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!

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!

First Latin club meeting! Mark your calendars and be there!

Last Nationals meeting, mandatory!!!

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

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

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

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

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!

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!)

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

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!

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!

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

We’re excited to invite you to our Latin Club Social on Friday, December 1, 2023 from 4:30 to 9:30 PM! This event is intended for club members who have paid their annual membership dues. At this fun, informal event, members participate in a variety of team building activities and games. Members can be there for a few games or stay the entire time. We will begin with a series of competitions between the chariot teams, and then transition into a more free-flowing phase where students can go from station to station at their leisure.

Here’s a list of the activities and games we’re planning for:

• Grape eating contest

• Paper airplane contest

• Limbo contest

• “Chariot team” relay race

• Team Tug o’ War

• Medusa “Street-tamen” (quiz bowl)

• Latin Scrabble

• Board games

• Video games

• Basketball in the gym

• Ping-pong/table tennis

• Karaoke

Note: Pizza and drinks will also be available (two slices and a drink for $2) if your child would like to have food during the event.

Families, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mr. Chu (john.chu@nisd.net) and Mr. Van Eimeren (kenneth.vaneimeren@nisd.net). We’re looking forward to another lively and fun Latin Club social! Thank you!

The Health Careers High School Latin Club cordially invites you to attend the annual Latin Club Induction Ceremony on Friday, October 20th, 2023 at 6:30 PM in the Health Careers High School cafeteria. It is very important that students arrive no later than 6:00 PM to receive instructions in the Library. Musical entertainment will be provided for all guests in the cafeteria preceding the start of the induction.

This ceremony is a gathering to celebrate the past, present, and future of this amazing organization and the individuals that bind it together. These students share a passion for the Classical roots that have so influenced the modern world. The event will include speeches from students about their experiences with a Latin education, dramatic interpretations of historical and mythological characters from Latin passages, a keynote speaker from the past, a multimedia presentation featuring past and present events of the club, and fire.

As the Latin Club embarks upon another year, we hope to experience as much success, knowledge, support, community, and fun as possible. Already this early in the school year, the incoming Latin I students are showing great interest and outstanding potential, while experienced members in Levels II, III, and IV are serving as leaders to guide and bring out the best in each new member.We would be honored to have you and your family attend this wonderful evening of celebration! We hope you’ll be able to join us for this very special occasion.