In the coming months, we have not one, not one and a half, but two upcoming local MassJCL events!

On Saturday, October 29th, Winchester High School will be hosting the fall kick-off event. That’s right, you don’t even need to go anywhere. Just let Mrs. DeCamp know that you will be attending, pay the entry fee, and show up any time from 9 AM to 3 PM. A tentative schedule is as follows:

• 9:00 AM: Arrival and Check-in begins (Main Entrance)
• 9:30 AM: Opening General Assembly & Officer Skit (Auditorium)
• 10:30 AM:
  • Activity Session 1 (Rooms TBD)
  • Praetoria Sessions (Rooms TBD)
  • Street Certamen (Rooms TBD)
• 11:00 AM:
  • Lunch (Cafeteria and/or Outside Space, Catering TBD)
  • Agora
  • Worm Races / Hula Hooping
• 12:30 PM:
  • Activity Session 2 (Rooms TBD)
  • Street Certamen (Rooms TBD)
  • Costume Contest (Room TBD)
  • Marshmallow Catapults (Athletic Fields)
• 2:00 PM: Closing General Assembly & Prizes for Best Costumes and Catapult Winners (Auditorium)
• 3:00 PM: Departure

Thursday, December 1st is this year’s Classics Day event at Boston College. We’ll be taking the train in to Boston, and staying for the day for lectures, catered lunch, and the skit contest. This year’s skit prompts are: “You Can Change Your Sky But Not Your Heart” and “A Day In The Life of a Roman Non-Citizen”. You can browse this year’s lectures and then fill out this form to sign up. Hope to see you there!