The Horatius Society

With the Germans just beyond the White Cliffs of Dover, Winston Churchill often recited all 70 stanzas of Horatius at the Bridge from memory. The lessons learned in Horatius undoubtedly helped Churchill stand against all odds to keep the foe at bay.

Each year, 6th graders at Highlands Latin may volunteer to follow in Churchill’s footsteps and memorize all 70 stanzas, 16 pages, 589 lines of Horatius at the Bridge.

To signify their triumph, students receive no grade or extra credit. Instead, they are awarded a dress pin and the Winston Churchill Medal and etch their names alongside fellow classmates in the Horatius Society.

Congratulations to these brave sixth graders!

2024

Crescent Hill:
Julia Kimbell, Colleen Glover, Mary Grogg, Ellie Derringer, Lainey Pfister, Isabella Arruda, Kaleb Hutcheson, Jacob Bussabarger, Campbell Lowe, Leah Kosko, Freya Cody, Daniel Rinker, Betsie Pierre, Pascal Harrison, Grayson Staab, Garrett White, Cahil Agarwal, Ella Chambers, Isaac Chambers, Elias Thompson, Malina Nelson, Lucas McCallister


Spring Meadows:

Jonah Allen, Charlotte Beville, Johnny Ensminger, Melody Hawkins, Hudson Kan, Mia Lagomarcino, Liam Leavell, Abigail Lewis, Sarah Nolan, Bridger Steiden, Talon Tibbs, McKemie Toebbe, Wrenn Walker, Samuel Bozell, Evangeline Breland, Gia Campione, Penelope Crosby, Caleb Fletcher, Sofia Fluhr, Grayson Harreld, Brennan Johnson, Ryann Knapper, Eleanor Molnar, Mason Moore, Norah Price, Alaina White

2023

Crescent Hill:
Beatriz Heleno, Bennett Nau, Birdie Stone, Caroline MacLean, Caroline Walker, Cooper Price, Elizabeth Murphy, Elliott Boyd, Gabriel Trocan, Isaac Hutcheson, Isla Nolan, Judah Nau, Kaitlin Thompson, Leo Falk, Levi Kindig, Lucy Perciful, Maddie Flowers, Oliver Hedgespeth, Vedaant Patel, Walker Price, Whit Sewell


Spring Meadows:

Gideon Clark, Ebenezer Sheffler, Madelyn Baird, Charlotte White, Sawyer Casabella, Zayden Wright, Elise Ackerman, Maria Hobbs, Francesca Underhill, Nathan Worley, Addie Featherstone, Will Carpenter, Hadley Shepherd, Greta Gibson, Lena Stucker, Paisley Oliver, Bryant Fannin, Paige Browning, Sawyer Royals, Moren Tayo, Liam Adkins, Navy McCutcheon, Benjamin Hedrick, Annie Hill, Teegan Mohon, Atticus Stinson

2022

Crescent Hill:
Will Cameron, Juliet Gilbert, Jane Hall, Blaise Harrison, Daniel Jose, Jacob Kosko, Owen Kolarcik, Patrick Lannon, Mary-Martin Lowe, Grayson Mann, Grace Matheis, Emmet Meyer, Georgia Montgomery, Frankie Pierre, Bea Rothpletz,  Lizzie South, Sheridan Staab, Isabella Stewart,  Ada Stonecipher, Sarah Kate Turner, and Leila Wheatley

Spring Meadows:
Hailey Barnett, Connelly Bassett, Daniel Bevin, Kaitlyn Bryant, Bethany Carper, Alexander Colburn, Will Crosby, Elly Eargle, Lincoln Hall, Celia Harvey, Emma Hatfield, Tori Hill, Olivia Hilton, Vivian Mihiret McFarland, Reagan Moore, Albert Neuner, Annaliese Nickel, Rylan Olges, Julia Railey, Madison Rush, Charlotte Smith, Natalie Stosberg, and Charlie Vonderheide

2021

Crescent Hill:

Katie DeWitt, Miriam O’Nan, Aspen Abood, Marlie Pierre, Elisha Gurtner, Emily Burkett, Kellan Knapper, Henry Thomas, Henry Conway, Abigail Lam, Sophia Campione, Sophia Arruda, Charlotte Gomez, Logan Boyd, Jirah DiCapua, Nicole Wu, Reid Solomon, Jackson South

Spring Meadows

2020

Front row, left to right:
Matias Trocan, Levi Montgomery, Edward Wheatley, Oliver Kolarcik, Ann-Alys Lowe, Eliana Nelson, Mollie Robson

