Indiana Excels in California

Veritas The Official Publication et of the Scientia Indiana Junior Classical League The Official Publication of the Indiana Junior Classical League Quid intra? September 2009 Indiana Excels in California Want to know how Indiana delegates did at Nationals? Check it out! Interested in Certamen, Membership, Dues and more? This is your page! What to know what s going on in other chapters? This is the place! National Latin Exam winners are here! Find out how to contact your IJCL officers! Find out who else represents Indiana in SCL and the board! Check out the IJCL officer biographies here and learn just who is representing our state! The Indiana Junior Classical League delegation may have been small, with only 27 members strong including JCL and SCL members, sponsors, and chaperones at this year s National Junior Classical League Convention. But they still showed a plethora of true Hoosier spirit at the University of California-Davis at Davis, California. Nearly 1,200 delegates were present from across the nation. Angela Roberts of Crown Point pulled a first-ever for Indiana by winning first in the overall sweepstakes in Olympika. She has eight firsts in swimming and a first, a second, and a third in track and field. She was 10th in overall sweepstakes. Jeremy Walker, Crown Point sponsor, was re-elected to the national committee for another five-year term as membership and public relations chairman. The committee reelected him as their vice president. Caitlin Johnston, a Crown Point graduate and a student at Indiana University, finished her year as National Senior Classical League secretary and was named historian for next year. Twelve chapters in the state combined to give Indiana first in the publicity contest by numbers and by percentage of chapters. The state t-shirt placed in the national convention for the second year in a row. The t-shirt designed by Josh Glass, second vice president, finished fourth best overall after placing second in best visual and fifth in best use of theme and most creative. The state publication with Kristen Remley of Hamilton Southeastern/Fishers as editor finished third in the nation. The state scrapbook compiled by Keara Seibert of Fort Wayne Homestead, last year s historian, finished fifth.. The Indiana delegation flew into San Francisco three days before the convention and toured San Francisco. Included was an overall tour of the city, a ferry boat ride and tour to Alcatraz, a tour of the trolley car The Indiana delegation to the National Junior Classical League Convention at the University of California at Davis pose during the processional during the Day in Old Rome. museum, and a bakery where sourdough bread was made. There were time for shopping and eating too. After convention, the group flew home from the Sacramento airport. Indiana was proudly and successfully represented by delegates from all over the state. They represented our state well and should be very happy with all the rewards they received for their hard work. Earning sweepstakes honors at national convention were two Crown Point delegates, Josh Glass, 10th in graphic arts sweepstakes and Angela Roberts, first in Olympika. September 2009 PAGE 1

PAGE 2 Indiana Delegates at National Convention Indiana was represented at the National Junior Classical League Convention by 20 JCL members, three Indiana Senior Classical League members, three sponsors, and one chaperone for a total of 27. State awards: First in publicity percentages of chapters, first in publicity number of chapters, first in Ludi Ultimate Frisbee, second in Ludi Volleyball, second in coed relays, second in best visual t-shirt, third in state publications, fourth best overall t-shirt; fifth best use of theme on t-shirt, fifth in most creative t -shirt, fifth in traditional scrapbooks, and ninth in membership. Delegates representing Indiana were: Boonville High School: Sam Wathen, 10th in Computer Photo 11. Brownsburg High School: Ninth in traditional scrapbooks medium chapters and 11th in publicity; Happy Ghosh; Lisanne Marshall (sponsor). Crown Point High