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