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Latinists
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LATIN
DECLAMATIO
LATINISTS
WIN BIG AT 2005 DECLAMATIO
(RIVERHEAD, New York - November 17) The RCSD Latinists recently
competed in the third Annual Suffolk County Classical Association's
Declamatio held at SUNY-Stony Brook. The Declamatio is a competition
of dramatic recitation. Latin students perform from memory
unadapted passages from classical literature before the judges
and audience.
Riverhead students competed on three levels: Middle School,
Pre-Regents and Post Regents.
Here's what Riverhead won:
Middle School Division
RMS - Meghan Davis won 3rd Place - Meghan performed a recitation
of "General Scipio harangues the Roman troops before
their battle with Hannibal".
Pre-Regents
RHS - Colin Palmer won 1st Place with a recitation of "Horatius
at the Bridge” from Livy's celebrated history of Rome.
RHS - Alison Bunch won 2nd Place - Allyson recited a passage
from Suetonius "Julius Caesar rebukes an arrogant senator".
Post Regents
RHS - Jayson Kratoville won 1st Place - with his recitation
of "a scorned Dido rakes the faithless Aeneas over the
coals" from book 4 of Virgil's epic Aeneid.
“Once again, Riverhead took out the big ones. We took
4 out of 9 places,” stated RMS Latin teacher Lorene
Custer. Dr. Jeff Greenberger, the Latin teacher at the high
school and the team's other advisor, beamed his agreement
with his wife's pronouncement. Riverhead is very proud of
its Latin team AND these two outstanding educators.
Riverhead has the only classics department in a public school
on Long Island offering both classical languages, Latin and
Ancient Greek. Students can study Latin for 6 years; the last
two of which can be taken for college credit.
This year there were 15 teams in the competition, which included
schools from both Nassau and Suffolk counties. Public schools
like Jericho, Port Jefferson, and Commack, as well as private
schools, like Stony Brook Academy, competed.
A former RHS Latinist and the 2005 Valedictorian, Erin McKenna,
who is currently at Harvard University studying Chemistry/Pre-Med,
noted, "One of the elements that helped me win a spot
at Harvard was the interviewing committee's interest in my
background in Latin studies and my participation on the Latin
team."
Photo caption: The Latinists who competed at the Latin Declamatio.
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