National Classical Etymological Online Exam

There's still time to register for the National Classical Etymology Online Exam, but the October 15th deadline is quickly approaching. The National Claassical Etymology Online Exam is sponsored by the National Junior Classical League.

The exam will be administered in November 2011. To register visit http://quia.com/nceeorder. There is a school registration fee of $15 ($25 outside of the United States) in addition to the $3 per student exam fee. Schools that have an NJCL chapter receive a $10 discount on the school registration fee. The payment deadline is November 1, 2011. For additional details visit the National Junior Classical League.

Texas Students Advancing to National Latin Competition

Students from St. Andrew's Episcopal School and Hill Country Christian School of Austin gear up for the highly competitive national Certamen competition to be held this month in Sacramento, California.

Can You Go For a Day Without Latin?

The Anderson, IN, Herald-Bulletin editorial staff (November 20, 2008, Try to Go a Day Without Latin) questions the wisdom of the elected leaders in some British towns who wish to ban Latin in official documents.

Meanwhile, the Lexington (KY) Herald Leader (November 24, 2008, Latin Anything But Dead at Classics Convention) reports on the Kentucky Junior Classical League, whose members love the Latin language so much that they dedicated not just a day, but an entire weekend to Latin and the Classics.

To Read the Past is to See the Future

Read about North Central High School (Indianapolis, IN) Junior Classical League's unique charity outreach, the Libri Juliani Project, to benefit victims of domestic violence at a shelter in their city.