Twenty-two Shaker Heights High School students, one teacher and one parent traveled to Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas for the 62nd National Junior Classical League Latin Convention. Approximately 1800 students and adults worked hard and enjoyed a week of classical competition in the July heat of Texas.
The 2015 Shaker Heights delegation consisted of Gautam Apte, Sameer Apte, Hannah Barrett, Rachel Brunot, Andrew Frye, Amelia Gingras, Brian Johnson, Vishnu Kasturi, Sam Katz, Matthew McMillan, Meredith Modlin, Jordan Pazol, Olivia Proe, Ben Robertson, Gabe Sekeres, Marjorie Shaw, Julia Shin, Anav Sood, Jason Suh, Narayan Sundararajan, Sriram Sundararajan, Jocelyn Ting, Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Robertson.
The Ohio Upper Level Certamen Team placed second. Shaker students on the team included Sameer Apte, Matthew McMillan and Ben Robertson.
Sameer Apte was voted MVP of Upper Certamen by the adult judges in the competition.
Hannah Barrett was elected National Junior Classical League Historian for 2015-16. Hannah will help plan and run the convention next summer at Indiana University. Shaker has the distinction of having two students in a row on the National Board. Hannah follows Narayan Sundararajan (SHHS '15) who completed his term as National 2nd Vice President.
Shaker's top ten results in Academic, Artistic and Athletic Contests are as follows:
Gautam Apte (Level II): Intermediate Certamen (8th); Classical Greek (2nd); Latin Derivatives (5th); Greek Derivatives (9th); Academic Heptathlon (10th); Intermediate Certamen (8th); Sight Latin (7th)
Sameer Apte (Level V): Upper Certamen (2nd); Academic Heptathlon (2nd); Classical Greek (2nd); Latin Vocabulary (2nd); Reading Comprehension: Poetry (2nd); Latin Grammar (3rd); Ancient Geography (5th); Greek Derivatives (5th); Latin Derivatives (6th); Reading Comprehension: Prose (6th); Latin Literature (8th); Mythology (8th); Roman History (9th); Sight Poetry (2nd); Essay (4th)
Hannah Barrett (Level IV): State Digital Scrapbook (2nd); Computer Photo (10th)
Rachel Brunot (Level III): Classical Greek (2nd); Greek Derivatives (10th); Essay (1st)
Andrew Frye (Level II): Small Models (3rd)
Amelia Gingras (Level III): Classical Greek (7th); Black Pencil (9th)
Brian Johnson (Level III): Classical Greek (8th)
Sam Katz (Level III): Classical Greek (3rd); Greek Derivatives (6th); Latin Derivatives (8th); Academic Heptathlon (9th); Mythology (9th); Dolls (1st); Games (2nd)
Matthew McMillan (Level IV): Upper Certamen (2nd); Roman History (8th)
Meredith Modlin (Level II): Games (6th)
Jordan Pazol (Level III): Classical Greek (8th); Mosaics (8th)
Olivia Proe (Level III): Drawn Maps (2nd); Traditional Photo (7th)
Ben Robertson (Level V): Classical Greek (1st); Greek Derivatives (2nd); Greek Life and Literature (4th); Latin Derivatives (4th); Academic Heptathlon (5th); Latin Grammar (5th); Mythology (5th); Roman Life (6th); Latin Vocabulary (7th); Mottoes (7th); Traditional Photo (4th); Computer Photo (5th)
Gabe Sekeres (Level II): Classical Greek (6th); Sight Latin (3rd)
Marjorie Shaw (Level II): Essay (8th)
Julia Shin (Level II): Classical Greek (5th); Latin Literature (10th); Costume (3rd); Impromptu Art (1st); Black Ink (3rd); Marathon (4th)
Anav Sood (Level IV): Latin Vocabulary (5th); Reading Comprehension (7th); Latin Grammar (8th); Essay (8th)
Jason Suh (Level II): Classical Greek (4th); 50-yard Butterfly (1st); 50-yard Free (4th)
Narayan Sundararajan (Level V): Ancient Geography (2nd); Greek Life and Literature (2nd); Hellenic History (3rd); Classical Art (5th); Classical Greek (8th); Greek Derivatives (8th); Essay (1st)
Sriram Sundararajan (Level II): Classical Greek (3rd); Greek Derivatives (8th); Open Certamen (2nd)
Jocelyn Ting (Level II): Classical Greek (5th); Costumes (3rd); Marathon (5th)