School: Fourth in local publications; fourth in publicity; eighth in traditional scrapbooks large; Dominique Bass, third in Greeting Cards 7-9; Joey Fallon, ninth in Mottoes IV; Josh Glass, first in Mosaics 11, first in Sculpture 11, second in Large Models 11, third in Pottery 11, fourth in Dolls 11, fourth in Small Models and 109th in graphic arts sweepstakes; James Haworth, second in 100-meter senior boys track, third in 200-meter senior boys track and third in 400-meter senior boys track; Katherine Keilman, second in Sight Latin Poetry Girls, second in Dolls 12, fourth in Dramatic Interpretation Poetry Girls, sixth in Cartoons 12, 109th in Latin Vocabulary IV, 19th in Reading Comprehension Poetry IV and 19th in Posters: Constructed 12; Alexander Kleemann, second in Mosaics 10, fourth in shot put senior boys, fourth in costume boys, sixth in Illustrated Quotes 10 and ninth in discus senior boys; Stephanie Krause, fifth in Multimedia 10-12; Ashley Pascarella, first in 100-meter junior girls, first in shot put junior girls, second in 20-meter junior girls track and second in long jump junior girls; Nick Pazzi; Ryan Qualizza, third in Maps 12; Angela Roberts, first in Olympika sweepstakes, first in 100-yard backstroke senior girls, 100-yard freestyle senior girls, first in 100-yard medley senior girls, first in 200-yard freestyle senior girls, first in 50- yard backstroke senior girls, first in 50-yard butterfly senior girls, first in 50-yard breaststroke senior girls, first in 800- meter senior girls track, second in 400-meter senior girls track, third in marathon senior girls, and 10th in overall sweepstakes; Elizabeth Szymanski, third in Reading Comprehension Poetry III, sixth in Latin Oratory III and ninth in Sight Latin Prose Girls; Jeremy Walker (sponsor, national committee member) and Wesley Wood, second in Colored Pencil 12, fourth in Greeting Cards 12, fifth in Sight Latin Poetry Boys, fifth in Multimedia 10-12, ninth in Mottoes IV and 10th in Ancient Geography IV. Elwood High School: Eighth in publicity. Fort Wayne Homestead High School: First in scrapbook small chapters and 15th in publicity; Keara Seibert. Hamilton Southeastern/Fishers High School: Ninth in local publications, 16th in publicity; Rebecca Bush (sponsor); Drew Hermann, second in Sight Latin II, seventh in Dramatic Interpretation II boys, and ninth in Charts: Constructed 11; Sawyer Morgan, third in Mottoes IV, fifth in Sight Latin II Boys, seventh in Latin Derivatives II and seventh in Reading Comprehension II.; Bosi Zhang, seventh in Essay 10 Boys and 10th in Greek Derivatives II; and Tom Zhang, fourth in Cartoons 10 and ninth in Reading Comprehension II. Indianapolis North Central High School: 28th in publicity. Indiana Senior Classical League: Catlin Johnston; Tony Martin (advisor, national committee member) Sara Radosevich. Others: Dennis Bartlow (chaperone, co-chair). Nationals in North Dakota in 2010 The National Junior Classical League Convention will have its 57th annual convention from July 27 through Aug.1 at North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D. Preliminary plans are under way for a state trip by bus to take Indiana delegates. Touring may include Chicago, Wisconsin Dells and the Mall of America. Interested persons should contact Dennis Bartlow, IJCL cochair. State Convention at IU The 2010 Indiana Junior Classical League Convention will be March 12-13 at Indiana University in Bloomington. Any suggestions for state convention should be sent to Saurabh Sharma, IJCL first vice president. Web Site Takes First The Indiana Junior Classical League Web site took first-place honors during the 2009-10 school year. Indiana s Web site last year was maintained by IJCL Webmaster Sam Wathen of Boonville. The Crown Point Web Site finished sixth in local Web sites. It was maintained by Ryan Qualizza. September 2009

