CAJCL Scrapbook 2022-2023

Caelum

HORACE, EPISTLES 1.11

non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt."

senior sendoff notes

Dear Rupert "Wooper" Chen, I've made such great memories with you at conventions and Ludis. Thanks for always translating the bits with weird grammar so the rest of us didn't have to in class. GLHF in college! —Trisha

I am so thrilled to see you senior officers graduating with many accomplishments! I hope you’ll stay involved with SCL! I’m also very proud to see some of my former middle school Latinists growing and blossoming into Advanced Latin scholars. Kudos!

Magistra Robinson, ex officio Scholarships Chair

Congratulations CAJCL board seniors! You’ve all worked so hard for the past few years both inside and outside JCL. I’ll never forget my first in-person Ludi and Convention experience! Your diligence, dedication, and passion inspires me so much! Bonam fortunam in all your future endeavors!

-Penny Pyo

senior sendoff notes

Congratulations,seniors! ThankyouforyoureffortsinbringingCAJCLbacktoa full,3Dexperience. Iwishyoumuchjoyasyouembarkonnewadventures. SpecialcongratstoGraceB-couldn'thavedonethisyearwithoutyour leadership! Bestwishestoallofyou-andhopetoseeyouasSCLinthenear future.---MagistraCurcio,webmastermentor

Rupert! Thank you for being such an amazing officer-working with you this year has been so much fun. You are so incredibly wise beyond your years and I know that you have great things in store for your future :)

-- Nolan Heinrich, NJCL President

Salvete!

historian's note

It is my great pleasure to present this scrapbook to the CAJCL community. I hope that you all enjoy the memories preserved in here, and it's my sincere wish that you come back to this and other scrapbooks in future years to reminisce about the good ol' days. The 2022-2023 school year was a doozy in the best possible way: it marked the CAJCL's first time returning to in-person events since the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to lockdown and Zoom events back in early 2020. I came to see the year as nostos (homecoming). Just like Odysseus eventually found his way back to his family, we have found our way back to celebrating and sharing the JCLove in person.

How wonderful it was to see you all again face to face! I hope that in looking through this scrapbook, we don't feel bitter about what virtual life took from us, but rather feel joy at the fact that we can now enjoy the simplest, craziest pleasures: photo ops with and hiding in a life-size cardboard Trojan Horse, Hozier karaoke until midnight, and using Lupercalia as an excuse to eat a bunch of Skittles. This is what JCL is all about—joy and community. In California, the sun is always out, and the JCL is always down for another adventure.

Signing off, cum caritate (with love),

Trisha Iyer, the Harker School, 2022-23 CAJCL Historian

theme explanation

I chose the theme of a sea voyage for the 2022-2023 scrapbook. In keeping with this year's NJCL theme, in which Horace discusses the spirit and fortitude one develops during a journey, namely while rushing across the sea, I thought that a sea voyage nicely matched the imagery of his words. But there's a deeper meaning to this theme. I was reminded of a text that I'd read in freshman English class that was extremely relevant to JCL: Homer's Odyssey. After ten years of trials and tribulations, some of which Odysseus arguably gets himself into, he finally returns home to his tenacious wife and earnest son, who have had struggles of their own. The Odyssey definitely leans into the gory action side of events rather than the tender heartwarming side, but there are loving moments. Odysseus yearns for his family, his life, and his home on Ithaca. His homecoming, in Greek, is called nostos.

Reflecting on the tumult of the past few years, I realized that the CAJCL, in its own way, is reaching its homecoming as well. The deadly pandemic took many lives and locked down essentially the whole world. Everyone experienced a great emotional and mental strain, and the JCL community had some of its sense of togetherness cut off by Zoom. Though our spirit of community did not fade, I sure did miss all of your faces; but now I'm happy to say that I can feel the JCLove more strongly than ever before. I hope that after experiencing the joy of in-person Ludi, SCRAM, and convention, you will feel the same in viewing this year as a nostos after a long voyage.

a note about the stars

This constellation moves with us through the scrapbook, appearing in the first few months (for June, July, and so on) before disappearing from the winter months, then reappearing in the spring. "What's going on with that?" you might ask. If you're a sharp-eyed Certamenator, you may recognize this constellation as the Pleiades, a group of stars to parallel their namesake, the mythical daughters of Atlas.

