Shelbyville Latin, Mythology students shine at Latin Convention

Shelbyville High School Latin students and Shelbyville Middle School Mythology students recently collected more than 100 awards at the UCL State Latin Convention at Indiana University in Bloomington.

The group earned 110 different individual top 10 awards over a variety of academic tests, creative arts and graphic arts contests, including 16 top three placings in Graphic and Creative Arts and another eight top three placings in Academic Tests.

School awards included:

• First place in Chapter T-shirts
• Second place in Delegate Spirit
• Second place, Jeremy Walker Convention Attendance Award
• Fourth place, Sharon Gibson Community Service Award
• Fifth place, Effie Douglas Membership Award
• Sixth place, Helen Wampler Spirit Award
• Seventh place, Large School Sweepstakes

Individual award winners of note:

• Amelia Davis (SMS), third place Dramatic Interpretation
• Morgan Flynn (SMS), fourth place Classical Art test, fifth place in jewelry
• Lauren Kent (SMS), second place Geography test, third place in Mosaics, fifth place in Dolls
• Alana Marsh (SMS), second place Mythology test, second place in Weapons/Armor, fifth place Classical Art test
• Mellie Ballast (SHS), first place Greek Derivatives test, fourth place Pentathlon test, fifth place Latin Vocab test
• Jasey Conner (SHS), sixth place Reading Comprehension test
• Cora Flynn (SHS), first place in Pastel/Chalk, first place in Ink
• Kendra Knopp (SHS), second place in Color Pencil
• America Leon (SHS), sixth place in Illustrated Quotes
• Harika Patel (SHS), third place Greek Derivatives test, fourth place in Digital Art, fifth place in Mixed Media, fifth place Hellenic History test
• Shay Schiloski (SHS), second place Classical Art test, third place Latin Literature test, fourth place in Large Models, fifth place Latin Vocab test
• Cora Shepherd (SHS), first place in Black Pencil, first place in Color Pencil, third place in Ink
• Hannah Shouse (SHS), first place in Illustrated Quotes
• Hana Stenger (SHS), first place in Constructed Charts, fourth place Roman & Life Customs test, fifth place Geography test
• Olivia Van Wye (SHS), fourth place Greek Derivatives test, fifth place Hellenic History test
• Candace Washburn (SHS), first place in Large Models, first place in Costume, second place in Decorative Stitching, second place in Pastel/Chalk, third place in Black Pencil, third place Green Derivatives test, fourth place Latin Vocab test, fifth place Latin Lit test.

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