Membership News The Indiana Junior Classical League had 1,180 members and 28 chapters last year. Both numbers were up from the previous year. Indianapolis North Central had the largest chapter with 108 members, followed by Indianapolis Warren Central with 102, Elwood with 101, and Seymour with 100. Chapter News Crown Point: With new officers Elizabeth Szymanski, Consul, Dominique Bass, and Ashley Pascarella, Co-Praetors, the CPJCL started the summer with our annual Roman Banquet, sold walking tacos in the Taste of Crown Point festival, held our 7th Annual Latin Summer enrichment program, in which we had 40 elementary and middle school students participate, and ran a promotional booth at CPHS's "Bulldog Rush" during freshmen orientation. We also had 13 students represent the Indiana delegation at this year's NJCL Convention in California. Our first meeting was held on August 21 with great success, and we just recently completed our Entertainment Books fundraiser. In the coming weeks, we will be holding a club car wash and our first Adopt-A-Highway cleanup of the year. We also look forward to attending the IJCL Fall Latin Day at Butler University. convention and made $300 for our scholarship fund. We are currently getting ready for our Roman Banquet which we present in conjunction with our school's Theatre Club. We are also planning an ice-cream social in May. We currently have 106 members who will be electing new officers who will be installed at that event. Our year will end with our fourth year dinner as our 23 Latin IV's join the French, Spanish, and German fourth years for an elegant dinner at the Canterbury Hotel in Indy. Terre Haute South Vigo: South Latin students enjoyed the Tut exhibit on Aug 25. We are greatly appreciative to the Lily grant that sponsored the tickets for so many Indiana students. Students had an Egyptian art day the previous Friday to depict their observations of the texts, videos, and Internet on Egyptian culture. Brownsburg: In June, the BJCL traveled to Greece and Italy and enjoyed a short trip to Brussels. The club is gearing up for another fun year by having a picnic on September 15th. Warren Central: The Warren Central Latin Club started the school year full speed ahead last week with our first officers meeting. At the meeting we established our first few fundraisers. We are currently gathering recipes for the first edition of The Classical Cookbook which will be sold at Warren Central s annual Homefest. It will include traditional recipes donated by students as well as some traditional Roman and Greek dishes. We are also organizing a mobile bake sale for our school s Open House. It will tend to parents and teachers who need a sweet pick-me-up after a long day. All of these fundraisers will be a great start for fun events ahead for the Warren Central Latin Club. Seymour: Our SHS/ IJCL year started in June when several club members spent two weeks in Italy with Magistra. August was the month for our officer's Italian dinner. In September, we went to our second President's Day at the zoo. October brought our Scavenger Hunt and Initiation. We also joined our school's Key Club for trick or treating for canned goods for our local homeless shelter. Several members also dressed in Roman garb and marched in our town's Halloween Parade. In November, we had our second annual intra-club certamen tournament and pizza night. In December, we had a Saturnalia breakfast. We also had our annual Trojan Horse auction in which we raised over $200 for our ongoing project, the Student Assistance Fund. In January, we had a pizza and poker night at Mag's house to celebrate Indiana Latin Week. In February, we had our annual Cupid and Psyche Dance. Because of spring break, we were unable to attend state convention, but several members took the NLE in March. We also did a fund raiser selling concessions at the District FFA September 2009 Indiana s intermediate certamen team included, from left, Sawyer Morgan, Tom Zhang, Drew Herrmann and Bosi Zhang, all of Hamilton Southeastern/ Fishers, and Alex Kleemann of Crown Point. Showing off the first-place medals for scrapbooks at national convention were, from left, Keara Siebert of Fort Wayne Homestead, fifth with the state scrapbook and first with the Homestead scrapbook in the small chapter category; Happy Ghosh, ninth with Brownsburg scrapbook in the medium division; and Katherine Keilman, eighth with the Crown Point scrapbook in the large chapter division. PAGE 3

