Academic Update

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Greenwich Academy,” said Melkonian. “The reason for The Orient Express’ success is due to a variety of factors — intelligence, holistic design, and a devoted editorial team.

“But ultimately, what makes the magazine work is the diversity of student perspectives — everyone has a unique story to share, and these come together in The Orient Express,” she said.

For 2023, the working theme of the magazine is “Unity through Identity,” which aims to celebrate the diversity of student backgrounds and the “cultural crossroads” the magazine represents.

▶ COMMENCEMENT saw two members of the Class of 2023 receive Classics Diplomas; five rising seniors are slated to earn the recognition next spring.

This year, recipients of the Classics Diploma were William Ewald ’23 and Jurgis Schmedlen ’23.

Recipients in the Class of 2024 will include Gabriel Lopez, Andrew Rodriguez, Andrew Tu, Field Sickles, and Alex Ohls.

Will Newman ’25 is also on track to receive a Classics Diploma.

Awarded at graduation for scholars of Brunswick’s abundant offers in Latin and Greek, this prestigious diploma helps deepen the understanding of the cultural and historical roots of Western civilization. It is awarded to students of AP Latin who take at least two years of Classical Greek in the Upper School.

Study of the classics is thriving at Brunswick. Between 16 and 18 students annually enroll in Classical Greek, and over 50 enroll in Latin. Students in AP Latin, mostly juniors, study Caesar’s Bellum Gallicum and Virgil’s Aeneid. Students continue their studies as seniors in the Latin Honors Seminar, reading complex authors such as Sallust and Tacitus.

Greek II students often continue the study of Greek in the Greek III Seminar, focused on the study of Herodotus, Homer (both The Iliad and The Odyssey) and other authors of the students’ choosing — this year, for example, they examined the tragic playwrights Aeschylus and Sophocles.

▶ CALL THEM “LOS CINCO GRANDES.”

Five fourth-grade muralists installed large-scale works on the glass walls in the Lower School Atrium this spring — a public art project that capped an action-packed year in Lower School Spanish classes.

The Spanish Office Mural Project is a new independent study opportunity offered to fourth graders; the spectacular murals serve as clear evidence of a broadly continued on page 5