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I believe I am qualified for CAJCL 1st VP because of my efforts as St. Ignatius JCL 1st VP to expand Roman culture, recruit new students, and engage the chapter’s current members in a variety of innovative ways. First, I immediately began to create a long-term plan to recruit students before they even start high school. At the middle school attached to my high school, I worked with their principal to establish and teach a mythology elective course, hoping to instill a love of Roman culture in students at a young age. I strive to make the course fun and educational through storytime and games. Since these students are only in sixth grade, my plan for next year would be to teach them history and Latin language basics. Therefore, when these kids are planning for high school, they will be more likely to continue Latin after being exposed to it for multiple years. In addition, I also serve as the Latin Teacher’s Assistant to the sophomore and junior Latin classes at my school. Not only do I grade quizzes and create worksheets to help SI’s Latin Department, but I also design review games to help students memorize vocabulary in an interactive way. Second, in order to engage current JCL members and foster a passion for Latin language within the student body, I have worked throughout the school year to increase accessibility of JCL events. At the beginning of the year, I realized that if students do not do certamen and are unable to travel to convention, our chapter has limited events on-campus for them. As a result, the executive board and I created events that are immediately after school to increase engagement. We created a scavenger hunt across campus with questions ranging from Latin 1 to Latin 4 difficulty. Additionally, our Olympika was a tournament of activities from chariot races to Roman Pictionary. During this time of digital learning, we have also created a virtual art competition, in which students have the opportunity to submit a variety of creative compositions, such as Latin jokes and mythological art.



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