
Upcoming Events

2025 State Convention
It’s finally here, State 2025! It will be held at Bellaire High School in Houston. It will be tons of fun and get ready for it!

2025 Area Convention
It’s finally here! The long awaited 2025 Area B Convention! Get ready to take tests, play olympika, and have loads of fun!

Crunch Time
LOCK IN at the CRUNCH TIME. Pizza and drinks will be provided for $1 each and this is the time to get last minute studying before area convention! See you there!

The Latin Social
The Latin Social is all things fun! Grape eating, a relay race, tug-of-war, and loads of fun! Everyone should go and have a blast!

Induction 2024
Our annual induction ceremony where we commemorate the past year, members are inducted, speeches are given, and look to the future! It’s truly enlightening, be there!


Latin Nationals Convention
It's finally here! Get ready for the week long extravaganza!


Nationals Meeting #4
Fourth of FIVE Nationals meetings. Only around ONE week until Nationals begins!

Nationals Meeting #3
Third of FIVE Nationals meetings. Only around two more weeks until Nationals begins!

Nationals Meeting #2
Second of FIVE Nationals meetings. Cancelled due to Mr. Chu getting Covid-19 following the Italy Trip. Important updates and reminders given via email.

Nationals Meeting #1!
First of FIVE Nationals meetings. Hope to see everyone attend future meetings!

NJCL Registration Deadline!
N.B. Final deadline to register is JUNE 7 - DON’T MISS IT!
N.B. Full information about NJCL 2024 can be found in the attached document.
N.B. Take your time when registering; follow the instructions carefully!
Click of this event for more details and information!

Latin Eduction Part II
In this meeting, we will be giving our final farewells to our beloved Latin 4 seniors, reflecting on their journey throughout Latin and life, and sending them off to emn=bark on new and greater adventures. (Pack some tissues!)

Latin Eduction Part I
Join us today as we recognize some of our graduating seniors and distribute the Latin Officer Awards!

Spring Field Trip to UT Austin
Every year, Mr. V and I take a group of Latin students on a field trip to an art museum to look at Classical art pieces and enjoy some lunch together. It is a intellectually stimulating day of cultural enrichment and camaraderie that we look forward to every spring. For many years, we visited the San Antonio Museum of Art, but in 2019, we visited the Blanton Art Museum and the Ransom Center - a facility that collects culturally and historically significant artifacts - both located on the campus of UT Austin. We had originally planned to alternate trips to SAMA and Austin going forward, but COVID got in the way...until now.
For our trip this spring, on Saturday, April 27, 2024 (8:30-6:30), we will hop on a school bus and return to UT Austin. We will spend the day looking at great Classical art at the Blanton and examining special pieces (like an edition of Vergil's poetry from the 1200s) from the Ransom Center. We'll also have lunch on the "Drag" (Guadalupe St.) and have an informal walking tour of the UT campus. If you go, you'll need to bring $5.00 for museum admission and some money for lunch.
This trip is open to all HCHS Latin students, not just club members. However, because of the limitations of group size, we can take no more than 32 students on this trip. If you want to go on this field trip, here's what you need to do:
1. A sign up sheet will be available in the Latin room (218) starting this Friday, April 12, in the morning.
2. Sign up on the sheet to get a permission form. You CANNOT sign up other people, just yourself.
3. The first 32 students to turn in their completed, signed permission form starting the following Monday, April 15, will secure a spot on the trip. You cannot turn it in earlier than Monday.
N.B. If you turn in your form after 32 submissions have been reached, you will be added to a waitlist.
Please let me know if you have any questions. We hope you can join us!

Officer Interest Meeting
Looking to be the next officer of HCHS? During Latin Club today, we will have our officer interest meeting where you can learn more about the positions, roles, responsibilities, and application process. This is open to any member with even the slightest interest/curiosity in becoming an officer!

Turn In Permission Slip
The first 32 students to turn in their completed, signed permission form starting the following Monday, April 15, will secure a spot on the trip. You cannot turn it in earlier than Monday.
N.B. If you turn in your form after 32 submissions have been reached, you will be added to a waitlist.

Sign Up Sheet Available for Field Trip
A sign up sheet will be available in the Latin room (218) starting this Friday, April 12, in the morning.
Sign up on the sheet to get a permission form. You CANNOT sign up other people, just yourself.

Officer Applications Open
The sign up sheets and informational packets for becoming an officer will be available in the Latin Room!

Latin State Convention
Next up is State Convention, which will be in Austin on April 5-6. As previously explained, all students are eligible to attend State, but what contests they can participate in partly depend on how they placed at Area. The cost is also going to be much higher because of hotel rooms, meals, and registration for a 2-day convention. But we are also planning a visit to Zilker Park, a tour of the UT campus and the Blanton Art Museum, and hopefully more. State Convention is always an incredible time for students, so we hope you can all send your children with us. Much more information, details, and deadlines to come very soon! Parents, if you are interested in volunteering as chaperones for state, we will need several, so look out for a call for volunteers to come soon as well!

State CRUNCH Time!
View our itinerary and the Digital TSJCL 2024 Program through the hyperlinks (click into this event).
During this extended meeting, expect to cover rules, expectations, and reminders, take practice tests for your respective categories, recieve art cards for artists, and indulge in your final practice/study session.
Pizza and drinks will also be sold during the meeting.
Area 2024
Area convention, which all Club members who are enrolled in a Latin class are eligible to attend (and already paid for as part of their Club dues), will take place at Brennan HS (2400 Cottonwood Way) on Saturday, Feb 10.
Students should be dropped off at 7:45 AM in front of the main entrance, to receive their registration materials at the opening assembly.
Then they will participate in their contests in the morning, and a bunch of other fun activities in the afternoon.
Then the awards ceremony will take place, and students should be picked up around 6:30 PM.


Area Crunch Time
Our Latin Club meeting on Wednesday, January 31 will be an extended meeting until 7:30 PM known as "Crunch Time," where students do a bunch of major preparation for Area, but we also have fun things going on a like a "crassus lepidus" contests (which involves stuffing marshmallows in your mouth and trying to say "crassus lepidus"). It's always a good, enriching time for students.


