Ellis Latin Students Win Awards at JCL

Ellis Latin students in grades 8 to 12 competed at the 66th annual Pennsylvania Junior Classical League (PAJCL) convention at Penn State University May 19-May 21. The Pennsylvania Junior Classical League, an organization for junior and senior high school students enrolled in Classical Courses, was "formed to promote the study of Latin and Greek and to impart an understanding of the debt which our own culture owes to that of Classical antiquity.” This year’s theme was “Omnis ars naturae imitatio est.” or “ All art is but an imitation of nature.”
Twenty-nine students traveled to State College to compete against schools from across Pennsylvania in Latin academic tests, creative projects, and Olympic-inspired sporting events. After a weekend of fun and friendly competition, Ellis students returned to Pittsburgh with three group awards and seventeen individual awards in hand. In faculty news, Latin teacher Brooke McLane-Higginson was appointed the PAJCL State Co-Chair earlier this year and served on the Executive Board at PAJCL in a leadership role.

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

Group Awards:
Spirit Contest (Saturday): 1st place
Spirit Contest (Friday): 3rd place
400m Relay: 3rd place; Corinne Hartman, Class of 2018; Dory Johnson, Class of 2019; Maevis Rosengart, Class of 2021; Hunter Kloss, Class of 2021

Individual Awards - Academic
Derivatives Academic Test (Level I): 1st place; Hunter Kloss, Class of 2021
Vocabulary Academic Test (Level I): 2nd place; Hunter Kloss, Class of 2021
Mythology Academic Test (Level I): 2nd place; Hunter Kloss, Class of 2021
Grammar Academic Test (Level I): 3rd place; Kiera Harrell-Danks, Class of 2021
Grammar Academic Test (Level I): 3rd place; Genna Barge, Class of 2021
Mythology Academic Test (Level I): 5th place; Kiera Harrell-Danks, Class of 2021
Mythology Academic Test (Level I): 3rd place; Maia Beckerman, Class of 2021
History Academic Test (Level I): 5th place; Maia Beckerman, Class of 2021
Grammar Academic Test (Level II): 4th place; Maggie Ginter-Frankovitch, Class of 2020

Individual Awards - Arts
Modern Myth (Lower Division): 1st place; Maggie Ginter-Frankovitch, Class of 2020
Jewelry: 3rd place; Kiera Harrell-Danks, Class of 2021
Dolls: 4th place; Dory Johnson, Class of 2019
Mosaic - Tile and Glass: 1st place; Mady Denko, Class of 2019
Painting - Watercolor: 5th place; Katharine Ference, Class of 2019
Painting - Acrylic: 5th place; Katie Brandegee, Class of 2017
Minor Model: 4th place; Lucy Wheeler, Class of 2021

Individual Awards - Athletic
Girls' 100m Dash: 2nd place; Corinne Hartman, Class of 2018
Girls' Friscus Throw: 5th place; Katie Brandegee, Class of 2017

Individual Awards - Other
Editor's Choice: Best Keystone Poem: Lucia Snyderman, Class of 2019
 
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