JCL Competition Results

Below is a record of all my students over the years who have placed in the top 10 in Area, State, and National JCL competitions:

2012 JCL Competition Results:  Canyon High School, New Braunfels, TX.

2012 Texas State JCL Convention, March 30-31, San Antonio, TX, Tom C. Clark H.S.

Friday and Saturday, March 30-31, 2012, seven CHS Latin students with Mr. Matthew Kruebbe attended the Texas State Junior Classical League Convention and Competition in San Antonio, TX, along with roughly 2,000 other students from high schools across the state.  The Junior Classical League promotes interest in ancient Greek and Roman language, mythology, history, and literature, and their influence on modern languages and culture.  The TSJCL holds competitions in academics, fine arts, and athletics first at the regional and then at the state level every year.  Competition is fierce at the state level, but several students earned high places in their events.  Congratulations to these Latin students:

• Francine Stephens, junior: 2nd Latin Vocabulary; 7th Advanced Latin Grammar.

• William Waller, senior: 2nd Greek Derivatives; 4th Latin Derivatives; 6th Vocal Ensemble (Duet with Tabbi Austin).

• Austinn Pruneda, senior: 3rd Classical Geography; 15th Roman History.

• Natalie Miller, freshman: 4th Latin Grammar; 8th Latin Vocabulary.

• Tabbi Austin, senior: 6th Vocal Ensemble (Duet with William Waller); 8th Latin Mottoes and Quotes.

• McKenzie Pruneda, freshman: 8th Girls' Dramatic Interpretation; 8th Mythology 

  • (Entered wrong level.  Score – 35.2; ID – 203005. 11th place among sophomores.)

• Morgan Pettis, freshman: 11th Latin Mottoes and Quotes.

2012 Area B JCL Convention, Feb 18, Reagan HS, San Antonio:

13 Latin students traveled to Reagan H.S. in San Antonio on Feb 18 to compete in the SA Area Junior Classical League Convention and Competition.  Hundreds of students from 24 schools competed.

Please congratulate the following students for placing in the top 3 in their events:

• William Waller - 2nd Greek Derivatives

• Austinn Pruneda - 2nd Classical Geography

  • Francine Stephens - 3rd Latin Vocabulary; 5th Decathlon (covering many aspects of Latin and Greco-Roman culture)

And the following placed in the top 10 in their events:

• Nathan Streger - 6th Decathlon (Level 2)

• Ashleigh Garland - 6th Latin Reading Comprehension

• Natalie Miller - 7th Latin Vocabulary

• Morgan Pettis - 7th Latin Mottoes and Quotes (Level 1)

• Tabbi Austin - 7th Latin Mottoes and Quotes (Level 4)

• McKenzie Pruneda - 8th Mythology

• Toni MacCrossan - 8th Latin Reading Comprehension

• John Wasserman - 8th Latin Grammar

Several of these studends will be competing at the Texas State JCL Competition in March.

2011 JCL Competition Results: Canyon High School, New Braunfels, TX.

2011 Texas State JCL Convention, March 25-26, Humble, TX.

On Friday and Saturday, March 25-26, 2011, four CHS Latin students attended the Texas State Junior Classical League Convention and Competition in Humble, TX, along with 2,000 other students from high schools across the state.  The Junior Classical League promotes interest in ancient Greek and Roman language, mythology, history, and literature, and their influence on modern languages and culture.  TSJCL holds competitions in academics, fine arts, and athletics first at the regional and then at the state level every year.  Competition is fierce at the state level, but we had two top-three finishes and four other top-ten finishes.  Congratulations to these Latin students:

• • • William Waller – 3rd in Latin Grammar; 4th in Greek Derivatives.

    • Austinn Pruneda –3rd in Ancient Geography; 9th in Roman History.

    • Tabbi Austin – 5th for a vocal duet with William Waller.

    • Francine Stephens – 6th in Latin vocabulary.

2011 Area B JCL Convention, Feb 5, Alamo Heights High School, San Antonio.

On Saturday, Feb 5, four Latin students travelled to Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio to attend the Area Junior Classical League Convention and to compete against hundreds of students from schools around the San Antonio region. We had two top-three finishes and four top-ten finishes.  Congratulations to these students:

• • Francine Stephens – 3rd place in Latin vocabulary; 9th in Classical Decathlon.

  • Tabi Austin – 1st Girls 100 m dash; 9th Latin Reading Comprehension.

