Harlingen High School South Latin students traveled to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, to attend the 2018 National Junior Classical League Convention from July 23 to 28.
Students competed in a variety of categories and brought home numerous awards from the National Greek and Latin Competition.
2018 NJCL – Harlingen High School South Students
Individual Awards:
Silver Medal Recipients Kaitlin Villarreal – Classical Art I – 8th Place Alex Castillo – Classical Greek History – 9th Place Valeria Montero – Classical Art III – 10th Place
Bronze Medal Recipients Kaitlin Villarreal – Greek Derivatives I – 11th Place Kathryn Allen – Greek Life & Literature I – 12th Place Alex Castillo – Greek Life & Literature II – 15th Place Emi Ruiz – Reading Comprehension: Prose III – 15th Place Dalilah Sanchez – Roman Life III – 15th Place
Honorable Mention Recipients Valeria Montero – Mottoes & Quotations III – 15th Place Emi Ruiz – Sight-Recitation: Advanced Prose – 16th Place Brianna Saldivar – Latin Vocabulary I — 16th Place Judith De La Garza – Latin Oratory III – 16th Place Kaitlin Villarreal – Roman Life I – 19th Place Valeria Montero – Greek Life & Literature III – 20th Place Dalilah Sanchez – Roman History III – 20th Place Kathryn Allen – Latin Vocabulary I – 20th Place
Excellent Achievement Award Recipients Kaitlin Villarreal – 9 points in 6 contests Valeria Montero – 8 points in 6 contests Alex Castillo – 7 points in 5 contests