Shaker Heights High School and Middle School had their best showing ever at the Ohio Junior Classical League convention in Columbus last month. Of the 40 schools competing, Shaker came in sixth overall and second in the Academic Per Capita division. In Certamen, a team quiz game, the Shaker Latin I team of Michael Cowett, Alex Almasan, Katie Crowley, and Allison Lanese finished first out of 40 schools. The Shaker Latin II team of Susanna Pretzer, Katie Ryan, Mike Triozzi, and Peter Schiraldi finished second.

In individual competition, Anthony Lanese finished fifth in the state on combined academic tests and Michael Cowett was seventh. When creative and art categories were included, Anthony finished 10th overall and Michael finished 12th.

Other individual awards went to: Alex Almasan, tenth place in Mythology, sixth place in Vocabulary, third place in Sight Latin Reading (Latin I), first place in Arts & Crafts (single photograph); Michael Cowett, first place in Grammar, second place in Derivatives, second place in Vocabulary, third place in History, third place in Life & Customs, second place in Pentathlon, eighth place in Literature, third place in Latin Recitation (Latin I); Katie Crowley, ninth place in Arts & Crafts (jewelry); Aaron Fallon, eighth place in Derivatives, fourth place in Mythology, seventh place in History, eighth place in Life & Customs, fourth place in Pentathlon, seventh place in Reading Comprehension; Stephanie Goldfarb, fifth place in Mythology, third place in History, third place in Life & Customs, fifth place in Reading Comprehension, seventh place in Literature, eighth place in Sight Latin Reading (Poetry); Natalie King, ninth place in Grammar, ninth place in History, ninth place in Pentathlon, ninth place in Reading Comprehension, eighth place in Costumes; Andrew Kulinski, tenth place in Derivatives, sixth place in Life & Customs, seventh place in Life & Customs, fifth place in Arts & Crafts (large model); Allison Lanese, ninth place in Reading Comprehension; Anthony Lanese, second place in Grammar, second place in Derivatives, first place in Mythology, seventh place in Vocabulary, fifth place in History, second place in Life & Customs, sixth place in Pentathlon, third place in Reading Comprehension, fourth place in Literature; Helen Morgenstern, third place in Mythology; Sean Muron, sixth place in Derivatives, seventh place in Mythology, fifth place in Life & Customs; Susanna Pretzer, third place in Grammar, second place in Derivatives, fourth place in Vocabulary, ninth place in History, ninth place in Life & Customs, third place in Pentathlon, first place in Reading Comprehension, fifth place in Arts & Crafts (small model); Max Rothman, ninth place in Life & Customs, ninth place in Arts & Crafts (games); Katie Ryan, sixth place in Life & Customs; Peter Schiraldi, seventh place in Derivatives, third place in Mythology, seventh place in Life & Customs, ninth place in Pentathlon, eighth place in Reading Comprehension; Carolyn Stange, fifth place in Grammar, second place in Derivatives, tenth place in Vocabulary, sixth place in History, seventh place in Pentathlon, fourth place in Reading Comprehension, fifth place in Sight Latin Reading (Poetry), sixth place in Latin Recitation (Prose), fourth place in Arts & Crafts (decorative stitching); Mike Triozzi, tenth place in Derivatives, seventh place in Latin Recitation (Latin II); Carolyn Troha, seventh place in Grammar, eighth place in Vocabulary, sixth place in Pentathlon, second place in Reading Comprehension, fifth place in Literature.

Stephanie Goldfarb was elected Second Vice President of the Ohio Junior Classical League for the coming year, the first Shaker student elected to state office. Teachers accompanying the students to Columbus were Lynda Ackerman and Jane Troha of the Middle School and Jane Ulrich of the High School.

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