When I was planning how this scrapbook would look, I did some research on what a Roman sea voyage would look like (since that is this scrapbook's theme!). I learned that the Romans marked the start and end of sailing season using the Pleiades, so I tried to place the constellation differently in each month to show how the Romans saw them each month.

When the Pleiades are visible and high in the sky, as they are on the pages for June through October, the seas are open for business! Once they set, starting around November, the winter season makes it difficult and dangerous for ships: therefore, the Romans refrained from sailing until the spring. Starting in March, April, and May, you'll see the Pleiades rise again in the sky and in this scrapbook. And then, just like a Roman ship, CAJCL enters a new school year and starts another journey.

accessibility statement

I made my best effort to make this scrapbook accessible to people with disabilities. I have loved ones with vision problems, and so it's increasingly important to me that the media we put online is able to be understood by all. To that end, images and videos have alternative text for those with screen readers. Please make use of this feature if needed.

I put effort into ensuring that all color schemes and fonts would be clear and legible. To do this, I found Georgia and Margin to be great fronts for body and header text. Again, I hope these please the eye and that my efforts can make this scrapbook enjoyable for all.

Curā, Trisha Iyer

2022-2023 CAJCL Historian

Assembling the crew

meet the board

Convention Co-president: Jessica Milmoe, Miramonte

Convention Co-president: Megan Chui, Miramonte

Secretary:

1st VP: Louise Morr, St. Francis

2nd VP: Ingrid Luo, Sage Hill

Parli: Kieran Chung, Harvard-Westlake

Annika Porteous, Menlo

meet the board

Historian: Trisha Iyer, Harker School

Nuntius Editor: Tiffany Chang, Harker School

not pictured: Southern Reps Fiona Yi, Crossroads, and Nate Kindler, Crossroads

Webmaster: Patrick Galligan, Menlo

Northern Rep: Grace Brady, St. Ignatius

Southern Rep: Natalie Storm, Crossroads

Setting sail!

NJCL convention - spirit

2nd VP Ingrid Luo (Sage Hill), along with State Chair Matt Davis (Miramonte) and Slasher

Andrew Bota (University), lead a chant practice at fellowship. (click to play!)

in action at general assembly

feel the jclove!

Rupert's election

sports + the blood sport (certamen)

photo credit: Ricky Davis

runway Romana

California's wins

STATE AWARDS

Digital Scrapbook

T-shirt: best use of theme

T-shirt: best overall

T-shirt: best visual

Website

State Publication (Nuntius)

Ludi Ultimate Frisbee

SCHOOL AWARDS

Local Publication (3rd)

Photo of the Month, Jan. (1st)

Publicity - Miscellaneous (1st)

Publicity - Recruitment Pres. (1st)

Publicity - Best Portfolio (2nd)

Website (2nd)

Club of the Month, Oct. (3rd)

Social Media (3rd)

Miramonte

Miramonte

Miramonte

Miramonte

INDIVIDUALS AWARDED

(1oth place or above)

Margaret Briggs (3rd individual costume)

Andrew Bota (4th Academic Decathlon, 4th Classical Greek, 4th Dramatic Interpretation, 9th Latin Grammar, 9th ancient geography)

Tiffany Chang (1st Heptathlon LDD*, 2nd Roman History LDD)

Megan Chui (5th classical art)

Richard Davis (1st track 400m, 2nd track 800m, 2nd marathon)

Skye Hsu (4th reading comp, 6th mottoes, 10th mythology)

Allison Hu (1st LDD Open Certamen)

Trisha Iyer (2nd oratory, 2nd sight Latin reading, 3rd reading comp, 7th modern myth, 8th Latin lit, 8th Latin vocab, 10th mythology)

Ingrid Luo (7th Greek life & lit)

Jessica Milmoe (4th scrapbook)

Sanjeeta Pannu (10th reading comp)

Chelsea Xie (8th reading comp, 5th dramatic interpretation, 6th impromptu graphic arts)

Lucas Yuan (1st LDD mythology, 5th essay)

Demi Zheng (10th reading comp)

*LDD = Long Distance Delegate

The open sea

fall board meeting

First port

October's Photo of the Month: "Masey Milham and Jack Heafey [St. Ignatius students] reconstruct the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius at St. Ignatius' annual Mt. Vesuvius Cake Party!"

