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Vox Latina
Jan-Feb 2013
Editor: Emily Haussler of Summit CDS
Inside this issue:
Celebration of the 1
Classics
Service at the
Summit 2
Saturnalia 3
The Latin Club
Rap 4
Goats and Taxi-
cabs 5
George Washing-
ton: A Modern
Romulus 5
Mr. Dean’s Unde-
niable Teaching
Skills 6
Name that Mortal
Crossword 7
MADD 8
Crossword An-
swers 8
Celebration of The Classics
The Summit Country Day Latin club celebrated the 17th annual Cele-
bration of the Classics Friday, November 3rd. The focus this year was
on Homer's Iliad. The much-anticipated event started with project-
viewing. Parents and students alike came to see the many projects lin-
ing the walls of Knight's Hall, with projects ranging from 3-D posters to
dolls to models and more! We all enjoyed a delicious bounty with Latin-
themed food, and then sat down for the show to begin. First, the crowd
enjoyed presentations of monologues taken from passages of the Iliad
by students such as Inessa Chandra, Kevin Boyce, and Jesse Camp-
bell. taken from passages of the Iliad. Next, we saw multimedia videos
from this year, and then favorites from years past. While this was going
on, students participated in an academic contest where they tested
their knowledge of Homer's Iliad. Finally, the evening ended with Cer-
tamen, or “the buzzer game” for you younger students, with brackets
based on Latin level. To me, this was the best part of the evening, espe-
cially since I was on a team with two members of the Upper Level state
Certamen team. Those who won were rewarded with ribbons and sugar
-filled substances, and the group left for the night, hopefully with huge
smiles, stomachs full of delicious, classically themed treats, and brain
packed with a little more knowledge on Homer's Iliad than before.
–Kelly McBride: 2nd VP
Middle School
students loving
Celebration!
Inessa Chandra
delivering a dramatic
interpretation