Latin Club is heading to Indiana University on March 14 to 15 to compete in the Indiana Junior Classical League (IJCL) State Latin Convention, an academic competition in which students participate in different tests for vocabulary, grammar, culture and other topics according to Latin Club sponsor Caren Rickett.

The competition also includes creative arts and graphic arts contests. In the creative arts contest, participants can recite poems in Latin, design costumes in the costume contest or even give speeches in English and Latin. In the graphic arts contests, students have to make maps or posters.

“It’s nice to get together with people from around the state who study Latin and like the same things you do, and it’s just fun,” Rickett said.

Catherine Hart, Latin Club co-president and senior, is participating in the Latin Oratory competition and will be making a map and greeting card for the creative arts contest.

Hart said, “It’s not just our school that’s going. It’s a bunch of schools, so I hope that not only do we get to further our education in Latin but also meet other people who are interested in Latin from other schools in the rest of the state.”