  • Austinn Pruneda – 6th Ancient Geography.

  • William Waller – 6th Greek Derivatives.

 All four students plan to attend the Texas State Junior Classical League Convention and Competition in Humble, TX on March 25-26.  About 80 high schools and 21 middle schools from around the state bring roughly 2,000 Latin students to the 2-day competition.  Students compete in academics, fine arts, and athletics in addition to attending workshops and colloquia covering topics related to the ancient Greco-Roman world.

2010 JCL Competition Results: Canyon High School, New Braunfels, TX.

2010 Texas State JCL Convention, March 26-27, Lake Travis HS, west of Austin, TX.

Friday and Saturday, March 26-7, seven Latin students from Canyon High School attended the Texas State Junior Classical League Convention and competition with their Latin teacher Mr. Matthew Kruebbe. The convention took place at Lake Travis High School west of Austin.  79 high schools and 21 middle schools from around the state brought roughly 2,000 Latin students to the 2-day competition.  Students compete in academics, fine arts, and athletics in addition to attending workshops and colloquia covering topics related to the ancient Greco-Roman world.  Since competitors at the state level are those who have already ranked in the top few at area conventions across the state back in February, competition is tough.  Four CHS students deserve special congratulations for placing in the top 10:

• Francine Stephens (freshman) – 3rd Latin vocabulary, 6th Latin reading comprehension;

• William Waller (sophomore) – 4th Latin derivatives, 5th Latin grammar;

• Austinn Pruneda (sophomore) – 3rd Classical Geography, 10th Latin vocabulary;

  • Juan Herrejon (senior) – 6th Latin reading comprehension, 7th Latin vocabulary.

Top finishers are invited and encouraged to attend the week-long National Junior Classical League Convention and competition held every summer at a different university in the U.S.

Other attendees:

• • Brooke Lujan (junior) – 15th Classical Geography;

  • Alyssa Choate-Rusche (junior) – 23rd Mythology;

  • Erinn Stippich (junior) – 24th Classically themed art work (watercolor).

Three students will be traveling to compete at the national convention in July, with the best Latin students across the country:  Francine Stephens, Austinn Pruneda, and William Waller.

2010 Area B JCL Convention, Feb 20, at Sandra Day O'Connor High School, in Helotes, TX (NW of San Antonio).

• • Francine Stephens (freshman) – 2nd Latin vocabulary, __ Latin reading comprehension;

  • William Waller (sophomore) – __ Latin derivatives, __ Latin grammar;

  • Austinn Pruneda (sophomore) – __ Classical Geography, __ Latin vocabulary;

  • Juan Herrejon (senior) – __ Latin reading comprehension, __ Latin vocabulary.

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I did not teach high school from 2006 to 2009, as I was back at UT Austin finishing my 2nd BA in Classics and my MA in Classics.

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2006 JCL Competition Results: Jasper HS and Shepton HS, Plano, TX.

2006 National JCL Convention:  Bloomington, Indiana  July 30 – August 5

The 12 disciples:  Willy Gu, Yang Su, Jack Weng, Ines Chien, Athavan Soundranayagam, Hillary Brainerd, Kevin Wang, Kimy Pierson, Ellen Bennett, Chloe Beck, Zac Davis, and Cody Gunter.

After successes in last year's area and state competitions, 12 Latin students from Jasper and Shepton high schools attended the 53rd Annual National Junior Classical League Convention and Competition in Bloomington, Indiana, July 31 - August 5, 2006, with Mr. Kruebbe.  Latin students from across the U.S. and Canada came together for an entire week of academic, creative, and athletic competitions, scholarly colloquia, games, celebrations, national officer elections, NJCL business, and fellowship.  This intensely active, nearly sleepless week culminated in a procession of well over 1,000 enthusiastic, toga-clad students to a banquet. 

Several Jasper and Shepton students earned places in the top 10 at this national competition and merit praise and congratulations from staff, teachers, and school mates.  I am especially proud of the 3 top-three finishes in Latin reading comprehension.

