National Latin Vocabulary Exam — 2026 Results

The National Latin Vocabulary Exam tests knowledge of Latin vocabulary and inflected forms, organized by years of study, with no passage and no context to draw on — the words and their forms either known or they are not. Twelve Emerson Latin students placed in the 2026 contest. Nine earned Gold. The full record is set down below.

Joonwoo Back
Edward Cha
Kate Choi
Riwon Hwang
Gio Hyung
Eunsuh Kim
Seungmo Kim
Jackson Park
Phillip Yoo

Sophia Park
Riley Yoo

Hyunmin Ryu

The NLVE lists have always reported what a cohort can do collectively. What this year’s list reports, considered carefully, is something about the cohort itself. Most of the names here — Joonwoo Back, Edward Cha, Kate Choi, Riwon Hwang, Eunsuh Kim, Jackson Park, Phillip Yoo — are appearing in this record for the first time. The student who has been here longest, Gio Hyung, holds her Gold alongside students who are arriving at their first entry in a record that will continue. Nine of twelve earning Gold on an examination that tests Latin vocabulary and inflected forms cold, with no passage to consult, is a result that belongs to the instruction before it belongs to any individual. The instruction is holding at a new generation of students. Mentis praestantia. We congratulate all twelve.