National Latin Exam Winners Several Indiana high school Latin students won gold or silver medals on the 2009 National Latin Exam. There were 107 gold medal winners, down from 125 the previous year and 127 silver medal winners, down from 151the previous year. In addition, Wesley Wood, a Crown Point graduate, won one of the National Latin Exam scholarships for four years at Notre Dame. Indiana winners were: Crown Point High School: Dominique Bass, Craig Eggen, Raeanna Jenks, Jonathan Maginot, Josh Obszanski, David Raymond, Robert Risteski, Lexis Rolff, Ethan Traina, Megan Wadkins, Andrew Budgin, Brittany Krowiarz, Rebekah Maddack, Brad Qualizza, David Sotirovski, Marcus Trybula, Nicole Arena, Rebecca Duggan, Teodora Fetea, Angela Roberts, Elizabeth Szymanski, Joseph Fallon, Katherine Keilman, Mallorie Lewis, Amanda Rattazzi and Wesley Wood, gold medals. Jacqueline Barenie, Isaac Dutton, Charles Phillips, Nicholas Takacs, Albert Camacho, Chelsea Groff, Aaron Hensley, Hannah Schutter, Adam Seifert, Janice Swell, Carmen Siew, Kelsey Bonhivert, Samantha Boyd, Andrew David, Andrew Facemyer, Grace Gyure, Shelbie Hesser, Mary VanCleef, Linzy Volk, Nicholas Anker, Nicholas Pazzi and Ryan Qualizza, silver medals. Culver Academies: Caitlin Harrington, gold medal; Eunice Son, Stephen Wilson, Shaun Devlin and Jesse Peters, silver medals. Elkhart Central High School: Megan Ellis and Henning Salm, silver medals. Elkhart Memorial High School: Jordan Creel, silver medal. Elwood High School: William Prusinski, silver medal. Floyd Central High School: Chelsea Reidinger, gold medal; Bejamin Gulman, Hannah Henderson, Jill Moore, Jessica Hanson, Dylan Barnett and Justin Mills, silver medals. Fort Wayne Canterbury School: Benjamin Silver, gold medal; Ciara Cox, Alexander Ocken and Katie Desimone, silver medals. Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran High School: Eric Scott, Brian Foss, and Sydney Hathaway, gold medals; Carlie Whitaker, silver medals. Fort Wayne Homestead High School: Danika Bailey, Jessica Bledsoe, Michelle Bonahoom, Darby Cook, Madyson Holtzinger, Thomas Kelly, Rachel Klein, Alison Mansfield, David Pan, Clair Pranger, Landon Rody, Garret Golvikn, Scott Kelly, Nicholas Litchin and David Ramsey, gold medals; Paul Bowman, Michael Kitch, Jonathan Marble, Adam Peters, Vesna Petrovic, Christian Ross and Ravi Vemula, silver medals. Greencastle High School: Jack Hollander, gold medal; Mackenzie Meyer, silver medal. Hamilton Southeastern/Fishers high schools: Drew Herrmann, Sawyer Morgan and Tom Zhang, gold medals; Raquel Zacherl, Adjoa Anhoh, Bosi Zhang and William Koehnlein, silver medals. Home School Group, Dyar: Grace Lefevre, gold medal; Abigail Huston and Hannah Solloway, silver medals. Indianapolis Heritage Christian High School: Zachary Kooiker and Kelly Warner. Indianapolis Lawrence Township High Schools: Corinne Larew, silver medal. Indianapolis North Central High School: Rachel Crovello gold medal; Alexandra Baker, A. Mullins-Pearson and Ian McQuinn, silver medals. Indianapolis Oaks Academy: Rebecca Ito and Reagan Conner, gold medals; Katherine Kortepeter, silver medal. Indianapolis Park Tudor High School: Erin Hoffmann, Nicolette Hurt, Ayana Lindsey, Douglas Park, Niki Waddell, Grace Barlow, Jonathan Buckley, Lillian Crabb, Jeffrey Shen, Ovini Rodrigo and Caroline Huang, gold medals; Benton Stovall, Scott Campbell, Josh Moore, Robbie Pauszek and Nolan Smith, silver medals. Indianapolis Pike High School: Andrew Brown, gold medal; Roman Ahned and Dwight Sonner, silver medals. Indianapolis Scecina Memorial High School: Samuel Bennett, silver medal. Indianapolis St. Richard s School: Claude Harrington, Katherine Scott, and Caroline Tucker, gold medals; Kendall Urgett, Courtney Burks, Atticus Consica, Katherine Knapp, Carol Kryder-Reid and Daniel Taylor, silver medals. Indiana Academy: Katherine Sozansky and Justin Vadas, gold medals; Lior Ben-Yehoshua, Tabatha Marrs, Sydney Thompson, Tasha Zobel, Jackson Eflin, Sunwood