On Nov. 4, middle and upper school Latin students attended the California Junior Classical League’s fall convention, held at St. Francis High School in Sacramento, where they collected dozens of awards across many events.
Upper school results are as follows:
High School: Level 1
Roma Bhanot, grade 9: 1st place, Derivatives; 2nd place (tie), Daily Life
High School: Level 2
Ishan Mysore, grade 10: 1st place, Grammar; 3rd place, Derivatives
Suhana Bhandare, grade 10: 2nd place (tie), Reading Comprehension; 3rd place, Vocabulary
High School: Level 3
Leo Zhang, grade 9: 2nd place, Vocabulary; 3rd place, Grammar
Ameera Ramzan, grade 9: 1st place, Grammar; 3rd place, Sight Reading
High School: Advanced Level
Trisha Iyer, grade 12: 1st place, Daily Life; 1st place, Reading Comprehension; 2nd place, Sight Reading; 1st place, Certamen (team)
Rahul Sundaresan, grade 10: 1st place (tie), Derivatives; 3rd place, Mythology
Samuel Tong, grade 10: 1st place (tie), Derivatives; 3rd place (tie), Vocabulary; 1st place, Certamen (team)
Kabir Ramzan, grade 12: 3rd place (tie), Vocabulary
Jonathan Szeto: 2nd place (tie), Reading Comprehension; 2nd place, Grammar
Middle school results are as follows:
MS1 (all grade 6):
Jacee Liang: 1st place, Derivatives
Joshua Lin: 3rd place, Reading Comprehension
Vihaan Shrivastava: 2nd place, Roman Daily Life
Danielle Xiong: 1st place, Mythology; 3rd place, Roman Daily Life
Leo Zhang: 1st place, Roman Daily Life
Moxi Zhu: 1st place, Latin Grammar; 3rd place, Derivatives
MS2 (all grade 7):
Ravi Saxena: 1st place, Derivatives; 1st place, Latin Grammar
Ryo Sugaya: 2nd place, Roman Daily Life; 3rd place, Mythology
Ethan Weyn: 1st place, Mythology; 3rd place, Roman Daily Life
MS3 (all grade 8):
Jacob Chung: 1st place, Grammar; 2nd place, Reading Comprehension; 2nd place, Sight Reading
Matthew Deng: 3rd place, Roman Daily Life
Rory Hu: 2nd place, Derivatives; 1st place, Reading Comprehension; 1st place, Sight Reading; 1st place, Certamen Team
Shreyas Karnam: 1st place, Roman Daily Life; 1st place, Grammar; 3rd place, Sight Reading; 1st place, Certamen Team
Zahra Syed: 1st place, Derivatives; 1st place, Latin Vocabulary
Hongkang Zhao: 2nd place, Mythology
Best in Show Awards (top three among all exam takers in each category, at every level, from grades 6-12)
MS2:
Ravi Saxena: 1st place, Novice Grammar
Ethan Weyn: 1st place, Mythology
MS3:
Jacob Chung: 1st place, Intermediate Grammar; 3rd place, Intermediate Reading Comprehension
Rory Hu: 1st place, Intermediate Reading Comp; 3rd place, Derivatives
Shreyas Karnam: 1st place, Intermediate Grammar; 2nd place, Daily Life
Zahra Syed: 1st place, Derivatives