold a record of distinction in the international competitions that test classical knowledge at the highest level. In practice, induction requires both — the coursework and the competition record together — and it is conferred only on those whose bodies of work justify it.
Leo has that record. His coursework at Emerson Latin has been conducted at the advanced level throughout, and his competition history speaks clearly: second place in the CAMWS Latin Translation Contest, gold medals across multiple international examinations in Latin and the classical humanities. The NLHS reviewed that record and found it sufficient. We concur.
It is worth saying plainly what induction into the National Latin Honor Society represents, and what it does not. It is not a credential assembled for an application. It is a recognition, by a national body of classicists and educators, that a student has done the work — not the minimum work required to qualify, but the sustained, serious work that produces genuine command of a difficult subject over time. That is what Leo has done, and that is what the Society has recognized.