National Junior Classical League

2000 Convention Results

Five Crown Point Latin students traveled with their sponsor and 24 other members of the Indiana Junior Classical League to Oklahoma University in Norman for the 2000 National Junior Classical League Convention. The convention ran from Tuesday, August 1 to Sunday, August 6. At this convention, students competed in academic tests, academic quiz bowl competitions (Certamen), creative art contests (sight Latin reading , Latin oratory, dramatic interpretations, etc.), athletic events (Olympika), and graphic art competitions (models, drawings in various media, mosaics, posters, maps, handicrafts, etc.). Attending from Crown Point were Katie Braggs, Lauren Griffith, Stacy Jovanoski, Amy Rieser, and Robby Schrum. Their teacher and sponsor is Mr. Jeremy Walker.

The Crown Point Latin Club had a successful convention receiving 11th in the Publicity competition, up from 17th in 1999.

Individual results were also impressive with all five students receiving at least one placing of 10th or higher in one of the areas of competition. Highlights included fourth year student Lauren Griffith placing fourth in Dramatic Interpretation--Prose--Girls, and placing third in Sight Latin Reading--Advanced Prose. Third year student Robby Schrum was a member of the second place Indiana boys relay team. He also placed 6th on the Ancient Geography exam. Robby also brought home first place honors in the Sight Latin Reading--Advanced Prose competition. First year student Amy Rieser placed second with her Decorative Stitching while second year student Katie Braggs placed seventh with her game. Fourth year student Stacy Jovanoski placed 8th on the Latin Literature exam and 9th on the Roman Life exam.

Individual results follow for all five students:

Name	Academic Tests	Creative Arts	Graphic Arts	Olympika
Katie Braggs	25th--Latin Derivatives II 27th--Latin Vocabulary II 27th--Roman History II		7th--Games - Grade 10
Lauren Griffith	12th--Greek Derivatives IV 13th--Mottoes IV 15th--Heptathlon IV 15th--Roman Life IV 17th--Advanced Grammar IV 18th--Latin Vocabulary IV 19th--Latin Derivatives IV 20th--Ancient Geography IV 27th--Decathlon (all levels) 28th--Roman History IV	4th--Dramatic Interpretation --Prose--Girls 3rd--Sight Latin Reading --Advanced Prose--Girls 12th--Overall Achievement --Creative Arts	i
Stacy Jovanoski	8th--Latin Literature IV 9th--Roman Life IV 16th--Ancient Geography IV 17th--Roman History IV 18th--Mythology IV 19th--Mottoes IV 23rd--Decathlon	i	i
Amy Rieser	29th--Greek Derivatives I 33rd--Latin Derivatives I 34th--Mottoes I 41st--Roman Life I 44th--Grammar I	i	2nd--Decorative Stitching - Grade 9 24th--Overall Achievement --Graphic Arts
Robby Schrum	6th--Ancient Geography III 11th--Decathlon (all levels) 12th--Heptathlon III 13th--Latin Derivatives III 14th--Advanced Grammar III 15th--Mottoes III 15th--Roman History III 17th--Greek Derivatives III 17th--Roman Life III 23rd--Latin Vocabulary III 25th--Mythology III	1st--Sight Latin Reading --Advanced Prose--Boys 12th--Overall Achievement --Creative Arts	i	2nd--Boys Relay (state team)

State results follow:

Contest	Placing	Person in Charge
Scrapbook	2nd place	Tiffany Caufield (New Albany)
Publications	3rd place	Amanda Gooden (Mount Vernon)
Spirit	2nd place	Robby Schrum (Crown Point)
T-shirt	5th place	Robby Schrum (Crown Point)
Publicity	2nd place--total points 2nd place--percentage of chapters represented	Mr. Denny Bartlow, IJCL Co-chair

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