Jasper High School: Sophomores:

• • Willy Gu – 3rd  Latin reading comprehension (2 points from 1st); 3rd  open certamen quiz bowl; 4th  Roman history; 6th  ancient geography; 8th  Classical heptathlon; 10th  mythology; 11th  vocabulary; 11th  Latin Literature; 11th  Greek Life and Literature; 17th  Latin derivatives; 20th  Grammar

  • Yang Su – 2nd  Latin reading comprehension (1 point from 1st); 7th  Latin grammar

  • Jack Weng – 5th  Greek history; 13th  mythology

  • Ines Chien – 6th  Latin reading comprehension; 19th  Latin Lit; 19th Vocabulary

Shepton High School: Freshmen:

• • Hillary Brainerd – 1st  Latin dramatic interpretation; 11th  Latin derivatives

  • Kevin Wang – 2nd Latin reading comprehension (1 point from 1st); 3rd  Latin derivatives; 18th  grammar

  • Chloe Beck – 1st  open certamen quiz bowl team; 9th  mythology; 12th  Latin derivatives

  • Ellen Bennett – 4th  Classical art – mixed media; 15th  Latin derivatives

  • Kimmy Pierson – 14th  ancient geography

  • Zac Davis – 14th  Latin derivatives

  • Cody Gunter – 12th  Roman life

Plano West High School:

• Tommy Li – 1st Greek history

Plano SHS:

• • Corey Lane – 2nd  Latin derivatives; 4th  Greek derivatives

2006 Texas State JCL Convention: March 31 and April 1, Pflugerville:  

Over 2,000 Latin students from all over the state of Texas competed at the Texas State Junior Classical League Convention in Pflugerville.

Jasper High School:

2nd place in Certamen:  Jasper’s certamen team (a 4-person team answering questions in Latin, mythology, and Roman history and life) made it to the state finals and placed 2nd .  Congratulations to team members Willy Gu, Jack Weng, Yang Su, and Ines Chien.

• • Willy Gu – 1st  Roman history.  Willy won a trophy for the highest overall score in Roman history, even defeating juniors and seniors from across the state (including last year’s national champion).  Willy also placed 4th  in decathlon.

  • Yang Su – 2nd  Latin reading comprehension; 5th  Latin grammar.

  • Jack Weng – 5th  Greek history; 8th  mythology

  • Steven Zhang – 7th  Latin literature

  • Akshar Chauhan – 8th  Greek life and literature

  • Chris Burgess – 10th  vocabulary

  • Jessica Liu – 4th  Latin grammar; 7th  Latin vocabulary

  • Ben Barishman – 5th  dramatic interpretation

  • Luke Terrell – 6th  Latin oratory

  • Srinath Senguttuvan – 8th  Latin reading comprehension

  • Clifton Coyne – 5th  ancient geography; 9th  vocabulary

Jasper High School placed 5th in overall sweepstakes among lower division schools.

Shepton High School:

• • Hillary Brainerd – 1st  dramatic interpretation of Pymalion and Galatea; 6th  Latin sight recitation

  • Kimmy Pierson – 3rd  vocal solo; 8th  ancient geography

  • Kevin Wang – 6th  Latin grammar

  • Kelly Park – 7th  Latin vocabulary

  • Zac Davis – 9th  Latin derivatives; 10th  Greek derivatives

  • Ellen Bennett – 10th  Latin vocabulary

2006 Area C JCL Convention, Feb 4.

On Saturday February 4, 2006, 19 Latin students from Jasper and 10 Latin students from Shepton attended the Texas State Junior Classical League Area C North Texas Competition.  High Schools from Dallas to Denton and surrounding areas attended the event (74 schools are members of Area C).

JASPER HS:

Highlights:  Jasper's Certamen (Quiz Bowl) Team won 1st place!!  After completely dominating opponents in the first 3 rounds, Jasper advanced to the finals.  There, in a stuffy, crowded, standing-room-only lecture hall, the Jasper team (Willy Gu, Jack Weng, Yang Su, & Ines Chien) came from behind to defeat arch-rival St. Marks by 30 points for the Lower Division (i.e. Junior Varsity) Area championship.  The team will advance to represent the Dallas area in the Texas state competition in Austin on March 31 and April 1.

11 Jasper Latin students will advance to the State Competition by virtue of 1st & 2nd place 

finishes at Area.  There were 8 – 1st place finishes; 5 – 2nd place finishes.

Latin 1:

• • • Srinath Senguttuvan, Athavan Soundranayagam, Matthew Singleton, and Rob Oestreich – 3rd  place Certamen (Quiz bowl team).  Advanced 3 rounds to the Finals.  Lost to Van Alstyne and Highland Park.

