Crossroads News
Middle and Upper School Students Compete in 2023 Latin Convention
Crossroads delegations placed fifth and seventh overall while winning multiple awards.
On March 31-April 1, Crossroads students traveled to Miramonte High School in Orinda, CA for the first State Latin Convention since the start of the pandemic. While Crossroads hosted SCRAM Day in the fall for schools in Southern California, the State Latin Convention includes both Northern and Southern California schools. Students competed in academic, athletic and artistic events, as well as chapter competitions for athletics, banner, catapult, chariot, scrapbook and spirit. The Crossroads Middle School delegation finished 5th overall and the Upper School finished 7th overall.
Marisa Alimento, the newly appointed California Junior Classical League Scholarship Chair, awarded two $2,000 scholarships to seniors who plan to study Latin or Greek in college. Three scholarship winners prior to Marisa’s appointment have been Crossroads students—Tomas Fuchs-Lynch ’22, Hugo Budd ’19 and Casse Alimento-Miller ’18.
Middle School Chapter Awards:
Banner 3rd Place—Blaise Gardner and Tedros Yarnell Certamen 3rd Place—Ellie Becher, Leo Berghoff, Skender Laybourne and Samantha Leeds Publicity 1st Place—Coordinator and Website Designer: Orchid Winters; Service Learning Projects: Samaira Bhatia, Lilah Zwelling, Quincy Levine and Oliver Rakov T-Shirt 2nd Place—Coordinators: Fiona Yi and Miles Belkind; Designers: Xizi Xia, Maya Gunther and Finn Millet | Basketball 2nd Place—Leo Berghoff, MacDonald Cobb, Jordan Frerichs, Armaan Hariharan, Skender Laybourne, Wynter Medford, Patrick Morris and Annie Slutske Volleyball 1st Place—Jess Blackstone, Jolie Handler, Fletcher Harden, Enryc Rabello, Quinn Womack, Xizi Xia and Fiona Yi Spirit 1st Place—Crossroads Middle School |
Middle School Individual Academic Awards:
Classical Art History 2nd Place—Samantha Leeds 3rd Place—Armaan Hariharan and Rebeca Cordoba-King Pentathlon 1st Place—Fiona Yi 2nd Place—Ellerie Frandle 3rd Place—Deneya Ahmed and Gabriella Brown Reading Comprehension 3rd Place—Jordan Frerichs Daily Life 3rd Place—Skender Laybourne | Ancient Geography 3rd Place Tie—Judah Fox Mottoes, Quotes & Abbreviations 3rd Place—Fiona Yi Mythology 3rd Place Tie—Alex Noble Vocabulary 3rd Place—Oliver Orosco |
Middle School Individual Athletic Awards:
Swimming: 50-Meter Breaststroke 3rd Place—Ellerie Frandle | Swimming: 50-Meter Freestyle 3rd Place—Tedros Yarnell |
Middle School Individual Arts Awards:
Black Ink & Colored Ink 2nd Place—Aldo Sanchez Black Pencil 1st Place—Xizi Xia Colored Pencil 1st Place—Rebeca Cordoba-King 2nd Place—Xizi Xia Illustrated Quotations 1st Place—Ellie Becher 3rd Place—Macdonald Cobb Impromptu Art 1st Place—Blaise Gardner 3rd Place—Tedros Yarnell Jewelry 1st Place—Rebeca Cordoba-King 2nd Place—Meera Carroll 3rd Place—Josie Hull Original Poetry 2nd Place—Quinn Womack 3rd Place—Tedros Yarnell Viewers’ Choice Award Blaise Gardner | Mixed Media 1st Place—Blaise Gardner English Slogan 1st Place—Meera Carroll Pottery & Sculpture 1st Place—Rebeca Cordoba-King 2nd Place—Jolie Handler 3rd Place—Meera Carroll Watercolor 1st Place—Aldo Sanchez 2nd Place—Catalina Acevedo Latin Slogan 3rd Place Tie—Jess Blackstone 3rd Place Tie—Gabriella Brown Sight Latin Reading 2nd Place Tie—Deneya Ahmed Individual Arts Overall Meera Carroll and Rebeca Cordoba-King |
Middle School Delegation:
Catalina Acevedo, Deneya Ahmed, May Asher, Ellie Becher, Leo Berghoff, Jess Blackstone, Gabriella Brown, Christian Carrasco, Meera Carroll, Macdonald Cobb, Rebeca Cordoba-King, Judah Fox, Ellerie Frandle, Jordan Frerichs, Blaise Gardner, Will Gershwin, Sebastian Gonzales, Olivia Hammond, Jolie Handler, Fletcher Harden, Armaan Hariharan, Josie Hull, Shilo Kashanian, Skender Laybourne, Samantha Leeds, Tahi Luke, Wynter Medford, Patrick Morris, Alex Noble, Oliver Orosco, Enryc Rabello, Aldo Sanchez, Enzo Sjoenell, Annie Slutske, Kayla Thompson, Orchid Winters, Quinn Womack, Xizi Xia, Tedros Yarnell and Fiona Yi
Middle School Sponsors:
Marisa Alimento, Moc Le Nguyen and Alison Wedding
Upper School Individual Academic Awards:
Ancient Geography (Advanced) 3rd Place—Bruno Drake Classical Art History 1st Place Tie—Chloe Alimento-Miller Dramatic Interpretation Prose (Advanced) 1st Place—Gabriel Evers Modern Myth (9-10) 3rd Place Tie—Chloe Alimento-Miller | Reading Comprehension 1st Place—Ben Shaheen Open Certamen 2nd Place—Natalie Storm 3rd Place—Chloe Alimento-Miller Open Certamen (Advanced) 2nd Place—Bruno Drake 3rd Place—Nate Kindler Sight Latin Reading Prose (Advanced) 2nd Place—Bruno Drake |
Upper School Individual Athletic Awards:
Swimming: Boys 50-Meter Backstroke 3rd Place—Kai Pringle | Swimming: Boys 50-Meter Freestyle 3rd Place—Kai Pringle |
Upper School Delegation:
Chloe Alimento-Miller, Bruno Drake, Gabe Evers, Nate Kindler, Azalia Martinez-Cruz, Nneka Moweta, Kai Pringle, Ben Shaheen and Natalie Storm
Upper School Sponsors:
Mercedes Barletta and Keegan Potter
