Activities Corner
South Make a Difference Day: We
will be assisting Cincinnati Parks staff
in removing invasive species in Walnut
Hills Woods! Date: Saturday,
November 23, 2019 Address: 3201
Sulsar St. – Chloe Constantinidies
([email protected] )
Central Make a Difference Day: We will be distributing clothing from the Childhood League
Clothing Drive! Date: Saturday, November 16, 2019 Address: 674 Cleveland Avenue. – Bea Sull
([email protected])
Walk to Defeat ALS: On Sunday, September 15,
Fall Forum: Fall Forum was a great event this
seven enthusiastic JCLers went to the Walk to Defeat
year! About 100 students from all over Ohio
ALS. We had a great time talking Classics with each
converged on Columbus Academy to do service,
other, and a Saint Xavier alumnus even talked about
compete in certamen, and listen to two great
Latin with us a little bit. There were also some former
speakers, but the best part, in my biased opinion,
JCLers there, and they asserted that they have forgotten
was the debut of OJCL Certudi. This action-
more Latin than we high schoolers and middle
packed competition of knowledge, strength, and
schoolers will ever know. In addition, the sponsors who
valor was a big hit with OJCL. It combines
supervised us were Mr. Wegenhart, Mrs. Kless, and
Classical knowledge with team-based tasks to test
Mr. Kless. Mr. and Mrs. Kless brought their young son,
the versatility of Latin students. A few highlights
who was filled with energy and enthusiasm all day. The
included delegates spinning like planets and each
course was about a mile long, and the weather was hot.
team trying to woo Secretary Alan Zhang with
But we persevered and finished the walk strong.
their finest pickup lines (unfortunately none of
Overall, we had a great time and a successful walk! –
them were Latin-related). Both speakers we
Ryan Burns ([email protected])
listened to gave great talks about Classics in the
business world and the concept of race in Ancient
Greece and Rome. The 4th annual Fall Forum was a great start to the year for the OJCL! – Ryan
Burns ([email protected])
OJCL Fall Torch page 8