Officer Updates
President/Acting 1 st VP Emily Ye:
Since the Spring Council Meeting, I continued
compiling emails for schools with Latin that
are not currently in the VJCL. In addition, I
ran the National Classics Week spirit contest
and service project with Savvy; thank you to
all who participated! In preparation for NJCL
Convention, I attended the first spirit castra
at Mrs. Lister’s house. Afterwards, I also began
working on a promotional brochure for the
VJCL to mail to schools that offer Latin, I and
reorganized my officer box. Finally, I created
the agenda for the fall meeting.
2 nd VP Savannah Thompson:
I prepared for NJCL, holding three spirit
castra (hosted by Ms. Lister, Riverbend, and
Flint Hill) where many VJCLers came to make
props for spirit. Before NJCL, I also posted a
cheer compilation video made and edited by
Julia Billera.
At NJCL, I am very happy to report that we
won spirit on two seperate days, and at the end
of the week, spirit overall! Maximas gratias to
everyone who helped in any way with that!
I also attended all the service project
colloquia. We spent the week writing different
messages about JCL onto slips of paper and
putting those into school supplies to spread
the word about JCL and Latin.
Finally, I reached out to the new national 2 nd
VP, Athena Davis, and I am excited to announce
that I will be contributing to her guide to spirit
and service!
Secretary Ashley Lee:
After the spring meeting, I edited the
minutes and published them in Google Drive. I
also went to Spirit Castra, where I worked with
the other officers and JCLers to prepare for
NJCL Convention. At Nationals, I accompanied
parliamentarian Jack Purple to NomCom
where I took minutes and served as a second
voting delegate. I also took minutes at each
state fellowship, which I promoted through
our social media. After attending the Secretary
colloquium at Nationals, I was inspired to make
a Remind group for local Secretaries where
I will be able to relay information. I believe
that by creating this, I can reach out to more
schools and make sure they’re informed of
the happenings in the JCL. To join, please text
@virginialo (lower case L as in local) to 81010.
Parliamentarian Jack Purple:
Since the last forum, I have attended
meetings and led elections at NJCL convention
in Fargo, ND, attended the VJCL fall executive
council meeting at Riverbend High School, and
attended a number of Certamina and other JCL
events where I encouraged VJCLers to run for
office. I am now working on the preparations
for VJCL convention and I can’t wait to see
everyone in Richmond!
Editor Cal Lucido:
I hosted an officer Instagram takeover, I
unfortunately scrapped my plans to create an
online publications contest, and I fortunately
published the Forum (which coincidentally,
you’re reading right now).
Historian Shrinidhi Sathish:
Since the spring meeting, I took photos at
St. Albans Certamen, State Certamen Finals,
Certamen State Team Tryouts, and National
Convention. I compiled all of the pictures I
took into our mythological-superhero themed
scrapbook. I changed the POTM schedule to
allow local historians more time. Additionally,
I created a statewide email list and a Google
Classroom page. At NJCL, I collected pictures
from JCLers and posted many of those on our
social media. Finally, I participated in the
officer competition bake sale at Certamen
Finals and the officer takeover on Instagram
during NJCL.
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