Month: November 2015

It was a banner convention for the Maine JCL. Over 400 students from 16 Maine schools came to Winthrop High School on Friday the 13th to compete with each other in academics, certamen, and spirit. Click on the links below to find out the results for each part of the convention. School Academic Sweeps Individual Academic Sweeps Spirit Scores Certamen… Read more →

At the Fall Convention, schools participate in two rounds of certamen, a quiz game that focuses on all parts of classical culture. There are three levels of certamen, based on students’ level of Latin. Ties at this convention are determined by single highest round score. Advanced Certamen Camden Hills, 225 points Hampden Academy, 180 points All-Star Caesar, 175 points Lawrence,… Read more →

At the Fall Convention, schools participate in spirit, the score of which consists of both the creativity of the roll call and the enthusiasm and organization of school spirit. At this convention, schools were divided into large school and small school divisions based on the size of the delegation. Large Schools (more than 30 JCLers): Hampden Academy Nokomis Winthrop Leavitt… Read more →

Students at the Fall Convention take upwards of six tests on the topics of Latin grammar, Latin vocabulary, reading comprehension, English derivatives, mythology, and Roman history and culture. Ties are broken by highest scores on individual tests. Sadie Allen, Camden Hills, 20 points Mariah Gould, Nokomis, 20 points William Casey, Foxcroft Academy, 18 Augusta Stockman, Camden Hills, 13 points Aren… Read more →

A school’s academic sweeps score consists of the sum of the top 7 student scorers from each school. Camden Hills, 86 Nokomis, 85 Hampden Academy, 81 John Bapst, 67 Foxcroft Academy, 59 Greely, 52 Winthrop, 35 Lawrence, 30 Freeport, 29 Fryeburg, 26 Gardiner, 23 Cony, 22 Washington Academy, 10 Edward Little, 9 Leavitt, 8 Sacopee Valley, 2 Read more →