Latinista News, April 2009 The Latinistas are back from Texas Junior Classical League’s first-ever state convention on a college campus. Many learning experiences ensued, and the contest schedule was heavily impacted. In the resulting confusion, the Latin students escaped with 82 Sweepstakes points and the following placings:

LATIN DERIVATIVES LEVEL II - Kaitlin Clark 8th
LATIN DERIVATIVES LEVEL III - Megan Salazar 5th
READING COMPREHENSION I LEVEL I - Demetrius Colburn 3rd
ROMAN HISTORY LEVEL I - Aaron Schaer 9th
ROMAN LIFE LEVEL I - Aaron Schaer 9th
GREEK HISTORY LEVEL I - Dash Serebrin 9th
GEOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD LEVEL II - Brennan Daw 1st
SIGHT RECITATION LEVEL I - Colby Farley 4th
SIGHT RECITATION LEVEL III - Max Inchaurregui 7th
DECATHLON LEVEL II - Brennan Daw 6th
LATIN ORATORY LEVEL II - Henry Anderson 6th
LATIN ORATORY LEVEL III - Joshua Echebiri 4th
GIRLS' COSTUME - Mari Huffman 7th
SCRAPBOOK - SMALL SCHOOL - Patricia Lopez 10th
MODELS - Bryan Schrock 9th
Classics Bowl - 2nd Place Intermediate Open Team - Brennan Daw
Classics Bowl - 1st Place Intermediate Open Team - Henry Anderson

All students at JCL take the Pentathlon event for certificates. Carnegie students ranked as follows: Cum Laude, Heidi Tso. Magna Cum Laude, Joshua Echebiri, Colby Farley, Jackson Rushing. Maxima Cum Laude, Christian Abad, Kaitlin Clark, Max Inchaurregui, Bryan Schrock, JT Thomas. Summa Cum Laude, Henry Anderson, Brennan Daw, Mari Huffman, Megan Salazar, Aaron Schaer, Dash Serebrin.

More than 135,000 students in all 50 states and 11 foreign countries took the 2009 National Latin Exam. I am proud to announce that 20 Carnegie students earned certificates, as follows:

In Latin 1, Gold medals for Summa Cum Laude to Aaron Schaer and Kent Turner. Silver medals for Maxima Cum Laude to Maria Hernandez, Demetrius Colburn, Colby Farley and Dashiell Serebrin. Certificates for Magna Cum Laude to Alyssa Alexis, and Cum Laude to Christian Abad. In Latin 2, Gold medals for Summa Cum Laude to Henry Anderson, Brennan Daw, Kaitlin Clark and Darius Altman. Silver medals for Maxima Cum Laude to Patricia Lopez and Mari Huffman. Certificate for Cum Laude to August Williams. In Latin 3, Silver medals for Maxima Cum Laude to Raul Tamez and Max Inchaurregui. Certificates for Magna Cum Laude to John Long and Joshua Echebiri, and for Cum Laude to Larissa Little. These honors will be presented to students at the Awards Banquet.

The Junior Classical League is a week from our Student Music Showcase, an all-ages fundraiser at Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar, 1031 East 24th Street in the Heights, on Sunday, April 19. Check out our flyer on their website at http://danelectrosguitarbar.com. Our wish list for the 4/19 fundraiser runs from food [burgers, dogs & condiments, and baked goods] to silent auction and/or raffle items. We will need a half-dozen adults on site from 2pm to 10pm, with everyone off site by that time. It's all in the good cause of making National JCL possible for those who are able to schedule it. I remain firmly convinced that the JCL experience causes students to measurably mature before my very eyes. Parents are welcome to join the CarnegieJCL Yahoo Group, where the Files area has NJCL documents and various donation and volunteer forms. As always, I thank you for allowing me the privilege of having your children as my students [and spending 18+ hours a day awake with them at NJCL, grin]. Please do not hesitate to contact me with your suggestions and questions at 713-398-5541 or kyradebbie@yahoo.com.

10401 Scott Street Houston, TX 77051-3735 Tel 713.732.3690 Fax 713.732.3694 Office Hours: 7:30am - 4:00pm Principal: Ramon E. Moss