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editor ’ s note page ii
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newsletter of the thomas jefferson latin honor society
senior profiles page iii
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incipiÄ mus! Valete, Seniors!
LHS Officers 2019-2020 Consuls Justin Han & Jungmin Shin Praetores Magni J.W. Strassberg &
Thomas Donohue
Praetores Maximae
Jing Liu & Miranda Xiong
Censor
Yullee Moon
Tribune
Joy Chung
Reges Certaminis Joseph Amsbary,
David Chen, Andrew
Hadikusumo, & Ayush Viswanathan
Dominus Telae
Joshua Mutterperl
Artifices
Reva Hirave, Jamie
Lee, & Janice Li
Auctor
Karen Song
Proconsuls
Jonathan Daniel,
Charlie Dobson, Aimee Feng,
Magistrae
& Emily Ye
Christine Conklin & Patricia Lister
SCRIBE Code
The Scribe is TJ’s quarterly Latin newsletter. If you would like to submit to The Scribe, please contact Auctor Karen Song at 2021ksong@ tjhsst.edu or through Facebook. For more information on the TJ Latin program, please visit our award-winning website at https://activities.tjhsst.edu/latin/
senior profiles! ii Nota Auctoris: A “Year” in Review If you had told me that March 12th would be the last time anyone would ever step foot in TJ for a good while, I would have never believed you. This storm of circumstances has been nothing short of unprecedented for our school, our nation, and our world. We never really got the chance to say a proper goodbye, so I hope this message offers you some closure as we look back at another “year” of TJ Latin. To our seniors, thank you for an amazing four years. Thank you for all the wonderful memories at Convention, iNite, holiday parties, and more. Thank you for giving it your all these past four years, and we can’t wait to hear about your collegiate adventures. Although you had to don your cap and gown at home this year, we all congratulate you on completing four long years of TJ. Quod bonum, faustum, felix fortunatumque sit! It has been an honor serving as your Auctor this year. From Saturnalia to Certamina, Convention to Myth
Pumpkins, I have truly enjoyed meeting and interviewing the wonderful members of the TJ Latin family. Even though this year was cut short, we still were able to reach many important milestones as a Latin community. We held our 15th annual TJHSST Certamen (much lauded). A legion of Latin IIIs were inducted into the exclusive and enigmatic Latin Honor Society. AP Latin students took the first ever online AP Latin exam. Just as the Trojans emerged from a terrible storm at sea, weary but motivated by hope for a golden future, we will make it out of this pandemic. Who knows, perhaps we will look back at these shipwrecked days and remember that our solidarity and resilience carried us through troubled waters. Karen Song, 2019-2020 LHS Auctor
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senior profiles!
Joseph “Phoenix” Amsbary (AP)
David “Dardanus” Cha (5)
“Docendo discitur”
“Errare humanum est, (sed) perseverare diabolicum.”
Favorite Latin Memory: “Winning the overall academics award at state convention this year.”
Favorite Latin Memory: “Winning $40 worth of Starbucks giftcards from Saturnalia poems.”
Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “De Bello Gallico, Book Vi College Destination: William and Mary, Classics
Amy “Hestia” Appler (AP)
“Ad astra per aspera”
Favorite Latin Memory: “My favorite Latin memory is all the video projects I’ve done. I really enjoyed getting to have some fun with what we were learning, and it was always fun to hang out with my Latin friends to film scenes.” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “The scene in the Aeneid where the serpents eat Laocoon’s sons and then kill him.” College Destination: Virginia Tech, Electrical Engineering
Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Catullus 10” College Destination: University of Virginia, Computer Science
David “Sulla” Chen (5)
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit” -Vergil Favorite Latin Memory: “AP Latin video project” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Horace’s Odes” College Destination: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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senior profiles! Joy “Laelia” Chung (5)
Robert “Robertus” Crotts (5)
“Forsan et haec “Why do they call olim meminisse it oven when you of in the cold food iuvabit.” of out hot eat the food?”
