BY MS CATHERINE STURGILL
NJCL Public Relations Chair
At the 62nd National Junior Classical League Convention, Ms. Catherine Sturgill, NJCL Publicity Chair, announced the results of the Publicity Contest. The publicity contest ranks schools on the amount of publicity they achieved over the past year. We thank all those who submitted this year and strongly encourage more to submit next year. The results were as follows:
1. Miramonte High School, CA; 2. Baton Rouge Magnet High School, LA; 3. Riverbend High School, VA; 4. Crown Point High School, IN; 5. Clearview Regional High School, NJ; 6. Woodbridge High School, CA; 7. Master’s Academy High School, NC; 8. Mountain View High School, GA; 9. Master’s Academy Middle School, NC; 10. Reagan High School, NC; 11. Boston Latin School, MA; 12. (tie) Midlothian High School, VA and Bridge Tutorials, NC; 13. The Walker School, GA; 14. Trinity Preparatory School, FL; 15. St. Joseph’s Academy, LA; 16. Homestead High School, IN; 17. Riverside High School, NC; 18. Bayonne High School, NJ; 19. Franklin High School, NJ; 20. Bedford North Lawrence, IN; 21. Upper Dublin High School, PA; 22. Carmel Christian School, NC; 23. Winthrop High School, ME; 24. Pennsauken High School, NJ; 25. Walton High School, GA; 26. Woodstock High School, GA; 27. Westlake High School, TX; 28. Herron High School, IN; 29. Brookwood High School, GA; 30. Cambridge High School, GA.
Riverbend High School in Virginia took away the Most Original Publicity Award for their Tear Away Trivia Game used around their school to teach others about the Classics. The Best Print Article Award went to Pennsauken High School in New Jersey for the article, “PHS Represented at National Latin Convention.” Both of these awards were voted at NJCL Convention by the delegates. The Best Publicity Awards was given to The Walker School for helping Emory University with their video to advertise their conference services. This video featured the 61st NJCL Convention at Emory and is shown to any group considering Emory convention services. The top 2 new schools or teachers to this contest were Westminster School, GA and Tucker High School, GA. The top 3 states for percent of chapters entering were: 1. North Carolina; 2. Maine; 3. Indiana. The top 3 states for number of entries were: 1. Georgia; 2. North Carolina; 3. Indiana.
Congratulations to the winners of the State Publications Contest:
10. Louisiana, The Torch: LA, editor Jennifer Woojin
9. California, Nuntius Californiensi, editor R. Bray McDonnell
8. Texas, The Torch, editor Gabby Sagun
7. Colorado, The Torch, editor Hannah Carter
6. Virginia, The Forum, editor Mitchell Doyle
5. Pennsylvania, The Keystone, editor Marisa DelSignore
4. Ohio, OJCL Torch, editor Dustin Argo
3. Indiana, Veritas et Scientia, editor Mary Piper
2. Georgia, Alae Mercurii, editor Vinayak Eranezhath
1. Massachusetts, The Forum Factorum, editor Linda Qin
Congratulations to the winners of the Local Publications Contest:
10. Carmel Christian School, NC, editors Luke Ecton, Abby Irby, Ivey Spear and Austin Rich
9. Florida State University High School, FL, editor Dakota Williams
8. Trinity Preparatory High School, FL, editor Kerstin Heinrich
7. Woodbridge High School, California, editor Hemal Madaan;
6. Flint Hill, Virginia, editor Jack Love Lace
5. Crown Point High School, editor Tyler Jeremiah
4. Greenhill High School, editor Areeba Amer
3. Northside College Preparatory High School, editor Jenny Lam
2. Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology, Virginia, editor Sandy Cho
1. Boston Latin School, Massachusetts, editor Michael Gao
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Above: Winners of the state publications contest.
Below: Winners of the local publications contest.
Above: The winning entry in the promotional video contest by Classical Cottage School (VA).
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