Information for Parents
About Latin Club
Latin club membership is not required, but it is strongly encouraged for all Latin students. The Latin club at SAS is very
active and hosts fun activities throughout the year. Joining Latin club does not require you
participate in any particular activities, but it does allow you the opportunity to participate in our
local, state, and national competitions, as well as the opportunity to join the National Latin Honor
Society.
Spring Latin events:
February 19-20 Area F Latin Convention at St. Andrews Upper school. Every Latin student is signed up to participate. Certamen players only compete on Friday night. Everyone competes on Saturday. A tentative schedule is available here. If students have a conflict, they can almost always be worked out; please let us know how we can help you with schedules.
Also, since we are hosting area, we are in need of lots of volunteers. Below is a list of our needs along with contact person for each.
Donations for Friday sponsor dinner Contact: Marty Swanger (martyswanger [at] yahoo [dot] com)
Donations for Saturday sponsor breakfast Contact: Cyndy Smith (clg [at] smithhq [dot] net)
Donations for Saturday sponsor lunch Contact: Burton Richards (Burton.Richards [at] tea.state.tx [dot] us)
Donations for student concessions Contact: Lauren Dill (ldill [at] sasaustin [dot] org)
Other volunteer opportunities listed below Contact: Jennie Luongo (jluongo [at] sasaustin [dot] org)
Dining Hall Chaperones 6-8 p.m.
Dell Registration and Chaperoning 6-10 p.m.
Friday certamen worker 7-10 p.m.
Early testing proctor - 7-9:30 a.m.
Staff Art registration - 7:30 - 8:20 a.m.
Staff Contest registration - 7:30 - 8:20 a.m.
Breakfast concession worker - 7:30 - 8:20 a.m.
Regular testing proctor - 8-11 a.m.
Contest runner - 8:15 - 10 a.m.
Snack concession worker - 8:20 - 1
Sight recitation monitor - 10 a.m. - 12
DI monitor - 10 a.m. - 12
Latin Oratory monitor - 10 a.m. - 12
General chaperones - Outside, Dell 10 a.m. 4 p.m.
Vocal contest monitor - Noon 1 p.m.
Costume contest monitor - Noon - 1 p.m.
Olympika chaperones - Noon-1 p.m.
Typist for grading room results Noon - 4 p.m.
Lunch concessions worker - 1-2 p.m.
Art pick-up monitor - 1-3 p.m.
February 26 Baylor Latin Day Certamen players are invited to this annual event on the Baylor campus. Form is here and should be returned asap if student would like to participate.
March 3 - National Latin Exam at school during advisory and C period. All Latin students are signed up to take this exam. We are not allowed to give retakes for any reason, so please be sure not to schedule any doctor appointments on this date.
March 26-27 State Latin Convention at Lake Travis High School. Tenative Schedule
July 26-August 3 National Latin Convention at the North Dakota State University - Fargo. We will do some sightseeing on July 26 and August 1-3. Students may choose to join us for the convention only (July 27-August 1). Students must compete at area and state in order to compete at nationals. (Please contact Ms. Luongo, Mr. Michaud, or Mr. Hagen if you feel that you deserve an exemption to this rule because of a conflict with other school activities.)
This year's conventions:
The Junior Classical League offers many opportunities for competition, including academics,
athletics, and arts. This year's local, state, and national competition dates are as follows:
Area F Convention: February 19-20 at St. Andrew's Upper School
State Convention: March 26-27 at Lake Travis High School
National Convention: July 27-August 1 at North Dakota State University, Fargo
Because of the costs of attending state and national conventions, members who wish to have part of
their costs covered by school funds are expected to contribute to our fund raising efforts.