Summit
Patrick Casanas
The NJCL convention at Tr
oy University was so much
fun
and Summit had a great sh
owing there. Our club was
ab
le
to
rake in the money at the ag
ora by selling our nationally
recognized wristbands and
Ohio Junior Classical Leag
ue
lanyards. Many students di
d well on the various tests
and other
contests there, receiving m
any awards for projects, se
rvice, and
testing. The highlight of th
e convention is when our ow
n Joseph
Delamerced, the OJCL Pres
ident, carried a lit torch on
the stage.
We started of f the school ye
ar with the appointment of
new executive board. We ha
our
ve 3 new freshmen on our ex
ec
utive
board: Matthew Casanas as
Secretar y, Elizabeth Fahr m
eie
r as
Publicity Coordinator, and
Erin Devine as Co-Editor. Se
ni
or
Patrick Casanas was appo
inted as club President. Ou
r first event
we had to plan for was our
school club fair. Our plan wa
s to lure
unsuspecting students with
our fresh, deliciously bake
d Busken
cookies, which turned out
to be very successful! We we
re able to
get many members to sign
up and grow our club! We ar
e
currently planning many fu
n events for our members
to
participate in.
For October, back by popu
lar demand, we will be hosti
our famous Latin movie ni
ng
ght (with pizza!), a picnic (ev
en
m
ore
food!), and some awesome
opportunities for our JCLe
rs
to
give
back to the community thro
ugh service. With this upco
m
in
g year
in particular, we will be fea
turing significant outreach
at
Pregnancy Center East, wh
ere we will be folding baby
clothes
and organizing other vario
us supplies. Also, since ever
ybody
loves animals, SummitJCL
plans on working with the
Cincinnati
Zoo to help restore various
areas and helping bats, bird
s, and
honeybees throughout the
year.
At the first local certamen
of the year at Moeller High
School, Summit had a grea
t showing, having winners
for both the
novice and advanced levels
and showing great represen
tation in
all levels. We are looking fo
rward to having another gr
eat year!
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