The Hawaii chapter of the NJCL has a busy and exciting start to 2024! We continue to hold Certamen practices every Tuesday and Friday during lunch. These have been a source of friendly competition as well as camaraderie for Latin and non-Latin students alike. From our regular players, we assembled teams to compete in the online Keartamen 5/Agon tournament over the past several weeks. Our competitors were Owen Ching, Noelani Hiltner, Ari Ito, Gabby Kim, Audrey Lin, Camden Schopler, and Baiyi Wang.
This past week, the Classics Club at 'Iolani School hosted a Lupercalia celebration featuring the sacrifice of a goat piñata (well, actually a rainbow-colored bull, because that's all we could find at the local party store!), Lupercalia trivia, and delicious treats. In the coming weeks, all Latin students at 'Iolani will take the National Latin Exam, while the Latin 5 Honors students will also take the Vergilian Society's Keely Lake Memorial Translation Exam.