Lee, William McCallister, Jessica O Neill, Tyler Thompson, Andrew Townsend, and Peter Vorhees, silver medals. Kolbe Academy, Indianapolis: Rachel Solomito, gold medal. Kroecker Home School Academy, Fort Wayne: Ari Blocher-Smith, silver medal. Merrillville Andrean High School: Clara Suh, gold medal; Aimaa Perhach, Abigail Quint, Matthew Sertich and James Morrison, silver medals. Muncie Central High School: Carrie Vertin and James Smith, gold medals. St. Theodore Guerin High School, Noblesville: Emily Murphy and Kate Woodrum, silver medals. Seynour High School: Katherine Moravec, silver medal. Shelbyville High School: James Jenkins, Jessica Skiles, Emily Scott and Daniel Smith, gold medals; Kasey Hinrichs, Katie Hudson, Corbin Lee, Madisen Basey, Thomas Glyn Cox, Gabrielle Reed and Jessica Ragsdale, silver medals. South Bend St. Joseph s High School: Shelby Herms and Joseph Moon, gold medals; Mary Gallagher, Jesse Whitfield, and Sydney Hofferth, silver medals. South Bend Stanley Clark Middle School: Stacie Skwarcan, Daniel Trye, Nicolas Wawrykow, and Drew Yarger, gold medals; Edward Alexander, Grace Guibert and Michael Sayre, silver medals. Continued on page 5 September 2009 PAGE 4

National Latin Exam Winners Continued... South Bend Trinity School at Greenlawn: Jonathan Wagner, Mary Kate McShane, and Katherine Mayer, gold medals; Ryan Busk, Erica Chabot, Katherine Couch, John Feeks, Aleks Frelas, Grace Linczer, Katherine Loughran, Andrew Pingel, Brenda Evans and Michael Jacobs, silver medals. Terre Haute North Vigo High School: James Adkins, Elinor Balensuela, Mark Elia, Thomas Foulkes, Allisa Frazier, Madeline Thiemann, Amber Wilcox, Christopher Huster, Andrew Weber, and William Kline, gold medals; Stoine Johansen, Jessica Sotak, Cassandra Ackley, Chad Holler, Celeste Kline, Kyle Bose, Eric Watson, and James Foulkes, silver medals. Terre Haute South Vigo High School: Carly McDonald, gold medal; Arthur Hutchings, silver medal. Valparaiso High School: Elisabeth Fink, Andrea Howey, Aumer Shughoury, Jeremiah Smith, and Benjamin Studebaker, gold medals; Ruth Sanders, silver medal. Dues Information Current Indiana Junior Classical League chapters have received membership information and dues forms. Dues are $20 per chapter and $4 per member (for state and national). If you pay before Nov. 15, you can deduct $10 from the chapter dues. Others wanting to join the IJCL should contact Dennis Bartlow or Lisanne Marshall, IJCL co-chairs, for membership forms. Students who join existing chapters after Jan. 15 will be charged an $8 dues fee. Certamen Invitationals Scheduled The Indiana Junior Classical League is planning two certamen invitationals during the 2009-2010 school year. The 28th annual Hoosier Certamen Invitational will be Jan. 30 at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis and the 22nd annual Indiana Certamen Invitational will be Feb. 20 at Elwood High School in Elwood. Both invitationals will start at 9:30 a.m. and will be open to all IJCL members. There will be a novice division for first-year students, intermediate division open to first- and second-year students and an advanced division open to all levels, but with an emphasis on third and fourth-year study. Information will be sent to schools by mid-december. Preregistration is required for both events. IJCL 2009-2010 officers at the August board meeting. Publicity Indiana continued to dominate the National Publicity Contest by winning the state awards in number of chapters participating and in percentage of chapters participating. Crown Point High School finished fourth in the nation for the second year in a row. They compiled 12,489 points. Elwood was eighth with 4,064 points; Brownsburg 11th with 3,024 points; and Fort Wayne Homestead, 15th with 2,107 points. Each received a silver cup. Receiving certificates for placing between 16th and 30th were Hamilton Southeastern/Fishers, 16th with 1,880 and Indianapolis North Central, 28th with 696. PAGE 5 September 2009

