Salve! Sumus Winchester Latin Club!
We are from Winchester High School located in Winchester, MA (go Sachems!)
We are super excited that you are interested in learning more about our awesome club! This year is our thirteenth year and we are as strong as ever!!! We do typical Latin-y things (spreading our collective love of Latin, preparing for Kickoff, Classics Day, and the annual state convention, Certamen) along with other more unconventional Latin stuff. Outreach and community service are integral pillars of our club, as we tutor elementary schoolers at St. Charles every month, make cards for hospitalized kids, and participate in community service events such as clothing drives and Winchester's annual Relay for Life event.
We meet every Wednesday alternating between before and after school in Mrs. DeCamp's room (B106); click on our Calendar page for specific times. If you have any questions about Winchester JCL, please don't hesitate to talk to Cate Kneebone, president, Mrs. DeCamp, our wonderful advisor, or email latinclubwinchester@gmail.com.
2018-2019 Officers:
President: Cate Kneebone
Biography
Cate Kneebone is president of the Winchester High School Junior Classical League Club. Her duties include inventing creative Facebook posts for the WHSJCL members to inform them of upcoming meeting and events. She specializes as a card making enthusiast for various charitable organizations. As president, Ms. Kneebone works vigorously to emphasize the importance of the Latin language to her peers. During her three year involvement in the club, Cate has increased participation by bringing her classmates and friends to meetings, as well as encouraging them to join the WHS latin community by making a Latin class part of their school schedule. With her eccentric personality, Cate uses various apps to create images and “memes” about Latin, especially involving characters from the Cambridge Latin Textbooks. She also makes visits to the Saint Charles School of Woburn to ignite the passion for Latin in eager elementary students. As a junior president Cate has proven herself as a committed student to the Latin community by making her club an important part of her schedule. Her email is c.kneebone4@gmail.com.
Biography
Cate Kneebone is president of the Winchester High School Junior Classical League Club. Her duties include inventing creative Facebook posts for the WHSJCL members to inform them of upcoming meeting and events. She specializes as a card making enthusiast for various charitable organizations. As president, Ms. Kneebone works vigorously to emphasize the importance of the Latin language to her peers. During her three year involvement in the club, Cate has increased participation by bringing her classmates and friends to meetings, as well as encouraging them to join the WHS latin community by making a Latin class part of their school schedule. With her eccentric personality, Cate uses various apps to create images and “memes” about Latin, especially involving characters from the Cambridge Latin Textbooks. She also makes visits to the Saint Charles School of Woburn to ignite the passion for Latin in eager elementary students. As a junior president Cate has proven herself as a committed student to the Latin community by making her club an important part of her schedule. Her email is c.kneebone4@gmail.com.
Fun Facts
Spirit Animal: Butterfly
Favorite Cambridge Latin Character: Strythio
Favorite Subject (Besides Latin): Chemistry
Best JCL Memory: Performing our skit at Classics Day!
Random Fun Fact: I used to be able to walk on my hands!
Webmaster: Tommy Bellaire
Biography
Hello!!! I am Tommy and I am privileged to be the Latin Club Webmaster for the second year running. As webmaster, my job is to spread the news of all of the great, exciting and Latin-filled endeavors of the club to the cybersphere. In doing this, I hope to not only let other chapters know what our club is up to and recruit members to our chapter but to inform the entire Winchester community, and the universe, about the great stuff that we do. Outside of Latin Club, I am also the editor-in-chief of our school's newspaper, The Red and Black, and an officer for the school's Model UN Team. My hobbies include browsing the internet for Latin memes, hiking, podcast listening, and hanging out with friends. If you have any questions about the website, or just want to talk to someone about Latin, don't hesitate to email me at tommybellaire@gmail.com!
Fun Facts
Spirit Animal: One of my friends told me I look/act like the giraffe from Madagascar, so that?
Favorite Cambridge Latin Character: Gotta go with my boi Grumio
Favorite Subject (Besides Latin): History
Best JCL Memory: Writing and performing in my own skit at Classics Day last December
Random Fun Fact: I am the proud owner of the Winchester's February 2018 Car of the Month
Publications Editor: Julia Monsini
Biography
Julia Monsini (also known by her Latin name, “Iulia”) is the Publications Editor of the Winchester High School Junior Classical League. Her job consists of collecting articles from her classmates and using her computer software to organize them into lovely newsletters! This is her fourth year as a member of Winchester High School Junior Classical League and she has loved every minute of it! She is intrigued by ancient Roman culture and will speak to you in Latin during any opportunity that she gets! Outside of Latin Club, you can find her participating in other things near and dear to her heart such as performing in local theatrical productions, volunteering with children with special needs, planning outings for her beloved female empowerment club (GEMS) at WHS, and snuggling with her miniature red poodle, Penny. Feel free to reach Julia at 1908047@wpsstudent.com; she would be elated to discuss anything Latin related!!
Fun Facts
Spirit Animal: Unicorns!!!!
Favorite Cambridge Latin Character: Cerberus
Favorite Subject (Besides Latin): Psychology
Best JCL Memory: Any of the previous Classics days
Random Fun Fact: I can recite the lyrics of every song from each of the Disney Princess movies word for word!
Assistant Webmaster: Will Niu
Biography
Salve! I'm Will Niu and I'm honored to be assistant webmaster this year! I am a junior at Winchester High School and am excited to be sharing my coding talent on this website. I am currently a Latin scholar in Latin 3 with my fellow officers Cate and Adrienne and love learning Latin and sharing my passion for this subject with the world. :)
Fun Facts
Spirit Animal: Dolphin
Favorite Cambridge Latin Character: Grumio
Favorite Subject (besides Latin, of course): Mathematics
Best JCL Memory: Creating Thanksgiving Cards for Hospitalized Children
Random Fun Fact: My fastest time for solving a 3x3 Rubik’s Cube is 5.96 seconds.
For Information about State officers, go online to https://www.massjcl.org/Board.html
PAST YEARS' OFFICERS
2017-18
Co-Presidents: Emma Chasse and Vicky Chen
Secretary: Julia Blakely
Treasurer: Daviana Englander
Historian: Rhiannon Fee
Webmaster/Communications Editors: Tommy Bellaire and Jennifer Kim
Publications Editor: Lillian Pickelhaupt
Social Media Editor: Cate Kneebone
Certamen Captain: Justin Yu
2015-2016
President: Devin Driscoll
VP:Karin Aizawa
Secretary: Justin Ong
Treasurer: Owen Kramer
Technical Coordinator: Jennifer Kim
Historian: Margaret Splaine
2014-2015
President: Maia Austin
First VP: Erica Nguyen
Second VP: Tommy Fee
Secretary: Brandon Ong
Treasurer: Ben Eid
Historian: Allie Mullan
2013-2014
President: Alex Vukovic
Vice President: Kathleen Schipellitti
Treasurer: Erica Nguyen
Secretary: Maia Austin
Historian: Kaitlin Cronin
2016-2017
President: Derek Diaco
1st Vice President: Vara Mathiyalakan
2nd Vice President: Alex Casey
Secretary: Justin Ong
Co-Treasurers: Daviana Englander + Julia Blakely
Technical Coordinator: Jennifer Kim
Certamen Coordinator: Justin Yu
Historian: Tess Kneebone
