March 1, 2017 - Columbus, Ohio - 29 SUA students joined SUA Latin teacher Kathy Hammond and several chaperones in Columbus for the annual Ohio Junior Classical League State Convention at the end of February. This year, the students placed 9th out of 29 schools (about 750 students) and increased their scores overall. Almost every SUA student who attended placed in the top 10 in at least one category and together they won 65 top-10 awards. They are listed below. Congratulations to the students who attended and participated in the conference and competitions.
Club Awards
· Banner – Excellent rating
· Commercial – Excellent rating
· Scrapbook – Excellent rating
· Service – Excellent rating
· Skit – 4th place
· Roll Call – 3rd place
· Sophia Heller – JCL’s Talent Show Winner
· Sophia Heller – 5th place overall points in creative contests
· Morgan McGee – 8th place overall points in creative contests
For the first time ever, Saint Ursula Academy took a Certamen (a game like Jeopardy but all Latin based questions) team to compete at Convention. Most teams have 4 players, but SUA only had a 2 person team (Cassidy Serger and Clare Pitstick) and they made it to the semi-finals and finished 8th overall. This is a huge achievement for them.
Individual Awards
· Julie Ahrnsen – 4th – place pencil drawing , 10th place – illustrated quotation
· Stephanie Ahrnsen – 9th place – Mosaic
· Natalie Blackburn – 3rd place – sculpture (non-ceramic) 10th place – Derivatives test
· Ellie Bohan – 6th place – colored pencil drawing, 8th place – Roman history test
· Anya DiFalco – 10th place – Ceramic pottery
· Kimi Dryden – 1st place – Sculpture (non-ceramic), 3rd place – Illustrated children’s book, 7th place – pastel drawing
· Audrey Felton – 3rd place – English oratory, 6th place – Constructed chart
· Maddie Gerding – 7th place – Large model, 10th place – Constructed chart
· Sophia Heller – 2nd place – costumes (hand sewn), 4th place – dramatic interpretation, 4th place – decorative stitching
· Caroline Hemmer – 6th place – sculpture (non-ceramic), 9th place – colored pencil drawing
· Grace Heyob – 9th place – mixed media
· Bebe Hodges – 5th place – Sight Latin Reading (poetry)
· Grace Maliborski – 6th place – English oratory, 10th place – sculpture (non-ceramic)
· Lily Mannix – 10th place – pastel drawing
· Reagan McDonald – 9th place – colored pencil drawing
· Morgan McGee – 2nd place – English oratory, 6th place – Latin recitation (poetry), 6th place – Photography (traditional)
· Emma Mock – 10th place – Latin recitation (prose)
· Emma Murphy – 10th place – constructed chart
· Kat Overberg – 4th place – sculpture (non-ceramic), 5th place – pastel drawing, 7th place – poetry
· Clare Pitstick – 1st place – large model
· Tina Reynolds – 3rd place – sculpture (non-ceramic), 4th place – sculpture (ceramic), 8th place – oil and acrylic, 9th place – ink drawing
· Gemma Sander – 7th place – Sight Latin reading (poetry)
· Elizabeth Schwartz- 1st place – photography, 7th place – literature academic test
· Kara Scullin – 6th place – Roman history test, 9th place – illustrated children’s book
· Cassidy Serger – 3rd place – Latin sight reading, 4th place – Roman literature test, 6th place – derivatives test, 7th place – grammar test, 9th place – reading comprehension test, 10th place – Latin recitation
· Gabby Warren – 5th place – constructed chart, 6th place – large model, 8th place – reading comprehension, 9th place – derivatives test
· Ainsley Worthley – 4th place – large model, 9th place – dramatic interpretation