Greenhill MS/US Latin Students Shine at NJCL Virtual Convention

Congratulations to the 29 Greenhill Middle and Upper School students who competed at the 2020 National Junior Classical League (NJCL) Virtual Convention, which was hosted online from July 23-29.Below are some of the outstanding results from a talented group of Middle and Upper School students.UPPER SCHOOLShruti Siva '22
• Represented Greenhill as the 2020-21 TSJCL Webmaster
• Led the Texas Delegates as part of the TSJCL Executive Board
• Greek Derivatives – 1st place
• Mottoes, Abbreviations, Quotations – 3rd place
• Latin Derivatives – 4th place
• Reading Comprehension, Poetry – 5th place
• Agon (Greek Certamen) CompetitorKhushi Chhaya '23
• Graphic Art Portfolio - Summa cum Laude
• Essay, Grade 9 – Magna cum Laude
• Hellenic History – 5th placeAimee Stachowiak '22
• Received recognition in all of her Creative Arts competitions
• Dramatic Interp Adv. Poetry Female – Summa cum Laude
• English Oratory Upper – Magna cum Laude (tentative)
• Essay, Grade 10 – Magna cum Laude
• Modern Myth Middle Level – cum Laude
• Slogan – 5th placeNikitha Thoduguli '23
• Earned First Place as part of the Advanced Open Certamen Team as she was paired with three other Latin students from across the country
• Classical Art – 5th placeEmily Ding '22
• Roman Life – 1st place
• Greek Life and Literature – 1st place
• Greek Language – 5th place
• Agon (Greek Certamen) CompetitorVarsha Gande '22
• Mottoes, Abbreviations, Quotations – 2nd placeValerie Xu '23
• Vocabulary – 1st place
• Greek Life and Literature – 2nd placeAshton Higgins '22, Shreeya Madhavanur '23, Nicole Stachowiak '20, Laya Venkat '23, Caroline Vos '22, and Rachel Wegener '22 also represented Greenhill in various competitions.MIDDLE SCHOOLPooja Sanghvi '24
• Greek Life and Literature (Level 2) - 2nd placeNatalie Stachowiak '24
• Latin Oratory (Level 2) - Magna cum Laude
• English Oratory, Lower Division (Level 2) - Summa cum Laude
• Dramatic Interpretation, Female (Level 2) - Magna cum Laude
• Modern Myth, Lower Division (Level 2) - Magna cum LaudeMarina Richard '24
• Latin Oratory (Level 2) - Magna cum LaudeReyna Diamond '24
• Graphic Arts Portfolio (Level 2) - cum LaudeVarun Mukund '25
• Greek Derivatives (Level 1) - 3rd place
• Dramatic Interpretation, Male (Level 1) - Magna cum LaudeElla Ou-Yang '25
• Classical Art (Level 1) - 4th place
• Graphic Arts Portfolio (Level 1) - Magna cum LaudeJenna Travers '25
• Latin Oratory (Level 1) - cum LaudeAria Kutty '25
• Dramatic Interpretation, Female - Summa cum LaudeSherry Zhang '25
• Graphic Arts Portfolio (Level 1) - Summa cum LaudeShreya Chhaya '25
• Graphic Arts Portfolio (Level 1) - Magna cum LaudeAiden Mercurio '25
• Graphic Arts Portfolio (Level 1) - Magna cum LaudeJustin Wu '26
• Greek Derivatives (Level 1/2) - 1st placeSarah Koshy '26
• Latin Oratory (Level 1/2) - Magna cum LaudeSyrus Gupta '26
• Graphic Arts Portfolio (Level 1/2) - Summa cum LaudeSophia Bock '26
• Costume - Jr. Female (Level 1/2) - Magna cum Laude