Classical Promise Scholarships: Previous Recipients

2010 Recipients
The 8th grade Latin class at St. John's Episcopal in Laurel, Maryland. Students created a set of activities and artifacts to help teach preK-5th grade classes about the Roman culture and mythology. The activities will be passed down from one Latin class to the next, so young students at St. John's will be able to learn about the Classics for several years.

Jacob Glick is a student of Dr. Pontone in Great Neck, NY. Jacob continued his Latin program's successful eight-week after-school Latin program at an elementary school in his hometown.

Katherine Williams is a student of Mrs. Arble at Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach. Katherine developed and taught a six-week program for elementary school students in a gifted and talented program in the Hampton Roads area. They explored the Latin language, Roman culture, and classical mythology. Katherine served on the faculty of LatinSummer Williamsburg in 2009.

2009 Recipients
Brandon Shih is a student of Dr. Pontone in Great Neck, NY. Brandon plans to use his scholarship to continue an eight-week after-school Latin program at an elementary school in his hometown.

Latin IV and V classes at Moultonborough Academy, NH. They staged an ancient Roman comedy, Curculio, to entertain and educate children in grades five and six. The scholarship was used for publicity, costumes, scenery, and props. With this program, the students helped children to recognize the impact that the Romans have had on our modern world.

2008 Recipients
Chris Leung is a student of Dr. Pontone in New York. He continued the foundation that the previous year's recepient had established. Chris used the scholarship to obtain the necessary materials to continue running an after school enrichment program at a local elementary school in his hometown.

Brian Miranda is also a student of Dr. Pontone at Great Neck South High School in New York. Brian used the scholarship to continue an after school Latin program at his local elementary school. He introduced fifth grade students to Latin and Classical Mythology. By the end of his eight-week program, many of the students were planning to pursue Latin in middle school.

2007 Recipient
Stephen Miranda, a top performing student from Long Island, developed an eight week curriculum Lingua Latina Magna Est for 5th graders at three local elementary schools. Stephen's aim was to increase interest in the Latin programs available at the middle and high school levels in his hometown. His efforts were so well received that these schools decided to instate his curriculum in an annually recurring enrichment program. He has studied both Latin and Greek from Dr. Anthony Pontone.

2006 Recipient
Rachel Ziegler, a student of Ms. Judy Grebe in Indiana, was the first in the history of Ascanius to have received the Classical Promise Scholarship. Rachel used the scholarship to help obtain the neccessary materials for her to introduce middle school students to Greco-Roman literature, history and mythology as she assisted in a 7th grade English class during the 2006 scholastic year.