Favorite Latin Memory: “Watching the TJ acts perform karaoke at state convention and the underclassmen jumping around so Favorite Latin Memory: “Hitting the dance floor at my excitedly on stage.” first convention.” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin Favorite thing you’ve read in this year: “Daphne and Apollo” Latin this year: “Catullus 11” College Destination: College Destination: Virginia Georgetown University Commonwealth University, English
Alex “Cadmus” Chung (5)
“Aut viam inveniam aut faciam.” Favorite Latin Memory: “One time Ajit wore a black hat, white shirt, white pants, and black shoes to class so I told Ms. Conklin it was chiasmus and she showed Ajit to Ms. Lister.” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Daphne and Apollo” College Destination: Columbia University, Applied Physics
Jonathan “Augustus” Daniel (AP)
“Carpe diem” Favorite Latin Memory: “Karaoke at Convention with the Latin 1 squad Sophomore year.” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Hector appearing in the dream” College Destination: University of Michigan, Electrical Engineering
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“Quod licet bovi, non licet Bon Jovi.” Favorite Latin Memory: “Senior year convention!” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “The Syllabus” College Destination: William and Mary
senior profiles! Medha “Bellatrix” Gupta (AP)
“Semper ubi sub ubi” Favorite Latin Memory: “Besides all of the fun video projects we’ve made throughout the years, my favorite Latin memory has to be the Tuesday Tales in Latin 1!” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “The death of Dido in Book IV of the Aeneid!” College Destination: New York University, Computer Science
Aimee “Caelia” Feng (5)
Justin “Augustus” Han (5)
“Omnia mutantur, nihil interit.”
“Ad astra per aspera”
Favorite Latin Memory: “Getting kicked off the bed in my sleep at convention.”
Favorite Latin Memory: “Albati chariot racing team and the last convention”
Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Daedalus and Icarus”
Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Amores 1.1 by Ovid”
College Destination: Carnegie Mellon University, Computer Science
College Destination: Harvard University, Biochemistry
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senior profiles! Michael “Leo” Huang (AP)
Ajit “Quintus” Kadaveru (4.5)
“Forsan Et Haec “I graduated in June. I just didn’t have the Olim Meminisse cameras on.” Favorite Latin Memory: “The Iuvabit” AP Latin video project, when I
filmed with Alex, Ben, and DaFavorite Latin Memory: “General vid until 1 am at my house on a school night.” Tomfoolery at Convention” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “The Haunted House by this year: “Caesar Book IV” Pliny the Younger.” College Destination: Massachusetts Institute of Tech- College Destination: UC Berkeley, Computer Science nology, Mathematics
Ben “Titurius” Kang (5)
“Alea iacta est.” Favorite Latin Memory: “2019 Convention” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Catullus” College Destination: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shreya “Lucilla” Kuchipudi (5)
“Audentis Fortuna Iuvat” -Vergil Favorite Latin Memory: “Video Projects!! John Prasinius & Pious Aeneas” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Catullus 10” College Destination: Washington University in St Louis, Biology
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“Animus risu novatur Thank you for all the memories!” Favorite Latin Memory: “Painting the banner and preparing for convention with the fam” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “The Aeneid, Book II”
Janice “Chloe” Li (AP)
“Ars longa, vita brevis.” Favorite Latin Memory: “NJCL and VJCL conventions :)” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “The Aeneid” College Destination: Stanford University
College Destination: William and Mary, Biology
Annabel “Thalia” Li (5)
“Facilis descensus Averno” Favorite Latin Memory: “Eating ramen for breakfast at Convention.” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Catullus 10” College Destination: University of Virginia
Cathy “Carmenta” Liang (5)
“Esse quam videri.” Favorite Latin Memory: “Convention, AP Latin review sessions, Inite, and generally every time we were able to come together as a large family of friends!” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Who nose? Probably Catullus 13.” College Destination: Harvard University
senior profiles!
