Talk about your carpe diem moments ...

Greencastle High School sophomore Ben Wilkerson didn’t just seize the day -- as the Latin phrase might suggest -- he wrapped a giant bow around it and took it home with him, earning a perfect score on the recent 40-question National Latin Exam sponsored by the American Classical League and National Junior Classical League.
By all accounts and in any language, that translates into a first for GHS.

“I’ve been giving the test for 15 years,” GHS Latin and English teacher Nicole Burkhalter said, “and he’s the first one to pull it off.”