Italy Trip Meeting

There is a mandatory meeting for all students who are going on this year's trip to Italy:

Tuesday, October 17
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Officer Election

These students have been elected to serve as Latin Club Senators under the leadership of Latin Club Consul Chang Yu:

Latin Two: Cooper Grinspun
Latin Three: Rob McFadden
Latin Four: Loyd Templeton

T-shirts, magnets, and hoodies should be ready for pick-up in the next two to three weeks. Sign-up for Festivus activities will take place after Fall Break.

Latin Fall Festivus

Although the weather may still feel like summer, nevertheless, it is time to begin thinking about the 2017 Latin Fall Festivus. Preliminary information is posted here. This is open to any Upper School or Lower School student who joins the Latin Club.

The deadline for payment of Latin Club dues, by the way, is Friday, September 29. An extra $5.00 needs to be added for Festivus participation. More information is posted here.

Imperium

There will be six opportunities to play Imperium (the ancient Roman version of the board game Risk) this semester. Sessions will run on Wednesday afternoons from 2:20 to 3:20 in Room SCI 2.

Tentative schedule:

        Lower School: September 20, October 18, November 8

        Upper School: October 11, October 25, November 15

Cumulative high scorers will face off in a tournament at the end of the year to determine the overall champions. Latin Club membership is required to participate.

Officer Positions

A reminder: Any Upper School students who want to be included on the ballot for JCL Senate positions need to e-mail Mr. Sellers by the end of this week (Friday, September 15). More information is posted here.

And speaking of leadership opportunities, TJCL is currently seeking to fill a vacancy in the position of 1st Vice-President. If anyone is interested, please let Mr. Sellers know.

Latin Club Information

Latin Club information for the 2017-2018 year is posted here.

Dues may be paid to any Latin teacher between now and September 29.

Latin Club Officers

Congratulations to Senior Chang Yu for being appointed MUS Latin Club Consul for the 2017-2018 school year.

Upper School students who are interested in serving as senators need to declare their candidacy by Friday, September 15. More information is posted here.

Consul Yu

Welcome Back

As a new school year begins, here's a story about the Roman world that has been very much in the news this summer:

Welcome to 'Little Pompeii'

New Banner

Thanks for another great year!

Banner on Ridgeway Road

Romans, Go Home!

Another soon-to-be viral sensation from the Bubones Theatre:

Romans, Go Home!

Italy Trip

Registration for the next MUS Latin trip to Italy is open. If you sign up before May 25, you will receive a $300 discount.

For more information, go to this website and log in:

Username: MUS
Password: Italy2018

This trip is open to students who will be in Latin Two and Latin Three next year (2017-2018).

MUS Latin students, on the island of Capri in 2014.

Trigon

Congratulations to Jack Jabbour for his victory in the 5th Annual Lower School Roman Trigon Championship . . . and to Coach Torrey for entertaining the crowd during the faculty undercard.

Jabbour (center, holding trophy) with the rest of this year's trigon cast and crew.

Coach Torrey, magister trigonis

Spring Semester Exams

The AP Latin Exam will take place Wednesday, May 17. (This has been rescheduled because of a conflict with another AP course.)

For all other students, MUS language exams are scheduled for Friday, May 19. Exam study guides have been posted to the onCampus page for each class (go to "Topics" and then "Links and Handouts").

Phaedrus Latin Composition Contest

Congratulations to the following Advanced Readings in Latin students for receiving recognition in the 2017 Phaedrus Latin Composition Contest:

Finalists:

Brooks Eikner, Henry Trammell

Semi-Finalists:

Aneesh Ram, Rahul Mehra, John McBride, Will Huffman, Chris Kerkhof

This contest, which is sponsored by New St. Andrews College (ID), requires students to write an original Latin fable in the tradition of the Roman fabulist Phaedrus. 

Trigon Championship

Congratulations to Will Schuessler, Caleb Littlejohn, and Jack Jabbour for advancing to the finals of the Lower School Trigon competition. The championship round will take place during Lower School assembly on Tuesday, May 9 in Thomas Amphitheatre (weather permitting).

Mr. Suddarth with 2014 champion Bays Webb