2nd Place Qualitative Trophy!

The Qualitative Trophy is based on average number of points per student. This includes academic (including written tests, certamen, art and more) and spirit points totaled together and divided by the number of students.

1st Place Spirit Trophy - Medium Sized Schools!

War Machines Contest - Second Place!

GMCHE Roll Call - Thursday Night

Roll call is a 45 second introduction to your school. It needs to contain some very basic information and is supposed to be funny. Going with our "Meet the Robinsons" theme (which we thought pertained well to the state convention theme of "Our success is only limited by our imagination"), we had Lewis and the Bowler Hat guy introduce our team:

Our "Meet the Robinsons" contingent after roll call.

We'll find out today how we scored on roll call and many other things.

Certamen Level 1 Finalists! (Friday Night)

Our first ever finalists in certamen. They came out in third place among level 1 Certamen teams. We are psyched!!!

We Interrupt Our Attempts at Updating You to Give You an Update

We just found out quite suddenly that our level 1 team, unbeknownst to us, made it to the certamen finals. We may not even get our door decorated in time for that contest because everyone just ran off to cheer on their team.

How do you like our t-shirts?

Salvete fideles parentes et amici!

First Report

Salvete Omnes!

I know this is a little tardy and I can't post pictures yet. We're all doing great and are very excited about our strong delegation. After competing as a "small school" in previous years, we discovered to our surprise that we now rank as a medium-sized school. We learned this when they announced us as the winner of this morning's spirit competition among the medium-sized schools.

Lots of pictures coming soon. We're heading off to certamen competitions (we're competing at levels I, II and IV) and the war machines contest in just a bit.

We're Heading to the State Latin Convention

Salvete Omnes!

We have twelve students competing this year, up from four students just two years ago. Check back here for updates starting tomorrow! We're hoping to post updates and photos throughout the convention.

Cool websites

Certamen Questions
• http://www.geocities.com/bwduncan/
English roots (very worthwhile)
• http://www.ket.org/Education/latin/p1.html
• http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/cliche.htm
Phrases
• http://www.mtdaily.com/mt1/latin.html
State mottos
• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7013/statemottoes.html
Mythology quizzes
• http://eleaston.com/lit-qz.html#myths
Gods and Goddesses family tree
• http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/mythology/roman_family_tree.html&sw=false&sn=4444&d=/mythology&edu=mid&br=graphic&cd=false&fr=f&tour=
Map of imperial expansion.
• http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/firsteuro/roman.html
Imperial family trees.
• http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/stemmata/stemmata.html
Roman life (wow!)
• http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/romanlife/
Vocab and grammar exercises
• http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/latin/wheelock/contents.htm (excellent)
• http://www.quia.com/pages/wh2001gold.html (excellent)
• http://homepage.mac.com/speakup/Free_Latin/FileSharing12.html
• http://www.vis-ed.com/catalog/011-3.html (vocab flashcards)
General (lots to explore)
• http://eleaston.com/latin.html
Fun
• http://www.guernsey.net/~jim/latine.html
Motto generator
• http://www.inrebus.com/latinmottogenerator.php
Crosswords
• http://www.interrete.de/spiele/kreuzwortraetsel/englishcrosswords/index.htm

This Week's Gospel in Latin (Mark 13: 33-37)

{13:33} Videte, vigilate, et orate : nescitis enim quando tempus sit.

{13:34} Sicut homo qui peregre profectus reliquit domum suam, et dedit servis suis potestatem cujusque operis, et janitori præcepit ut vigilet,

{13:35} vigilate ergo (nescitis enim quando dominus domus veniat : sero, an media nocte, an galli cantu, an mane),

{13:36} ne, cum venerit repente, inveniat vos dormientes.

{13:37} Quod autem vobis dico, omnibus dico : Vigilate.

This Week's Gospel in Latin (Matthew 25: 31-46)

{25:31} Cum autem venerit Filius hominis in majestate sua, et omnes angeli cum eo, tunc sedebit super sedem majestatis suæ :
{25:32} et congregabuntur ante eum omnes gentes, et separabit eos ab invicem, sicut pastor segregat oves ab hædis :
{25:33} et statuet oves quidem a dextris suis, hædos autem a sinistris.
{25:34} Tunc dicet rex his qui a dextris ejus erunt : Venite benedicti Patris mei, possidete paratum vobis regnum a constitutione mundi :
{25:35} esurivi enim, et dedistis mihi manducare : sitivi, et dedistis mihi bibere : hospes eram, et collegistis me :
{25:36} nudus, et cooperuistis me : infirmus, et visitastis me : in carcere eram, et venistis ad me.
{25:37} Tunc respondebunt ei justi, dicentes : Domine, quando te vidimus esurientem, et pavimus te : sitientem, et dedimus tibi potum ?
{25:38} quando autem te vidimus hospitem, et collegimus te : aut nudum, et cooperuimus te ?
{25:39} aut quando te vidimus infirmum, aut in carcere, et venimus ad te ?
{25:40} Et respondens rex, dicet illis : Amen dico vobis, quamdiu fecistis uni ex his fratribus meis minimis, mihi fecistis.
{25:41} Tunc dicet et his qui a sinistris erunt : Discedite a me maledicti in ignem æternum, qui paratus est diabolo, et angelis ejus :
{25:42} esurivi enim, et non dedistis mihi manducare : sitivi, et non desistis mihi potum :
{25:43} hospes eram, et non collegistis me : nudus, et non cooperuistis me : infirmus, et in carcere, et non visitastis me.
{25:44} Tunc respondebunt ei et ipsi, dicentes : Domine, quando te vidimus esurientem, aut sitientem, aut hospitem, aut nudum, aut infirmum, aut in carcere, et non ministravimus tibi ?
{25:45} Tunc respondebit illis, dicens : Amen dico vobis : Quamdiu non fecistis uni de minoribus his, nec mihi fecistis.
{25:46} Et ibunt hi in supplicium æternum : justi autem in vitam æternam.