- Latin improves a student's: command of English, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and style of writing.
- Latin helps one to develop good study habits and improves one's memory: factors which are vital to success in college.
- Latin can raise one's SAT and ACT score.
- Latin Students are 134 points above average in Verbal, and 119 points above average in Math on the SAT.
- Latin Students outscore students in every other langauge on the Verbal portion of the SAT.
- Latin is a bridge that links the whole Western world through its language and heritage.
- Reading, writing, and translating Latin tend to improve a student's performance in all academic areas.
About The Junior Classical League
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Formed in 1936, the National Junior Classical League (NJCL) is an organization of junior and senior high school students sponsored by the American Classical League. Composed of local and state/provincial chapters across the United States, Canada, and Australia, it is the largest Classical organization in the world today with over 50,000 members. Its purpose is to encourage an interest in and an appreciation of the language, literature and culture of ancient Greece and Rome and to impart an understanding of the debt of our own culture to that of Classical antiquity.
(Taken from www.NJCL.org)
Benefits of JCL Membership
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- NJCL holds state and national conventions where delegates have an opportunity to meet others and participate in academic, creative, and graphic arts contests, and athletic competitions.
- It provides leadership opportunities on local, state, and national levels.
- It also coordinates local, state, and national quiz bowl competitions called Certamen.
- The organization sponsors the National Latin Honor Society and the National Greek Honor Society.
- NJCL awards scholarships on the state and national levels to both students and teachers.
- Every summer, approximately 1600 students gather at a university for a weeklong national convention to celebrate the classics. Students have the opportunity to compete in a variety of events.
(Some information taken from the NJCL Brochure)
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