    • Srinath Senguttuvan – 2nd  Reading Comprehension; 7th  Latin Derivatives

• • Athavan Soundranayagam – 2nd  Mythology; 3rd  Greek Derivatives

  • Matthew Singleton – 2nd  Greek Derivatives; 8th  Latin Derivatives

  • Jamie Choi – 3rd  Reading Comprehension; 

  • Jessica Liu – 4th  Latin Grammar; 6th  Latin Vocabulary

    • Will Price – 4th  Mottoes; 9th  Classical Art (3 dimensional)

    • Rob Oestreich – 6th  Ancient Geography; 8th  Roman History

Latin 2:

• • Willy Gu, Jack Weng, Yang Su, & Ines Chien – 1st  place in Certamen (Quiz Bowl Team)

  • Willy Gu – 1st  Classical Academic Decathlon; 1st  Roman History

  • Jack Weng – 1st  Mythology; 1st Greek History

  • Steven Zhang – 1st  Latin Literature

  • Akshar Chauhan – 1st  Greek Life; 3rd  Latin Mottoes and Quotes

  • Yang Su – 2nd  Latin Grammar; 5th  Reading Comprehension

    • Chris Burgess – 2nd  Latin Vocabulary; 7th  Latin Grammar

  • Andy Hillbury – 3rd  Roman Life

  • Nathan Chen – 4th  Latin Derivatives

    • Ines Chien – 5th  Latin Grammar; 5th  Classical Art - Oil & Acrylic; 6th  Reading Comprehension

    • Clement Ho – 7th  Classical Art (1 Monochromatic; 1 Oil/Acrylic)

Latin 3:

• • Clifton Coyne – 1st  Ancient Geography; 4th  Latin Vocabulary

SHEPTON HS:

Latin 1:

• • Chloe Beck – 1st  place Mythology

  • Hillary Brainerd – 1st  Latin Dramatic Interpretation

    • Zac Davis – 2nd  Latin Derivatives; 6th  Roman Life

    • Cody Gunter – 3rd  Greek History; 5th  Roman Life

  • Ellen Bennett – 4th  Mythology; 4th  Classical Art (Watercolor of Orpheus and Eurydice)

    • Kevin Wang – 5th  Latin Grammar; 

    • Jonathon O’Reilley – 6th  Latin Motoes and Quotes

Latin 2:

• • Hector Chen – 2nd  Reading Comprehension; 3rd  Latin Grammar

    • Kelly Park – 3rd  Latin Vocabulary; 8th  Latin Grammar

Former students:

• • • Tommy (Ruogu) Li:  1st  Greek History; 1st  Greek Life and Lit.  

      • senior, Plano West:  former Jasper student:  my "little brother."  Kruebbe’s Latin Club Pres. 2003-4.  As of 2006-02-06, Tommy has attended 3 national conventions:  San Antonio, Virginia, and Missouri.  National Merit Semifinalist.   Economics and Mathematics major at Harvard.

    • Noah Biru:  4th  Latin Lit.

    • Chris Choi:  2nd  Ancient Geography; 5th Advanced Grammar

• • Ashley Bishop:  1st  Advanced Grammar

  • Oskar Shamukhamedov:  2nd  Greek Life and Literature

2005 JCL Competition Results: Jasper HS and Shepton HS, Plano, TX.

2005 National JCL Convention:  Columbia, Missouri.  August 1-6, 2005.  University of Missouri.

Jasper High School:

• • • Corey Lane - 1st – Latin Derivatives; 2nd  – Greek Derivatives; 5th  – Reading Comprehension.

    • Grace Chang - 1st  – Slogans; 4th  – Latin Literature.

    • Clifton Coyne - 2nd  – Multimedia Flash Animation of a Roman battle with Latin narration.

    • Lananh Nguyen - 2nd  – Modern Myth; 7th  – Essay.

Shepton High School:

• • • Suyun Lee - 3rd  – Watercolor of Aeneas, founder of the Roman race, and Dido, Queen of Carthage.

Plano West:

• • Tommy Li - 1st Greek History; 3rd Greek Life and Literature.

    • Jonathan Wei - 4th/5th Latin Derivatives.  

2005 Texas State JCL Convention:  .

Jasper HS:

This past weekend, April 1-2, 19 Jasper Latin students competed in the State JCL competition.  4 students will advance to the national competition this summer; 7 others placed in the top 10; and Jasper students brought home a trophy for 3rd place in sweepstakes for total accumulation of prizes.

