St. Andrew's Highest Ranked SPC School at TSJCL Competition
On April 22 and 23, St. Andrew’s students competed in academic, artistic, and athletic contests at the Texas State Junior Classical League (TSJCL) convention at Atascocita High School. After a weekend of competing and participating in a variety of activities, the Upper School students finished in 10th place overall, the highest ranked school in the SPC that was at the competition. The Middle School also finished 10th overall in their respective division.
At the convention with the support of his classmates, St. Andrew’s junior Walton Schmidt campaigned for and was elected President for the 2016-2017 school year. Every year at the convention, the member schools elect a board of student officers to lead the organization for the following year. Previously, Walton had served on this year’s Executive Board as Historian, with junior Katherine Salinas as Editor and junior William McKinnerney as Webmaster. All three had extensive duties at the convention, which they carried out with grace.
Here are the complete Academic and Classical Civilization results for the St. Andrew’s delegation:
First Place
Sofia Gonzalez Latin Vocabulary
Sofia Gonzalez Sight Recitation
Katherine Salinas Poetry
Emma Schmidt Roman Life
Second Place
Emma Buechler Sculpture
Gray McKinnerney Greek Life and Literature
William McKinnerney Multimedia
Nolan McNearney Club T-shirt Design
Katherine Salinas Computer-enhanced Photography
Emma Schmidt Mottoes
Walton Schmidt Catapult
Walton Schmidt Sight Recitation
Janson Shrock Catapult
Matthew Tobias Models
Third Place
Drew Aronoff Ancient Geography
Walton Schmidt Mottoes
Grace Zhao Electronic Art
Fourth Place
Parker Brandt Greek History
Tristram Coffin Costume
William McKinnerney Classical Art
Katherine Salinas Traditional Photography
Fifth Place
Layne Alam Greek History
Rachel Nezzer Mythology
Katherine Salinas Research Paper
Will Snider Decathlon
Will Snider Grammar
Sixth Place
Will Josowitz Greek History
Katherine Salinas Latin Oratory
Seventh Place
Layne Alam Mythology
Drew Aronoff Roman Life
Henry Erlinger Latin Derivatives
Lily Kincannon Monochromatic Drawing
Rachel Nezzer Latin Derivatives
Katherine Salinas Roman History
Eighth Place
Emma Buechler Greek Life and Lit
Emma Buechler Pottery
Victoria Curtin Latin Oratory
Victoria Curtin Reading Comprehension - Advanced Poetry
Nolan McNearney Roman Life
Grace Zhao Polychromatic Drawing
Ninth Place
Henry Erlinger Mottoes
Pouya Mohammadi Vocabulary
Tenth Place
Layne Alam Original Play, Actor
Parker Brandt Roman History
Andrew Buller Reading Comprehension
Jack Cowan Roman History
Lily Kincannon Vocabulary
Pouya Mohammadi Original Play, Author
Rachel Nezzer Original Play, Actor
Jill Pewitt Classical Art
Katherine Salinas Original Play, Actor
Grace Zhao Original Play, Actor
Students receiving summa cum laude awards for the Pentathlon: Drew Aronoff, Parker Brandt,Jack Cowan, Gray McKinnerney, Rachel Nezzer, Katherine Salinas, Emma Schmidt, Will Snider
Students receiving maxima cum laude awards for the Pentathlon:Layne Alam, Tristram Coffin, Henry Erlinger, Walton Schmidt
Students receiving magna cum laude awards for the Pentathlon: Stevie Gibson, Will Josowitz, Lizzie Leighty, William McKinnerney, Grace Zhao
Students receiving cum laude awards for the Pentathlon: Emma Buechler, Andrew Buller, Katie Cowan, James Gernstein, Sofia Gonzalez, Lily Kincannon, Pouya Mohammadi, Jill Pewitt
Additionally, we won the following Olympika events:
First Place
Janson Shrock Frisbee Throw
Janson Shrock Softball Throw
Additionally, the Upper School Club was awarded the second runner-up prize in the Publicity contest. Good luck to all as we prepare for Nationals this summer at Indiana University in Bloomington.
