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The 56th National Junior Classical League Convention will be held July 27-August 1, 2009 on the campus of the University of California-Davis.
The VJCL is putting together a tour, July 24 - August 1, to take in the sites and get all interested Virginia delegates to the convention. The tour includes:
Round trip flight from VA to CA & flight from LA to San Francisco
Tour of the Getty Villa in Malibu, a reconstructed Roman villa filled with Ancient Greek and Roman artifacts
Trips to LA Hotspots: Hollywood, Santa Monica and Rodeo Drive
Tours of the sights in San Francisco, including Alcatraz
Meals in Chinatown, Fisherman’s Wharf and the Hard Rock Café
Hotel accommodations and all CA transportation
A price for the tour is not yet available. We await the discount airlines flight schedules which are generally not released until 6 months before departure. Stay tuned for details.
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM
2008 NATIONAL CONVENTION
from Ms. Petersen
RESULTS FROM 2008 NATIONAL
CONVENTION
Jay Delano:
5th place, Hellenic History V+; 6th, Ancient
Geography V+; 8th, Roman Life V+; 9th, Roman History V+; 11th, Mythology V+;
23rd, Latin Derivatives V+; 24th, Latin Vocabulary V+; 32nd, Overall Academics;
51st, Overall Sweepstakes
Amanda Haislip: Elected NJCL Historian; 22nd place, Latin Derivatives III; 36th, Latin Vocabulary III
Sarah Keith: 3rd place, Mosaics 7-9; 15th, Hellenic History II; 18th, Reading Comprehension: Level 2 II; 20th, Greek Life II; 21st, Roman Life II; 22nd, Ancient Geography II; 25th, Mottoes II; 25th, Roman History II; 26th, Mythology II; 28th, Overall Graphic Arts; 28th, Latin Literature II; 29th, Latin Derivatives II; 29th, Latin Vocabulary II; 32nd, Academic Decathlon; 33rd, Academic Heptathlon II; 38th, Latin Grammar - Level 2 II; 49th, Overall Sweepstakes
Taylor Locks: 4th place, Traditional Photo 10; 7th place, Jewelry 10; 11th, Roman History III; 12th, Roman Life III; 14th, Reading Comprehension: Poetry III; 15th, Mottoes III; 16th, Greek Life and Literature III; 16th, Mythology III; 20th, Latin Literature III; 29th, Overall Graphic Arts; 50th, Overall Sweepstakes
PHOTOGRAPH FROM
2007 NATIONAL CONVENTION
from Mrs. Locks
Bears
In Tennessee
Taylor Locks and Amanda Haislip at the 2007 NJCL Convention
hosted by the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
RESULTS FROM 2007 NATIONAL
CONVENTION
Amanda Haislip: 3rd place, Colored
Pencil 9; 5th place Black Ink 9; 9th place Traditional Photography 9
Taylor Locks: 3rd place, Open Certamen -
Intermediate; 7th place, Traditional Photography 9; 10th place, Roman Life
II
Alex Soler: 3rd place, Sculpture 11-12; 3rd place, Impromptu Art 11-12
N.B. If there were other awards, please let Mr. Keith know! Also, Mr. Keith needs photographs from national convention for the archives.
The National Junior Classical League has made it to the big leagues -- it is now listed in Wikipedia!
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