Lillie B. Hamilton Award
Fall 2023 · Torch: U.S. · AWARD AND SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
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NJCL Convention Packet Award
Every convention, the NJCL Officers award a convention packet award, also called the registration award, to a single delegate. The awardee will hence get a free registration to that national convention. Each applicant submitted an essay and adult recommendations.
Your 2022-2023 NJCL Officers reviewed these materials as well as JCL participation and awarded this year’s well-deserved Convention Packet Award to Jonah Chan from CHD Academy, California.
Representation and access Packet
Award
In an effort to increase representation at and access to the National Junior Classical League Convention, the NJCL awards this packet to a student from a group that has been historically underrepresented in or underserved by the field of Classics. The awardee will recieve free registration to that National Convention.
Your 2022-2023 NJCL Officers reviewed these materials and awarded this year’s well-deserved Convention Packet Award to Sadie Crowder from Wheeler High School, Georgia.
NSCL Awards and Scholarships
Susan S. Shearer Scholarship: Emma Buhrman, TX
Denny Bartlow Book Award: Chris Curry, FL
Hal Rather Award:
Emma Buhrman, TX
`The Lillie B. Hamilton Award is given to the highest achieving, well-rounded students at NJCL convention. Students are ranked by their combined scores in multiple categories of individual points. Trophies are given to commemorate their phenomenal accomplishments. This year's winner's are:
1. Julia Cox, FL
1. James McCurley, MA
2. Thomas Pogorelec, MA
2. Nathalie McDaniel, TX
3. Kyler Hoogendoorn-Ecker, MA
3. Addison Drumm, WI
4. Caroline Cox, FL
4. Jose Montalvo, FL
5. Alejandro Manso, TX
The Miller Fellowship is an award presented through the generosity of Mrs. Rhea Miller to JCL sponsors who have either never attended an NJCL Convention or haven't been able to attend one the past 5 years or more. Congratulations to: Hannah Banks, Cardinal Ritter High School, IN; David Finkelstein, Hill Country Middle School and West Ridge Middle School, TX; Samantha Frodge, Indian Hill Middle School, OH; Jennifer Joy, Liberty Middle School, AL.
Miller Fellowships