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Our chapter performed beyond our wildest dreams in 2024.

Our chapter performed beyond our wildest dreams in 2024. Although we were down to eight students from our previous ten, our chapter performed even better, taking our total sweepstakes points from 660 in 2023 (an average of 66 points per student) to 772 Sweepstakes Points, with an average of 96.5 points per student, an increase of 46.5%! This was also the second year in a row where we had the highest number of sweepstakes points per student, as well as the second most sweepstakes points at convention, despite being in the smallest category of chapters!

Group Awards

1st Place—

• Total Sweepstakes, Division A Schools

• Spirit Competition, Division A Schools

• Novice Certamen (Mercedes Isinger and Fisher Watts)

• Intermediate Certamen (John Baltz and Owen Isinger) (Team’s Second Consecutive Victory)

• Chapter Website (Website Coordinator Joseph Nardo)

• Chapter T-Shirt (designer Mercedes Isinger)

• Torch Contribution

• Service Project Participation

• Colloquium Latinae Levels ½ & 1

• Colloquium Latinae Levels 2-5

2nd Place—

• Overall Sweepstakes

• Vocal Performance, Traditional Group (Joseph Nardo and Lucy Nardo)

Individual awards

Mercedes Isinger (Level ½)

1st Place—

• Academic Heptathlon

• Derivatives

2nd Place—

• Dramatic Interpretation

3rd Place—

• Hellenics

• Mythology

• Reading Comprehension

• Vocabulary

Overall Individual Sweepstakes—6th Place

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Anthony Baltz (Level ½)

1st Place—

• Roman History

• Roman Life

2nd Place—

• Latin Literature

• Geography

• Classical Art

• Academic Heptathlon

3rd Place—

• Mythology

• Dramatic Interpretation

4th Place—

• Vocabulary

5th Place—

• Derivatives

Overall Individual Sweepstakes—4th Place

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Fisher Watts (Level ½)

2nd Place—

• Mythology

3rd Place—

• Academic Heptathlon

• Roman History

4th Place—

• Geography

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Lucy Nardo (Level 1)

1st Place—

• Mythology

• Dramatic Interpretation (3rd Consecutive Victory!)

2nd Place—

• Poetry

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Owen Isinger (Level 2)

1st Place—

• Geography

• Maps (Graphic Arts)

2nd Place—

• Academic Heptathlon

• Classical Art

• Mythology

• Roman Life

4th Place—

• Mythology Spelling Bee

Overall Individual Sweepstakes—6th Place

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John Baltz (Level 2)

1st Place—

• Academic Heptathlon

• Classical Art

• Latin Literature

• Roman Life

• Vocabulary

• Essay, Grade 8

2nd Place—

• Derivatives

• Grammar

• Reading Comprehension

• Roman History

5th Place—

• Poetry, Grade 8

Overall Individual Sweepstakes—2nd Place

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Dominic Gray (Level 4)

1st Place—

• English Oratory, Grade 10 (3rd Consecutive Victory!)

• Dramatic Interpretation, Advanced Poetry

• Reading Comprehension

2nd Place—

• Classical Art

3rd Place—

• Latin Literature

4th Place—

• Academic Heptathlon

• Roman Life

5th Place—

• Roman History

• Vocabulary

Overall Individual Sweepstakes—7th Place

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Joseph Nardo (Level 4)

1st Place—

• Mythology Spelling Bee (2nd Consecutive Victory!)

• Advocacy Letter, Grade 10

2nd Place—

• Dramatic Interpretation, Advanced Prose

• Essay, Grade 10

3rd Place—

• Reading Comprehension

5th Place—

• Mythology

After our 10 convention-attending students did our chapter proud at Fall Festivus, a slideshow was created to display our photos and achievements. Here are our scoring students:

     Catapult Contest—1st place, medium division, Eliseo Estrada.

     Academic Pentathlon—Level 1 & 1/2, 2nd place, Anthony Baltz; Level 2, 1st place, John Baltz; Level 2, Second place, Owen Isinger; Level 4+, 4th place, Dominic Gray.

     Mythology Spelling Bee—1st place, David Sharpe/

     Certamen—Novice Level, 1st place, Fisher Watts, and Mercedes Isinger; Intermediate Level, 1st place, John Baltz, Owen Isinger, Lucy Nardo, and Anthony Baltz; Advanced Level, 4th place, Dominic Gray and Joseph Nardo.

     Airing of Grievances—1st place, Mercedes Isinger.

Group Awards

• Local Publications, 7th Place (Editor: Joseph Nardo)

• Local Website, 9th Place (Website Coordinator: Joseph Nardo)

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Individual Awards

John Baltz (Level 1)

First Place—

• Academic Triathlon, Level 1 (High Score)

Second Place—

• Latin Literature, Level 1

Third Place—

• Reading Comprehension, Level ½ and 1

Fourth Place—

• Greek Life and Literature, Level 1

• CERTAMEN, NOVICE LEVEL (BY HIMSELF)

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Dominic Gray

1st Place—

• Overall Creative Arts

• Classical Art, Level 3

• English Oratory, Middle Division

2nd Place—

• Dramatic Interpretation, Advanced Prose, Passage 1

• Certamen, Advanced Level (team member)

4th Place—

• Latin Oratory, Level 3

• Sight Latin, Prose Purple

5th Place

• Slogan, Lower Division

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Joseph Nardo

2nd Place—

• Essay, Grades 6-9, Prompt 1

• Certamen, Advanced Level (team member)

3rd Place—

• Agon (team captain)

4th Place—

• Classical Greek, Level 1

• Dramatic Interpretation, Advanced Prose, Passage 2

Χαίρετε, Νικομεν!

Rejoice! Our students did well at our chapter's first full State Convention. Well, 'well' is an understatement. More like Exploded. We took top five sixty times. Everyone had fun! The full list of our spoils is available below.