Latin students take home state awards

Students in the Junior Classical League attended the MOJCL Convention Friday and Saturday. All students who attended were required to take two tests and had the option of competing in other events.

Eleven STA Latin students pose for a photo at the MOJCL Convention April 16. Four seniors, two juniors, four sophomores and one freshman represented STA at the convention, held April 15 and 16 in Columbia. photo courtesy of Lia Biritz.

by Torie Richardson, Editor-in-Chief

In addition to the following awards earned at the state competition, two STA students were voted into state officer positions. Senior Maggie Knox, MOJCL Historian, passed her title to junior Emma Gustavson, and junior Marin Brown was voted the new MOJCL Parliamentarian.

Tests

Vocabulary Test

Level 1
Emma Gustavson – 5th place

Level 4
Sarah Cigas – 5th place

Derivatives Test

Level 2
Clara Swanson – 4th place
Sophia Brown – 5th place

Level 4
Sadie Green – 1st place

Grammar Test

Level 2
Lia Biritz – 3rd place

Level 4
Sarah Cigas – 1st place
Natalie Rose – 5th place

Reading Comprehension Test

Level 1
Emma Gustavson – 1st place

History and Culture Test

Level 1
Grace Marshall – 4th place

Mythology Test

Level 1
Grace Marshall – 2nd place

Level 2
Charlotte Sturr – 4th place
Sophia Brown – 5th place

Level 4
Casey Campo – 4th place

 

Other Events

Oral Modern Myth

Grace Marshall – 5th place

Costume (Female)

Emma Gustavson – 1st place
Grace Marshall – 5th place

Needlework

Emma Gustavson – 1st place
Sophie Bunch – 2nd place
Sophia Brown – 3rd place

Painting

Emma Gustavson – 3rd place

Impromptu Art

Sophie Bunch – 3rd place

T-Shirt Contest

Olivia Matlock – 3rd place