Greenhill US Students Shine at TSJCL Area C Convention
This past Saturday, eight Greenhill Upper School students competed at the 2016 Texas State Junior Classical League (TSJCL) Area C Convention, and many have advanced to the State Convention set for last April in Houston.
A special highlight was Greenhill's Advanced Certamen Team - which comprised of Areeba Amer `18, Nikita Jindal `18, Erin McGuire `18, Drew Singer `18 and Bill Yang `18 - which won every match in the preliminary rounds and earned a second-place showing in the finals.
Below are some of Greenhill's outstanding results, which also consisted of four first-place showings.
Latin IV Areeba Amer `18: 1st place (English Oratory), 4th place (Reading Comprehension - Advanced Prose), 5th place (Advanced Grammar) Nikita Jindal `18: 1st place (Latin Literature), 1st place (Mottoes)
Latin III Erin McGuire `18: 2nd (Advanced Certamen) Drew Singer `18: 1st place (Mythology), 4th place (Roman History) Bill Yang `18: 4th place (Greek History)
Latin II Alex Kinkead `18: 5th place (Roman Life) Sophia Rigg `19: 3rd place (Roman History) Latin I Robert Gao `19: 1st place (Mythology)