Contact Information Your IJCL Executive Board for the 2009-2010 Year Indiana Junior Classical League Officers: President Sam Wathen (Boonville) president@ijcl.org First Vice President Saurabh Sharma (Fort Wayne Homestead) vp1@ijcl.org Second Vice President Josh Glass (Crown Point) vp2@ijcl.org Recording Secretary Drew Herrmann (Hamilton Southeastern/Fishers) rsecretary@ijcl.org Corresponding Secretary Toni Kontos (Elwood) csecretary@ijcl.org Parliamentarian Ravi Vemula (Fort Wayne Homestead) parliamentarian@ijcl.org Historian Brittany Krowiarz (Crown Point) historian@ijcl.org Editor Lauren McClain (Brownsburg) editor@ijcl.org Webmaster Tom Zhang (Hamilton Southeastern/Fishers) webmaster@ijcl.org Senior Classical League Officers President Wil Kinkley (Purdue University) wkinkley@purdue.com Vice President Kevin Jacobs (Purdue University) ktjacobs@purdue.edu Secretary Ben Rogers (Ball State University) sirgrodus@gmail.com Treasurer Fred Pai (Purdue University) fred.pai@sbcglobal.net Parliamentarian Stacy Clark (Ball State University) snclark@bsu.edu Historian Keara Seibert (Milligan College) seiberfrog@verizon.net Indespensible State Committee Co-chair: Dennis M. Bartlow chair1@ijcl.org Co-chair: Lisanne Marshall chair2@ijcl.org SCL advisor: Tony Martin scl@ijcl.org Technology chair: Chris Olry technology@ijcl.org Certamen chair: Linda Hemelgarn certamen@ijcl.org Constitution chair: Kathy Adair constitution@ijcl.org Scholarship chair: Diana Garner scholarship@ijcl.org Other Board Members Jeremy Walker jmwalker@cps.k12.in.us Pam Koleszar pkaye30@hotmail.com Rebecca Bush rbush@hse.k12.in.us or rjbush@earthlink.net IJCL Officers 2009-2010 Don't forget to stop by our award-winning site for up-to-date information, photo albums, pastveritas issues and everything you need: w w w. i j c l. o r g September 2009 PAGE 6

Know Your Officers A Healthy Dose of Investigative Journalism Name: Sam Wathen IJCL office: President School: Boonville High School Grade: 12th What you like most about JCL: JCL is an amazing organization which benefits all of its members. It also is a great way to meet amazing people from across Indiana who all share a love for the Classics and Latin. Interests: I m interested in anything computers, or anything where technology is used. I m all for modernizing things, and my passion is design graphics for people. Extracurricular Activities: I am involved in my local Thespian Troupe #950, National Honor Society, and my church. Why you wanted to join JCL: I wanted to join JCL because I knew it would be an exciting way to help me learn Latin. It was so intriguing as a Freshman because I knew I was going to need some extra help in learning. Name: Saurabh Sharma IJCL office: 1st vice president School: Homestead Grade: 10 What you like most about JCL: the opportunities to meet new people Interests: golf Extracurricular Activities: golf, speech and debate Why you wanted to join JCL: I felt it would give me great experiences that would help me later on in life. Name: Joshua Glass IJCL office: 2 nd Vice President School: Crown Point High School Grade: 12 What you like most about JCL: The aspect of JCL, IJCL, and even NJCL is the camaraderie which each JCLer experiences with others in the organization. The strength and magnitude of these friendships are simply incredible. Interests: I enjoy swimming, scuba diving, lifeguarding, and teaching swim lessons. In other words, I enjoy anything that takes place in the water. Extracurricular Activities: Aside from JCL I am also on my high school s swim team. Why you wanted to join JCL: As a freshman all I heard from the upperclassman involved in the organization was how much fun and exciting the organization experiences. This first sparked my curiosity which caused me to attend state. Since that first state convention I have been completely hooked. Name: Drew Herrmann IJCL office: Recording Secretary School: Hamilton Southeastern/Fishers Grade: 11 What you like most about JCL: State and National Conventions Interests: Soccer, math, Latin, German Extracurricular Activities: German Club, Math Club, quiz Bowl, Academic Super Bowl, Youth Group, Recreational Soccer Why you wanted to join JCL: I was interested and wanted to join