Denaly “Catullus” Min (5)
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Aria “Silvia” Moss (AP)
““Aut inveniam viam aut faci“Conlatum est deciens. am.” -Hannibal Rogo, non potes ipse videri incendisse tuam, Tongiliane, Favorite Latin Memory: “Bringing in a dormouse-shaped cake for our domum?” Favorite Latin Memory: “Seeing passages on the AP that we had miraculously chosen to review shortly prior... and then being done with it afterwards!”
Latin II “dinner party!” It was fun to make, creepy to look at, and delicious to eat!” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “The serpents attacking Laocoon in Vergil’s Aeneid, Book II”
Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Catullus 11, com- College Destination: plete with acting and props...” Drexel University, Biology College Destination: University of Michigan, Chemical Engineering
Aastha “Lucretia” Mistry (5) “Sed tu insulsa male et molesta vivis, per quam non licet esse neglegentem.” -- Catullus 10 Favorite Latin Memory: “The day of the AP exam. There was so much energy and excitement during the study session and the few moments before the AP exam in Ms. Conklin’s classroom while we were eating snacks, frantically reviewing, and encouraging each other. ” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Daphne and Apollo” College Destination: Virginia Tech, Computer Science
Laney “Livia” Moy (5)
“Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore.” -De Amicitia, Marcus Tullius Cicero
Favorite Latin Memory: “Our first dress rehearsal for Latin iNite this year.” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Pygmalion” College Destination: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Computer Science
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senior profiles!
Joshua “Tiberius” Mutterperl (AP)
Rhoshini “Juturna” Raghuraman (5)
“Vivere memento” Favorite Latin Memory: “Heating up a pizza we found lying around with a hair dryer at convention.” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Vergil book 2 SMACKS” College Destination: William and Mary, Biology and Classical Studies
Trishya “Tullia” Pagadala (5)
“Dux femina facti.” Favorite Latin Memory: “Whenever Ms. Conklin said ‘Juturna! Translate!’” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “I really liked reading Daedalus and Icarus.” College Destination: New York University, Finance & Biology
Rayna “Helena” Schoenberger (5)
“Ad astra per aspera” “Aut inveniam viam Favorite Latin Memory: “I liked making (and watching) the video projects from past years. I also liked watching the projects from “the old TJ” and listening to Ms. Conklin rant about how much freedom people used to have. ”
aut faciam”
Favorite Latin Memory: “Standing together with everyone on stage at the end of my last iNite!”
Favorite thing you’ve read in LatFavorite thing you’ve read in in this year: “Catullus 10” Latin this year: “I enjoyed reading Catullus’s writing because College Destination: University they were pretty entertaining of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering and clever .” College Destination: University of Pittsburgh, Premed Track
senior profiles! Jungmin “Orpheus” Shin (5)
“Non nobis solum nati sumus.” Favorite Latin Memory: “Helping plan and run TJ Certamen.” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Pygmalion” College Destination: William and Mary, Chemistry
Emily “Lucia” Ye
“Nōn est ad astra mollis ē terrīs via” - Seneca the Younger Favorite Latin Memory: “Winning second place at Yale Certamen sophomore year.” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Ovid’s ‘Daedalus and Icarus.’” College Destination: Brown University
Ayush “Aegeus” Viswanathan (AP)
“Aut viam inveniam aut faciam” Hannibal Favorite Latin Memory: “My sole NJCL Convention where we went to the finals and placed 2nd in Certamen.” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Book 4 of the Aeneid’” College Destination: Purdue University, Mechanical Engineering (Major) & Business Management (Minor)
Andrew “Spurius” Yoon (5)
“Life is not a spectator sport.” - Jackie Robinson
Favorite Latin Memory: “Time with the Boys at Convention.” Favorite thing you’ve read in Latin this year: “Saturnalia poems” College Destination: Yale University, Statistics and Data Science + Biomedical Engineering
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