Second row, left to right:
Jude Turner, Nolan Whitfield, Henry Quillo, Jacob Lewis, Dorothy Cosper, Kynlee Cornett, Coco Magar, Charlotte Crush, Emmeline Real

Back row, left to right:
Levi Nau, Jack Hamilton, Beck Meyer, Brody Dow, Charlie Hall, Nora Price, Gigi Pryor, Kyra Gurtner, Michela Helms, Hallie Daniels

Not pictured:  Joshua Lamb

Front row, left to right:
Eli Beitner, Will Carper, Isabella Bramer, Kaithlyn Beville, Greta Miller, Benjamin Lasoi, Ryan Schutte, Connor Gilcreast 

Second row, left to right:
Lydia Shinabery, Caleb Bryant, Max LePrell, London Groce, Kate Solon, Helen Benzel, Max McFarland, Beau Gordon, Cooper Gilliiam

Back row, left to right:
Annalee Harreld, Ashray Neotia, Gerhard Neuner, Lucas Trier, Elizabeth Applewhite, Jensen Royals, Anna Harvey, Stella Railey, Emily Steen, Andrew Greene

2019

Back row, left to right:
Burke Thomas, Max Magar, Asher Bitner, Parker Boyd, Joshua Merritt, Baxter Lowe, Benjamin Bitner, Jonathan Burkett, Caroline White, Kayleigh Burkhead, Annabelle Real, Lily Gomez

Front row, left to right
Eliza Agan, Lillian Broniak, Katherine Baum, Hannah White, Shiloh Hack-Smero, Molly-Louise Denley, Luke Murphy, Ryan Kimbell, Logan Vickery, Gabe Turner, Max Sewell

Back row, left to right: 
Wilhelm Eargle, Andrew Giltner, Kallie Smith, Tyler Solon, Taylor Searcy, Naomi Christian, Olivia Vonderheide, Noah Fornwalt, Nolin Underhill, Patrick Hobbs, Jonathan Harrod, Marly Presser

Front row, left to right: 
Karis Rhoden, Chloe Cruse, August Monson, Eli Toadvine, Austin Miller, Evie Neher, Harper Huhn, Scarlett Derhake, Sophie Hales, Oliver Noth

Not pictured: Roland Swan

2018

Kellyn Boyd, Johnny Crush, Will DeWitt, Mariam Dodd, Abby Dove, Karleigh Dow, David Driggs, Nadia Enright, Aidan Enright, Jack Gilbert, Bo Hamilton, Sophia Helms, Lane Kindig, Ellie Lueken, Ella Mast, Clayton Nau, Ava Nelson, Ronnie Pierre, Danny Sweeney, Kayla Barnett, Audrey Coons, Liam Eisner, Micah Faught, Emma Gilcreast, Braxton Harstine, Caleb Kang, Sammy McCall, Brendan McCoy, Ruthie Miller, Harlan Monhollen, Truman Neuner, Olivia Petrie, Ela Richardson, Claire Schutte, Saylor Sizemore, Ava Swan, Eva Thibaudeau, Michael Wolf

2017

Julia Bippus, Sophie Nowak, Mary Claire Vonderheide, Anthony Holder, Jude Walrad, Jay Hawkins, Halen Luse, Landrey Sipes, Ava Leitterman, Erin Whitmer, Peyton Dick, Kathleen Moser, Riley Thompson, Lauren Weaver, Luke Shinabery, Andrew Gilliam, Alex Beiter, Colin Trout, Jackson Robbins, Luke Nicholas, Johanna Gilliam;Meredith McFarland, Grace Garrison, Jessica Tefertiller, Laura Gibson, Aubrey Colburn, Anna Fornwalt, Marissa Mudd, Karin Kudmani, Samantha Kang, AnnaKate Bush,Marlowe Hanel and Gabriel Smith,Jacob Merritt, Eli Robson, Cael McCullum, Oliver Real, Griffin Sepanek, Alessandro Garza, Tess Magar, Jane Singleton, George Hall, Grant McGill, Danny Mangione, Charlie Rothpletz, Joey Ferraro, Mazon Rizzo, Isaiah Groce, Allie Pierre, Carmen Everson, Stella Montgomery, Anna Dragun, Haddon Joslin, McKay Wheatley, Micah Arnold, Trevor Kimbell, Elia Trocan, Chloe Plummer, Myla Pryor, Lily Price, Lydia Baum, Allison Cornwell

