Events

The 2025-2026 Calendar is available here.

Event Registration

Registration Links for events will go live as they are available. See below for a general description of events.

Leadership Development Academy

September

Leadership, the state or position of being a leader. This definition seems quite simple, but what qualities actually make a leader? Each fall, IJCL hosts the annual IJCL Leadership Development Academy. Participants then attend various sponsor-led workshops and meet with state officers to learn about specific duties and to get to know each other. The day wraps up with a club-planning and goal-setting session. The event concludes with everyone sharing a highlight from the day.

Indiana Latin Week

Every year, the IJCL comes up with themes for Monday through Friday for just one week, searching for as much participation as possible from the entire IJCL. For every day of the week, a sponsor or designated member should submit the number of students participating in this statewide event. Schools that participate will be recognized at the following State Convention in March.

We also encourage you to use the hashtag #indianalatinweek when posting on your chapter accounts.

Previous Themes

Indiana Latin Week 2024

Fall Latin Day

November

State Convention

March

State Convention is the largest annual gathering of the Indiana Junior Classical League, usually held in the Memorial Union of Indiana University’s Campus. Each year hundreds of Latin students gather around the Ides of March, in order to engage in graphic arts contests, academic testing, Certamen and much more. This experience will be two days of absolute fun and will provide an excellent learning experience for everyone. This year, IJCL will be holding its state convention at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Italy Trip

June of odd-numbered years

The IJCL Italy Trip is open to all current IJCL members and sponsors, ISCL members, and families of those individuals. Every other year we come together as a state to travel for 10 days in Italy, focusing on Rome and the Bay of Naples area. The next trip is being planned for 2025.

2025 Recap

Coming soon!

2023 Recap

Members of Indiana Junior Classical League traveled to Italy in June 2023! 10 travelers from around the state enjoyed the sights, sounds, and tastes of Italy from June 13 – June 21 with the Passports travel company. 7 students went with 2 adults and 1 chaperone to spend 5 days in Rome and 3 days in the Bay of Naples region. The group read Latin inscriptions and passages on site, connecting texts and knowledge from the classroom to real world locations. This was an unforgettable experience for the students, chaperones, and students alike as they saw the stunning sights of Rome. Photographs and highlights from the trip can be found on the IJCL Facebook page and the Crown Point Latin Instagram account.

2019 Recap

Members of Indiana Junior Classical League recently returned to the United States after traveling to Italy! 30 travelers from all over the state enjoyed the sights, sounds, and tastes of Italy this summer from June 10 – June 20 with the Paideia Institute. 20 students went with 6 adults and 4 chaperones to spend 5 days in Rome and 4 days in the Bay of Naples region. The group read Latin inscriptions and passages on site, connecting texts and knowledge from the classroom to real world locations. This was an unforgettable experience for the students, chaperones, and students alike as they saw the stunning sights of Rome. Photographs and highlights from the trip can be found on the IJCL Facebook page.

National Convention

July

If the NJCL National Convention experience had to be summed up in a few words, those words would be “Super State Convention.” This convention is five days of pure excitement with your delegation and other JCL’ers just as passionate about Latin as you. You get to compete in friendly competition with classics students from across the nation. The Indiana Junior Classical League delegation stops at all sorts of fun places along the way from amusement parks to malls and even cranberry farms! National Convention is a truly amazing experience, and you are sure to develop friendships that, like the classics, can weather the ages. The 2023 National Convention will be held in Knoxville, Tennessee at the University of Tennessee.

Certamen

Do you enjoy quiz bowl games? Do you get a rush when faced with a Latin mythology question? Do you want to have a blast in your JCL experience? If you said yes to any of these questions, then certamen is the game for you. Compete with your team against others for the bragging rights of winning certamen! Certamen is held at State Convention, National Convention, and even its own Invitationals every year. Each year, there are four invitationals: Saturnalia (December), Hoosier (January), Indiana (February), and Floralia (April).

Certamen Overview

Certamen is a wonderful academic competition for students of Latin that involves questions about all aspects of the classical world in a quiz competition with buzzers. It provides a way for students to extend their learning outside of the classroom, to compete again their peers, to gain recognition, and to socialize with other students who share their interests. Certamen also provides you with yet another way to promote your program with your administrators who appreciate academic results and your community who like to see pictures of students with their certificates. Certamen is offered at both State and National Convention, while also has its own events specifically for this quiz bowl.

There are three levels:

- novice (for first-year students)
- intermediate (for second-year students)
- advanced (for students from any level)

For more information about Certamen invitationals or about Certamen in general, please email the IJCL Certamen Chair at certamen@ijcl.org.

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