High honors went to many students. The following won 1st  or 2nd  place and will advance to Nationals this summer in Missouri:

• • Lananh Nguyen - 1st  Vocal Solo in Latin

  • Clifton Coyne - 1st  in Open Certamen Quiz Bowl; 9th  in Ancient Geography; (12th  Roman History)

  • Grace Chang - 2nd  Latin Literature; 8th  Latin Grammar

    • Corey Lane - 2nd  Latin Derivatives; 2nd  Greek Derivatives.

Several other students placed in the top 10:

• • • Jonathan Li - 4th  Roman Life 

    • Jack Weng - 4th  Pentathlon; 7th  Greek History; (12th  Mythology)

    • Willy Gu - 6th  Classical Academic Decathlon; 9th  Roman History

    • David Xu - 6th  Latin vocabulary; (11th Grammar)

    • Steven Zhang - 7th  Latin Literature

    • Hyun Kim - 9th  Greek Life and Literature

    • Ines Chien - 10th  Reading Comprehension

Shepton HS:

Suyun Lee – 1st for Watercolor painting of Aeneas and Dido.

2005 Area C JCL Convention, Feb 5, Denton, TX.

Jasper High School:

16 Jasper High School Latin students went with Mr. Kruebbe to the Area Junior Classical League competition in Denton this past Saturday, February 5th.  Latin students from schools all over North Texas competed in classical academics, art, music, theater, and athletics.  

Freshmen:

• Willy Gu - 1st  in Classical Academic Decathlon; 2nd  Roman History

• Jack Weng - 1st  in Mythology; 9th  Latin Reading Comprehension

  • David Xu - 3rd  in Latin Grammar; 5th  in Latin Vocabulary

  • (Hyun Kim and Ines Chien - 9th  and 10th   in  Latin Grammar)

Sophomores:

• Grace Chang - 2nd  Advanced Latin Grammar 

• Clifton Coyne - 2nd  Roman History; 3rd  Ancient Geography

• Ellen Zhao - 2nd  Greek History; 7th  Grammar

• Jonathan Li - 3rd  Roman History; 6th  Mythology

  • Ashley Bishop - 5th  Latin Mottoes 

  • (Skyler Johnson - 10th  Mythology)

(Even the Latin Club basketball team headed by Rob Mahoney and David Nah came in 3rd  place.)

Shepton High School:  6  Shepton High School Latin students attended.  Congratulations to:

• Laura Lindquist - 1st  in Latin Mottoes; 8th in Mythology

• Suyun Lee - for a 1st  place watercolor painting of Aeneas and Dido

• Kelly Park - for a 3rd  place oil painting interpretation of Pandora’s box

• Eugene Kang - 1st  place 400 m dash 

  • Megan Swinford - 4th  Latin derivatives

  • Adam Kahout - 7th  Reading comprehension

2004 JCL Competition Results: Jasper High School, Plano, TX.

2004 Area C JCL, Plano West Sr. High, Plano, TX:  

Jasper High School took 23 Latin students to the Area Junior Classical League Convention/Competition last Saturday, February 7 at Plano West Senior High.  Nearly 800 public and private school students from all around the Dallas area competed in academics, fine arts, and athletics.  

Jasper students won:

• • • 5   1st-place medals, 

    • 5   2nd-place ribbons, 

    • 3   3rd-place ribbons

    • 19  other top-ten finishes.

The Sophomore Certamen Team advanced to the finals and placed 2nd. Team members were Chen Huang, Stephie Wu, Diana Zhang, and Jerry Yuan.

Latin 2:  Congratulations to:

• Diana Zhang – 1st  place in Advanced Grammar; 1st Latin Literature

• Tommy Li – 1st  Greek History; 1st  Greek Life and Literature

• Noah Biru – 1st  Mottoes

• Chen Huang – 2nd  Roman History; 2nd  Roman Life

• Stephie Wu – 2nd  place Advanced Grammar

• Eric Kuan – 3rd  Mottoes; 4th  Greek Derivatives

  • Brian Lee – 4th  Mythology; 

  • Michael Xia – 4th  Mottoes; 8th Mythology

  • Jimmy Hsu – 4th  place Advanced Grammar

  • Ruth Lin – 4th  Girls’ Dramatic Interpretation; 7th Roman Life

  • Jessica Shan – 4th  Girls’ Costume; 10th Ancient Geography

  • Jerry Yuan – 6th  Mythology; 5th Art: Pastels

  • Tim Liu – 6th  Decathlon

  • Mary Huang – 10th  Latin Derivatives

Latin 1:  Congratulations to:

