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salvete, omnes! You can download the registration form here: JCL Membership 2015-2016. Magis says that the first class to reach 100% membership wins a free pizza lunch!

Minutes 8/25/2015

 

Officers Present:

 

Consuls – Grace C. and Ellie Y.

Treasurer – Jason M.

Aedile – Riya M.

Historian – Coco G., Tatum T.

Webmaster – Akshay S.

Publicity – Emily D. & Rachel H.

Editor: Jeff FP

Sports – Nikky P & Claire W.

Secretary – Izzy K.

 

1. Officer Photos/group picture

Coco took photos of all the present officers, but she will wait until the entire board of officers is present to do the group photo.

 

2. T-shirt design: Historians

Historians will be designing the T-shirt for the coming year. Usually we will order them from Custom Ink, and they need to be delivered before Ludi. Historians will brainstorm ideas for the T-shirt for next meeting.

3. Membership: treasurer

Membership flyer will be up on the website in a pdf form. Menlo JCL website will now be on all the Latin Haiku pages.

 

4. Ludi assignments

Ludi is coming up on October 31st! Jason will be in charge of all the treasurer related affairs. Alyssa C. will be in charge of academic testing. Ellie Y. will be in charge of awards. Jason will also be in charge of open certamen, with the help of some other people. For registration, Akshay, Jason, Amrita, and Alex will be checking people in and making sure everyone has paid. Riya will be in charge of commuunity service, so she will manage cookie decorating as well as pumpkin decorating to donate to Lytton Gardens. In terms of workshops, Izzy will manage 3 or 4 workshops in communication with Stanford professors. Since Ludi is Monster themed, Magis is thinking that two of the workshops will be based on the theme. Claire, Charlie, Mackenzie, John, and Alexander will head the sports competitions. Tatum will manage the lunch food, while someones (TBD)  will be in charge of Harry Potter Trivia. Marcelle will be the head parent volunteer. Hospitality will possibly be managed by Alice. Emily will be making a Snapchat account for Ludi so people can add photos from the day the Snapchat story.

 

 

5. Progressive supper date/time/assignments

Progressive supper will be on September 27th from 5 to 8pm. Dylan said he could host dessert, Mackenzie can host dessert, and Izzy will ask about hosting appetizers.

 

6. Ludi video planning

 

7. Other announcements:

If anyone’s interested in taking Beginning Greek, it will be offered as an independent study during F block.

Hi everyone, and welcome back to JCL! If you are interested in learning Ancient Greek, Magister Morris is starting an independent study during F Block. Be sure to check it out if you have the chance!

salvete, omnes!

This year’s last issue of Lorica Nostra is up! Your last opportunity for extra credit this semester is to fill out the crossword puzzle and give it to Magis by Wednesday.

Congratulations to the 2015-2016 Menlo JCL Officers!

• Consuls: Grace C and Ellie Y;
• Aedile: Riya M;
• Secretary: Izzy K;
• Webmaster: Akshay S;
• Treasurer: Jason M;
• Historians: Kelly B and Coco G;
• Publicity: Grace H;
• Lorica Editors: Jell F and Dani W;
• Sports Commissioners: Nikky P and Clarie W;

The Latin I students studying outside.

On the weekend of March 27, Menlo School JCL traveled to Miramonte High School in Orinda California for the CJCL State Convention. There were 1,528 Latin students from 45 different schools, including public and private, middle and upper plus their sponsors and chaperones, and about 10 SCLers as well. In spite of some horrendous traffic on the way to Orinda, everyone had arrived by the time the convention actually started.

On Friday night, after the first general assembly of the convention, all of the students took academic tests. Later that night we competed in sports (dodge ball and volleyball), an essay contest, an instrumental competition, a dance competition, That’s Entertainment auditions, Certamen Semifinals, and a Latin Oratory competition. There were also non-competitive events, including Roman Speed Dating, and SCL mixer, and a dance.

On Saturday morning there was the second general assembly, which opened with the spirit competition, during which all of the students cheered for their schools. Menlo Upper School won first place for medium-sized high schools. After the competition, the candidates running for the state JCL board gave speeches. Voting took place later that day, and our own Grace Costello ’16 was elected Northern Representative.

After the assembly, there were chariot races and catapult contests on the fields. There were also more sporting events throughout the day, including soccer, swimming, basketball, Ultimate Frisbee, tennis, track, Capture the Flag, and Quidditch. Menlo’s basketball team won first place –defeating Miramonte High School. In addition to sports, there were other activities in the morning, including Competitive Certamen Finals, Latin Sight Reading, Impromptu art, Project Runway, Graphic Arts Viewing, That’s Entertainment callbacks, and the Selfie Game.

After lunch, there were various Classics workshops for the students to attend, including Art of the Roman Republic, Cicero: Eloquence Personified Then and Now, Romans Rest in Peace, Cybele and her Eunuch Priests, Miraculous Medicine: Galen’s Public Dissections, The Beats of Roman Poetry, The Wrath of the Saints: Medieval Vengeance Miracles and Liturgical Curses in Monastic Latin, and Roman Insults.  There were also various art workshops, including Mosaics, Finger Puppets, and Edible Art as well as Aphrodite’s Booth of Love and Advice, the Costume Contest, Dramatic Interpretation, Open Certamen, and an Art Sketch Contest.

In the late afternoon we had our third and final general assembly, followed by dinner from 10 different food trucks. After dinner, the winners of the competitions were announced. Menlo won 1^st overall for in the medium-sized high school category. The rest of the banquet included the That’s Entertainment performances, a Classics Carnival, a movie, a magician, human hamster balls, laser tag, a dance, a Smash Bros tournament, a Casino, jump houses, a bazaar, and Caricatures.

Menlo students returned home tired, but happy. We had placed in scrapbook, banner, both chariot contests, and spirit as well as a myriad of individual awards. Go Menlo!

Written by Kelly, Head of Menlo JCL Publicity.

Congratulations to the Menlo Middle School Certamen team on winning 3rd place in MS-1!

Magistra Nguyen made this video of the Middle School at convention:

Salvete, omnes!

The photos from convention are up in our photo bank. They are also available directly here: Convention Photos.

Congratulations again to our basketball, chariot, and scrapbook teams, and all Menlo JCLers for winning the spirit competition and first overall! Also, congratulations to Grace Costello for winning Northern Rep! Menlo is happy to be hosting Ludi Octobres at Stanford University on October 31st!

In addition, the second issue of the Lorica Nostra, our seasonal newsletter, is out. There’s a new Latin crossword and some instructions from Magis for extra credit!