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Michael Matthews, Thomas Blaubach, Joey Stalin,Patrick Norman, Michael Leykin, Sophie Looker,Elizabeth Huskin, Will Nimke, Connor Scholtus,And Thomas DeGuire pose with their creation.

One of the gingerbread creations ! a miniature ancient Roman warship!

Sam Silver, Michael Reguire, Jordan Zall,and Henry Shein show off their gingerbread.

Throughout the fall, manystudents enjoy Latin-themed

events at their schools, such asHomestead`s Roman

gingerbread house makingcontest for Saturnalia.

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N o n e s t v I v e r eS e d v a l e r e

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Knowledge is power, so all the schools in the WJCL convene everyJanuary to compete at the state convention and prove their knowledge.

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Convention is

always hecticand full ofcontests, andelections are

one of themost

importantcontests of all.Emily Esser, historian, and ari pollack,

parliamentarian, speak at the podium. all the officers, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, convenefor the swearing in of new officers.

Campaign posters from state convention!

2013-2014 WJCL OFFICERSPresident: Vinay

Raghavan1 st VP: Simon Rosenblum-

Larson2nd VP: Ciara Corrigan

Parliamentarian: Eli JudgeSecretary: Andrew Mullins

Historian: Emily EsserTreasurer: Margaret Duffey

Tech Coordinator: JeffBenes

Editor: Livvie May

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School scrapbook contests complete the roster of creativearts competitions, as well as a small models & props contest

division. Many of the entries are truly spectacular!

scrapbooks from brookfield academy,homestead, and gmche.

Some roman-style mosaics.

Models of ancientBuildings and items

(not to scale!)

A miniature pantheon androman villa.

Ancient roman warships models.

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isaiahgoldberg

poses with

rufus kingsdoor

decoration,which

quotes theyears theme:

cease toinquire what

the futurehas in store,and take as

a giftwhatever

the daybringsforth.

sculpture of a stymphalian bird,legendary creature from greek

mythology.

A certamen t-shirtdesign, depicting caesar,

By emily esser.

emily essers ink drawing oferis, goddess of strife, earned

first place in graphic arts.

GMCHEs door decoration, with thesame theme but a different design.There are

many othercompetitions

at stateconvention,

including art, door dec-

oration (adhering to aset theme), and of course

the sport of Certamen.

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danny trunzo, national 2 nd VP, presents trophy awards.

certamen finals ! a true spectatorsport, in the spirit of ancient roman

amphitheater battles!

Certamen teams compete in one of the final rounds.

Of course, nodescription of state

convention is completewithout Certamen! That

fast-paced quiz bowlteam sport is one of the

major attractions ofconvention.

A score sheet from preliminary certamen rounds. 8

A e q u a m m e m e n t oR e b u s I n a r d u I s

S e r v a r e m e n t e m

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In February, Brookfield Academy students attendeda seminar about numismatics in antiquity, taught by

Rev. Paul Bulgerin, a collector of ancient coins.

Each student receivedtheir own coin to take

home and keep!

Studentswork to

inspectand clean

ancientcoins

as rev.bulgarin

watchesandinstructs.

sophomores work carefully on their coins.

ethan warren, matthewshanahan, and other students

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In March, WJCL

historian Emily Essertraveled to theannual Harvard

CertamenTournament to

compete, playingalongside thehighly ranked

Classical CottageSchool team from

Virginia. The tripalso included a visit

to the ancient art

gallery at theMetropolitan

Museum in NewYork.

an ancient greek red-figure vase.

an ancient greek laurel wreath,such as the ones worn by victors,

emperors, and the god apollo.

a classical marble sculpture ofroman armor.

emily esser (WI) and carolyn manion(VA) at the harvard certamen

tournament.

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This birthday cake for ancient romedepicts a bestiarius fighting a lion.

it was delicious.

paige

hammond,sam baureis,morgan

malatesta,saify

sobhani, andajay

doniparthishow off

their awardpapers from

the nle.

this cake depicts a volcano, probablyvesuvius, which buried pompeii under

tons of ash. happy birthday!

mary liz kim, alison sharpless, petergardner, mahalia sobhani, and

sara eslami proudly display theircertificates.

April is not only the birthday of Rome, but the monthwhen National Latin Exam awards arrive. Brookfield

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The high schoolstudents throughout

Wisconsin alreadyhave a convention of

their own, but everyyear, they host a day-

long convention for themiddle school Latinstudents at various

schools. It`s called theWJ^2CL WisconsinJunior Junior Classical

League (Juniorsquared) and middle

school students taketests and playCertamen as

preparation for the realWJCL state convention.

middle school students take tests written bythe high school coordinators of the wjjcl.

Certamen players prepare for the next round. 12D o c e n d oD I s c I m u s

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F O R T E S

F O R T U N A A D I U V A T.

W J C L 2 0 1 2 ! 2 0 1 3S T A T E S C R A P B O O K

B Y E M I L Y E S S E R

WJCL DELEGATES ON A PILGRIMAGE AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

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