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McAuley Latin went out with a bang this year at state
convention! Overall, our JClers won over 100 awards, club contests,
academic tests, and projects! McAuley Latin Club finished as the
top all-girls school for the thirteenth year in a row! We finished
third in points per capita, and we won the most club points! We
won gold medals for banner, club project, club service, scrapbook,
and publication! We also won spirit for medium-sized schools.
Among the many ribbons we won, two students finished in the
Top 10 overall: Ellie Kammerer finished 5th and Katlyn Havlin
finished 8th! Our Certamen teams also made us very proud: Latin I
finished 8th overall, Latin II finished 6th, and Upper finished 9th.
We are also extremely proud of Katlyn Havlin, who was
elected OJCL Treasurer! She worked diligently leading up to
convention, and the whole time she was there. Ellie Kammerer
finished out her term as OJCL Historian this year. Recently,
McAuley has celebrated Foreign Language Week with our three
languages French, Latin, and Spanish. This year’s theme was
Spread Your Wings: Learn a New Language! There was a butterfly
coloring contest, and th e winners received some yummy Easter
candy. We also held a Foreign Language Week Coin War between the
three languages; pennies counted for your language’s score, and
any silver coins put in opposing languages’ jars counted against
their score. Unfortunately, Spanish beat us by a long shot, but all
proceeds went to helping the monarch butterflies!
Coming up is our next club meeting, where we will be talking
about Nationals this summer! We’re hoping to have a bigger
participation this year since it’s so close to home. We’ll also be
making cards for the elderly.
McAuley Latin Club has had a wonderful run in the OJCL, and
we ended on a high note. We’re excited to continue next year as
Mercy McAuley, and we can’t wait to see how things go!