At last month’s State Latin Convention, held by the California Junior Classical League, middle school Latin students collected a huge number of awards and recognitions, including placing first in the state among Large Middle School delegations. Middle school Latin was also named March’s Club of the Month by the National Junior Classical League for a Julius Caesar-themed scavenger hunt that students created to recognized the Ides of March.
Full results are as follows:
Chapter Awards
First in Publicity: There were no other middle school entries, so Harker was judged against the high schools.
First in Spirit
First in Digital Scrapbook (Moxi Zhu, grade 6, historian)
Second in Banner
Second in T-shirt (art by Charlene Li, grade 8)
Chapter Awards: Certamen
MS1 (Vihaan Shrivastava, Kyle Xu, Leo Zhang, all grade 6) placed Third in the state.
MS2 (Rebecca Ding, Ryo Sugaya, Heidi Wang, Ethan Weyn, all grade 7) placed Second.
MS3 (eighth graders Jacob Chung, Rory Hu, Shreyas Karnam, Zahra Syed, with Lucas Yuan playing in the qualifying rounds) placed First.
Individual Awards, MS1
Joshua Lin: Second in Reading Comprehension
Vihaan Shrivastava: First in Ancient Geography, First in Roman History, Second in Daily Life, Second in Illustrated Quotations
Danielle Xiong, grade 6: Third in Mythology
Kyle Xu: Third in Mythology
Leo Zhang: First in Classical Art, First in Pentathlon, Third in Daily Life, Third in Tennis
Moxi Zhu: First in Illustrated Quotations
Individual Awards, MS2
Rebecca Ding, grade 7: Third in Reading Comprehension, Third in Latin Oratory
Chelsea Jin, grade 7 : First in Mottoes, Quotes, and Abbreviations, Second in Classical Art
Reyansh Malla, grade 7: Second in Daily Life, Second in Board Games, Third in Ancient Geography, Third in Roman History
Ravi Saxena, grade 7: First in Grammar
Ryo Sugaya: First in Pentathlon, Third in Grammar
Heidi Wang: First in Classical Art, First in Mythology, Second in Sight Latin Reading
Ethan Weyn: First in Ancient Geography, Second in Mythology, Second in Pentathlon
Tavish Yergera, grade 7: First place in Open Certamen
Eric Zhang, grade 7: Second in Roman History
Individual Awards, MS3 (all grade 8)
Shridhar Chaware: First in Reading Comprehension
Jacob Chung: First in Ancient Geography, First in Pentathlon, Second in Grammar, Second in Dramatic Interpretation, Second in Sight Latin Reading, Second in Maps, Third in English Slogan
Matthew Deng, grade 8: Third in Daily Life
Rory Hu: First in Reading Comprehension, First in Dramatic Interpretation, First in Sight Latin Reading, First in Essay
Shreyas Karnam: First in Classical Art, First in Grammar, First in Latin Oratory, Second in Vocabulary, Second in Latin Slogan, Third in Essay, Third in Digital Art
Patricia Li: First in Classical Art
Zahra Syed: First in Vocabulary, Second in Ancient Geography, Second in Essay, Third in Sight Latin Reading
Top Score Awards
Top Score, Classical Art: Shreyas Karnam and Patricia Li (tie)
Top Score, Pentathlon: Jacob Chung
Top Score, Grammar 2: Shreyas Karnam
Sweepstakes Awards
MS2 Individual Academic winner: Heidi Wang
MS3 Individual Academic winner: Jacob Chung
MS3 Individual Arts winner: Shreyas Karnam
MS 3 Individual Combined winner: Jacob Chung