Secret Saturnalia

Although the MUS Saturnalia has now come and gone, a student at another school is organizing a "Secret Saturnalia" program. If any MUS students would like to participate, information is posted here.

Saturnalia

The annual Latin Club Saturnalia will take place Tuesday, December 4 in the Wunderlich Auditorium during OP. All Upper School and Lower School Latin Club members are encouraged to attend. Everyone should bring a cash donation (recommended amount = $5.00) for our Angel Tree project.

CAMWS Contest

Our next competition is the Classical Association of the Middle West and South Latin Translation Contest. This contest, a requirement for students in Latin Two through Latin Five, is scheduled to be administered in the Wunderlich Auditorium after school on Wednesday, November 28. (Latin One students are not eligible to participate.)

Unlike many of our other competitions, there's not a lot that students can do to prepare for this in advance, other than studying the vocabulary words on the Dickinson College list.

Festivus Results

Results of the Latin Fall Festivus are posted here. Thanks to everyone who came out on a cold Saturday morning to participate, and congratulations to all of the winners!

Victorious catapult team (medium division)

Finalists in the Mythology Spelling Bee

Picturae Recentes

Latin Club Co-Consuls Loyd Templeton and Ty Williams show off this year's merchandise.

As the sun went down over Stokes Stadium, "veterans" of the MUS Latin program attended the annual Latin Veterani Dinner. Here, the group is pictured with our guest speaker for the evening, Professor Susan Satterfield from Rhodes College.

Festivus Pro Ceteris

The Latin Fall Festivus will take place this Saturday, November 10. Students should report to the Lower School by 7:50 AM. The event will be finished by noon. We're expecting about 250 students from around the Memphis area. A detailed information packet is posted on onCampus (Bulletin Board > Information).

Festivus

A reminder that tomorrow is the deadline for MUS students to sign up for the Latin Fall Festivus. More information is posted here.

Also, if anyone would like to purchase a Festivus T-shirt, the cost is $12.00. Please bring cash or a check (made out to MUS) by tomorrow, as well.

SCRIBO Contest Results

We have received the results of the 2018 SCRIBO Latin Composition Contest, an international creative writing contest sponsored by the Ascanius Youth Classics Institute.

Senior Bailey Keel was recognized with both a medal for scoring in the top 20% of all students in the competition and the Fabula Optima ribbon for having the highest-scoring composition for MUS students.

MUS SCRIBO Participants (L to R): Call Ford, Bailey Keel, Ben Gilliland, Jack Dabov. (Not pictured: William Quinlen)

Festivus

An information packet about the upcoming Latin Fall Festivus has been posted to onCampus (Bulletin Board > Information). The payment deadline for MUS students is Friday, October 26. The cost is $5.00 (cash or a check made out to MUS).

This event is open to all Upper School and Lower School students who joined the Latin Club.

Latin Fall Festivus

The 11th Annual Latin Fall Festivus will be held Saturday, November 10 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. MUS will be hosting the event. This is open to all Latin Club members (Upper School and Lower School).

More information will follow. Thank you to Mr. Gagliano for volunteering to serve as the Festivus chairman this year.

Latin Club Membership List

I have posted the membership list on the bulletin board for each class page in onCampus. If any corrections need to be made, please let me know no later than the end of the day on Monday, September 24.

We have 128 members this year - a very strong number! All of the merchandise (with the exception of the TJCL magnets, which may not arrive until April) should be ready in about three weeks.

Latin Club Deadline

A reminder that the deadline to turn in club membership forms is Monday, September 17.

Here are the designs for the shirts and magnet this year. As you may have heard, the school is celebrating a special anniversary (CXXV) this year . . .

      

    
    

Back to School

Course syllabi and a Latin Club information packet are posted on the "Bulletin Board" of onCampus.

For students who would like to join the club, there is a form in this information packet for parents to fill out. This needs to be turned in by Monday, September 17.

We're looking forward to another successful year for the Bubones!

TFLTA Contest

The 2017-2018 school year may be over, but the accolades for MUS Latin students are still rolling in.

The Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association sponsors a student contest each year, a contest open to K-12 students of all languages across the state. This year's contest called for students to write an essay about the importance of language education. 

I am pleased to report that MUS Latin students swept the competition:

1st Place: Chang Yu
2nd Place: Ben Gilliland
3rd Place: Bailey Keel

Each student has received a monetary award, and their essays will be published in the official program of the TFLTA Annual Conference (to be held in November of 2018).

Banner

This banner is currently on display at the corner of Park and Massey. Thanks for another great year!