Northern Rep Grace Brady at GA; below, some of the Ludi organizers (photo credit for lower photo: Sadie Powers)

Convention co-presidents

Jessica Milmoe and Megan Chui (Miramonte) encourage people to attend state convention

Classical Homeschool Day Academy students sport laurel crowns at GA

Dr. Mary Blum (Stuart Hill School for Boys) presents a colloquium on the gargoyle cantos in Dante's Inferno

Ludi - hosted at St. Ignatius

SCRAM - hosted at crossroads

Olympika participants play a heated game of table tennis.

Players compete in Olympika dodgeball.

Participants in the service project pack sanitary supplies into kits.

photo credit: all provided by Ingrid Luo

"quin etiam [...] mediis properas Aquilonibus ire per altum?"

—Dido, Aeneid 4.309-310

["Indeed, do you even hurry [...] to go through the deep with the northeast winds opposing?"]

Winter season: heavy weather

November's Photo of the Month: "Miramonte students on the 2023 CAJCL State Convention organizing committee pose after filming their promo video."

December's Iocus of the Month: created by Willows Community School student Nick Stein

December's Photo of the Month: "St. Ignatius JCLers celebrate Saturnalia by decorating cookies and wearing hats!"

Second port

Roman Holiday of the Month (from Kaylie Wu, the Menlo School): "the Menlo JCL club celebrated [Saturnalia] at a local shelter with decorations, food and gifts, and had someone even dress up as Santa as a surprise."

service spotlight!

Iocus of the Month: this mythology-themed meme from Brodie Santry of the Sage Hill School

winter board meeting

"Diffugere nives, redeunt iam gramina campis

Arboribusque comae" —Horace, Ode 4.7, lines 1-2

[The snows have scattered, now grasses return to the fields and leaves to the trees.]

The final stretch

Photo of the Month (submitted by Brodie Santry): Sage Hill throws a Lupercalia party

"sed tamen [Ithacus] optat / fumum de patriis posse videre focis. [. . .] natale solum [. . .] cunctos

/ ducit" —Ovid, Ex Ponto, Book I.III.33-36 [but even Odysseus wishes he could see the smoke of his ancestral hearths. Our native soil draws us]

nostos [homecoming]

Photo of the Month (submitted by Felix Chen): Harker JCLers paint a banner to display at State Convention's spirit rally

state convention!

How many people attended convention (according to March registration data)?

788 people! 1 member at large, 665 students total, and many SCLers and adults.

screenshotoftheCAJCLconvention brochure,designedbyMeganChui

Who sang the JCL song at opening General Assembly?

Tiffany Chang and Northern Rep Grace Brady

Here's an easy one: which school hosted state convention this year?

Miramonte High School!

Webmaster

spirit

STEM

challenge: aqueduct building!

top row: photo credit to Magistra Katie Robinson

Teams were given 1 hour to build an aqueduct out of paper and tape.

Teams posed with their finished aqueducts before the final test: pouring a bottle of water down the pathway.

The final test was pouring a bot

sports

Watch: one team competes in the chariot competition.

Two students prepare to race each other through a bouncy house obstacle course.

A Miramonte student in a vest checks off a team's chariot build before they run the course.

Runway Romana

Notes - top left: photo credit to Natalie Storm, this is a snapshot from the Project Runway activity bottom left - this stola was hand-sewn!

service: Participants wrote and decorated greeting cards for hospitalized children.

student life

watch: that's entertainment!

a new voyage begins

Photo of the Month (submitted by Jonah Chan): CHD Academy students attending State Convention take a group photo

spring board meeting

the start of a new board

not pictured: Convention CoPresidents Jackson

Coleman & Patrick Galligan 1st VP Vivienne Arndt, Secretary Glory Ho, Webmaster Sophia Vourakis, Northern Rep Franziska

Kungys

clockwise from top left: August Briggs, 2nd VP; Yoyo Li, Parliamentarian; Mia DaPonte, Historian; Felix Chen, Nuntius Editor; Sophia Vourakis, Webmaster

acknowledgments

All photos and videos were taken by me, Trisha Iyer, unless credit is otherwise indicated on relevant pages (thank you to everyone who took and shared photos; much obliged). Board photos were provided by the officers.

This scrapbook was created using Canva. Most graphics were sourced from Canva's library, but the digital Pleiades illustration is my own.

Finally, a special thank-you to my mentor, Ms. Jen Jordt, who gave me nothing but kindness and support as I grew into this role. Thank you for your guidance, cheer, and thoughtful edits!

Curā, Trisha Iyer

2022-2023 CAJCL Historian