as many clubs as I could and since then I've been hooked! Name: Toni Kontos IJCL office: Corresponding Secretary School: Elwood Community High School Grade: 11 What do you like most about JCL: I like how everyone always has a good time. Interests: I like to play golf and tennis. Extracurricular Activities: Key club, sports, steering committee, Art club, and Latin club. Why you wanted to join JCL: I wanted the opportunity to grow as a student and learn leadership skills. My Magistra thought this would be a great chance to do those things. Name: Ravi Vemula IJCL office: Parliamentarian School: Homestead High School Grade: 12 What do you like most about JCL: I see moonlight on the Wabash and now appreciate it Interests: Violin, Piano, Running, Engineering, Reading, Swimming, Martial Arts, Archery Extracurricular Activities: Martial Arts, Archery, Super Bowl/Decathlon Why you wanted to join JCL: Latin is one thing in class, but it s completely different in a competitive environment. Name: Lauren McClain IJCL office: Editor School: Brownsburg High School Grade: 11 What you like most about JCL: My favorite thing about JCL is probably Certamen and state convention. Next to that, the fun parties we have in BJCL and all the inside jokes we have from Latin class. Extracurricular Activities: Other than JCL, I am in Marching band, Jazz band, Pep band, and Creative Writing Club. Why you wanted to join JCL: I originally joined JCL because my older brother was in it. After that first year, it just stuck with me. Name: Tom Zhang IJCL office: Webmaster School: Hamilton Southeastern High School Grade: 11 What do you like most about JCL: Competition Interests: Math, Science, Automobiles, Soccer Extracurricular Activities: Quiz Bowl, Academic Super Bowl, Math Team, intramural soccer Why you wanted to join JCL: Because I was in Latin, and was interested in what more could possibly exist outside of the class. September 2009 PAGE 7

Volume XXXIIV Issue I Oracle's Report 2009-20010 Indiana Junior Classical League Calendar of Events Oct. 3--Deadline for registering for President s Day/Fall Latin Day Feb. 12--Deadline for submitting amendments to the constitution and filing for candidacies for state office Oct. 17--32st annual President s Day/Fall Latin Day, Butler University, Indianapolis Nov. 5-7--Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association and Indiana Classical Conference, Holiday Inn Select, Indianapolis Nov. 21--Executive board meeting, 10:30 a.m., Brownsburg High School, Brownsburg Dec. 1--Deadline for submitting items for the second issue of the Veritas et Scientia Dec. 10--Information mailed out about state convention Jan. 1--Second issue of Veritas et Scientia mailed out Jan. 15--Deadline for paying dues to be a chapter in good standing; deadline for requesting a scholarship form Jan. 20--State convention registration deadline Jan. 24-30--Indiana Latin Week Jan. 30--28th annual Hoosier Certamen Invitational, 9:30 a.m., Cathedral High School, Indianapolis Feb. 1--Deadline for submitting scholarship applications to Diana Garner, scholarship chair Feb. 20--22nd annual Indiana Certamen Invitational, 9:30 a.m., Elwood High School, Elwood March 12-13--56th annual Indiana Junior Classical League state convention, Indiana University, Bloomington April 1--Deadline for submitting items for the third issue of the Veritas et Scientia April 18-24--National Latin Week May 1--Third issue of Veritas et Scientia mailed out; deadline for registering for the 2010 national convention May 15--Executive board meeting, 10 a.m., Brownsburg High School, Brownsburg; tryouts for state Certamen teams, 1 p.m., Brownsburg High School, Brownsburg June 26-29--American Classical League Institute, Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles, Calif July 10 (tentative)--picnic for Indiana delegates to the 2010 National Junior Classical League Convention July 27-Aug. 1--57th annual National Junior Classical League Convention, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota Lauren McClain, IJCL Editor 6919 Richwine Court Brownsburg, IN 46112 September 2009 PAGE 8