2016

Trevor Geddes, Joseph Stachnik, Aaron McGraw, Elliana Bitner, Isabel Daniel, Alyssa Meadows, Ava Helms, Meseret Bitner, August Rothpletz, Charlie Crush, Hans Keisling, Sydney Petrie, Eliza Denley, Olivia Vickery, Lauren Marshall, Owen Meyer, Joshua Baum, Ballard Wheatley, Robi Bolli, Grazia Ferraro, Annika Wallitsch, Iris Noth, Carly Wheat, Mason Eisner, Schaefer Wagner, Gracie Redmon, Emma Caudill, Isabel Winebrenner, Morgan Snow, Molly Renn, Samantha Say, Christopher Kaufmann, Connor Wilson, Noah Royal, Isaiah Wright, Ethan McFarland, Emma Grace McCoy, Kelsey Johnson, Elizabeth Giltner, Julianna Sizemore, Avery Grace Hanel, Alana Wang, Jillian Whitmer, Jenna Nicodemus, Sophia Harris, Hayden Trier, Kathryn Hall, Andrew Frawley, Clayton Roark, Rowan Gilcreast, Eric Beiter, Jonathan Lasoi

2015

A.J. Mangione, Abigail Bitner, Alethia Boswell, Andrew Smith, Annabel Crush, Carter McGill, Elijah Montgomery, Emily Steinbach, Isabella Helms, Judah Murdoch, Justin Gilbert, Lily Lange, Luke Baumann, Maggie Hunsucker, Molly Mast, Rachel Kimbell, Sarah Beth Plummer, Meg Booker, John Michael Dhabliwala, Samuel Haddow, Casey Johnson, Madeline Johnson, Lilly Luse, Natalia Mendoza-Andres, Leslie Monhollen, Ryan O’Dea, Lilly Potlittzer, David Schwab, Nigel Snow, Brennan Thomas, Cade Wheat, Anna Whittle, Kate Whittle, Sydney Windhorst

2014

George Dwyer, Josiah Gomez, Emmy Hamilton, Whitney Leonard, Lily McCain, Emily Sedgwick, Emily Leonard, Patrick Leonard, Luke Robson, Alex Harris, Brianna Gilcreast, Callie Wilson, Chloe Walrad, Colin Roark, Ethan Ater, Ethan Beierle, Gracie Zamiska, Jack Rohrer, Kathryn Beiter, Levi Shinabery, Lindsey Thomas, Luke Scott, Mac Moore, Madeline Caudill, Madison Miller, Mason Brown, Sasha Novosel, Tanat Neotia

2013

Mackenzie Bevin, Madison Bevin, Christopher Frawley, Danielle Fuller, Haylee Hatcher, David Johnson, Austin LeClear, Bob Moore, Jacqueline Renn, Peter Schwab, Evan Whitlow, Jack Whittle, Julia Zamiska, A.J. Bowen, Virginia Boyer, Eliza Brian, Grace Burnett, Kate Burnett, Jolie Dandurand, Bobby Fowler, Gillian Dillman, Davis Henderson, Larissa Holloway, Hattie Hume, Anna Kimbell, Caleb Mast, Rachel McGraw, Marissa Mucci, Adeline Sarin, Faith Thibaudeau, Steven Walter

2012

Frankie Booker, Jack Brunton, Dawson Feldmeier, Hannah Jenkins, Katelyn Miller, Erica Oakley, Colin Pifer, Madison Sneve, Andrew Watson, Holly Abrams, Mary Lessie Aguilera, Aiden Arnold, Samuel Bush, Mary Cuthrell, Sara Grace Elliott, Benjamin Lange, Will Marshall, Patrick Minahan, Helen Mariah Murdoch, Madalyn O’Dea, Corrie Russell, Nora Sweeney, Miles Thompson, Mrs. Murdoch

2011

Jobe Arnold, Tanner Petrie, Braden Heinze, Simon Heimbrock, Andrew Howard, Matt Michel, Audrey Musal, Mary Kate Sturgeon, Ryann Schoenbaechler, Elizabeth Arterberry, Mary Grace Stachnik, Ann Boyer

2010

Tuhin Baucus, Grace Bevin, Ellie Cuthrell, Cadeyn Dillman, Karagan Feldmeier, Sophia Fornwalt, Maddie Lange, Brody Malone, Elizabeth Sawicki, Sydney Scheller, Bailey Simpson

2009

Rachel Booker, Helei Gomarez, Zoe Franznick, Logan Crum, Andrew Thibaudeau, Sammy Roberts, Harry Sweeney, Tom Mangione, Samuel Borger

2008

Lydia Brian, Lily Dobbs (not present), Christina Holloway, Megan Jackson, Rachel Jenkins, Joshua Steinbach, Johnny Sweeney, Abigail Thompson, Jackson Walter, Becca Wolfe

2006

Jess Kettle, Hannah Ritter

2003

Nathan Michalak

2000

Bridget Lavin, Elise Gambell