• Grace Chang – 2nd  place in Grammar; 10th Latin Derivatives

• Andrew Zhu – 2nd  in Greek History

• Yisha Zhou – 3rd  Polychromatic Drawing

  • Ellen Zhou – 5th  in Grammar

  • Gwen Bobbitt – 5th  in Ancient Geography

  • Oskar Shamukhamedov – 6th  in Grammar; 7th  in Latin Derivatives

  • Andrew Chen – 6th place Mottoes

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(Honorable Mention:  Mythology: Gwen Bobbitt & Andrew Chen tied for 13th place; Vishal Sharma 24th;  Vocabulary: Brian Lee – 11th Vocabulary)

2004 Texas State JCL Convention, San Antonio, April 2-3.

12 Latin students from Jasper High School attended the Texas State Junior Classical League Convention and Competition this last weekend, April 2-3, in San Antonio.  

Tommy Li placed 1st  in Greek History; 4th  in Greek Life and Literature; Top Score in all grade levels in Greek History.  He qualified to compete at the week-long national convention in Virginia in July.

Many students placed in the top ten:

• • Tommy Li – 1st Greek History; 4th Greek Life and Lit.

  • Stephie Wu - 6th  Latin Derivatives; 6th  Latin Vocabulary

  • Diana Zhang - 6th  Advanced Latin Grammar; 10th  for a Mosaic of the Roman Goddess Diana

  • Ruth Lin - 7th  Dramatic Interpretation

  • Noah Biru - 3rd  Open Certamen

  • Chen Huang - 9th  Roman History

  • Brian Lee - 10th  Digital Photography

  • Tim Liu - 10th  Greek Derivatives

  • Andrew Zhu - 10th  Greek History

Congratulations to these students.

2004 National JCL Convention, Richmond, Virginia.

Two Jasper students who just moved on to the 11th grade, Tommy Li and Diana Zhang, attended the 2004 National Junior Classical League Convention with me in Richmond, Virginia this July.  Both students placed in the top 10 nationally in multiple events in their grade level:

• Diana Zhang: 2nd  Latin recitation, 3rd  Latin Reading Comprehension, 9th  Latin grammar

• Tommy Li: 2nd  Greek history, 3rd  Greek life and literature, 10th  Latin derivatives

Jasper has some awesome Latin students!!!  Students from other Plano schools also did very well.

The convention, in honor of our roots in ancient Greek and Roman civilization, accommodates over 2,000 students from across the U.S. every summer for an entire week of colloquia, social events, competitions and awards in academics, theater, music, art, Olympics, and modern sports, culminating in a procession of toga-wearing students and teachers to a banquet and a night of entertainment, a comedy and talent show put on by students.  

This was my 2nd national convention, and as I told people last year, I have never been in a situation where so many young people were all in one place, and were that talented, that creative, that intelligent, that cool, that enthusiastic, that fun, and that well-mannered and considerate.  Both of my students thoroughly enjoyed themselves and have written to thank me.  Now I extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to Jasper High School and Plano ISD for supporting the Latin program and, in many cases, making it financially possible for these students (and myself) to participate in such events at the local, state, and national levels. 

2003 JCL Competition Results: Jasper High School, Plano, TX.

2003 Area C (DFW area) & State JCL Conventions:

My first year as a Latin teacher, I had not the slightest idea what JCL was or what competitions were like.  7 students, all guys, volunteered to give it a try with me.  At area, they came, they saw, they liked it, and then they decided they might even study in the future.  They paid their way to the state competition.

Freshmen:  Tommy Li – Greek history, Chen Huang – Roman history, Noah Biru – Grammar , Brian Lee – Mythology, Jimmy Hsu – Grammar, and Sophomores:  Jonathan Wei – Jonathan and Jason Tsay tried to be a 2 person certamen team.  Jason Tsay.

2003 National JCL Convention, NJCL San Antonio, Texas

Tommy Li – 2nd Greek history.  

Completely clueless at area competing in Greek history, Tommy liked it and decided to study for state; he placed in the top 10 at state, then decided he rrrreally could do even better, so he begged his mom to let him go to the national convention.  Because he wanted to go, I went too.  I was so glad I did.  Tommy studied and read all the books that summer, and placed 2nd at nationals.  

Chen Huang also competed in Roman history and Roman life.