FWCD Latin Club Excels at TSJCL Convention

The Middle School and Upper School Latin teams competed at the 2022 Texas State Junior Classical League (TSJCL) convention on April 8 and 9 at Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. The Middle School certamen team of Aiden Alband ’27, Michael Head ’27, Andrew Lobo ’26, and Blake Wood ’27 placed third, equaling FWCD Middle School's best performance. This is especially impressive for a team primarily composed of seventh-graders! Overall, the Middle School Latin Club placed fifth in the state, the highest placing it’s ever achieved.

Middle School Latin Teacher and Latin Club Sponsor Clint Hagen was elected by the teachers at the convention to serve as a state chair. There are five state chairs for Texas who help the students run and organize the convention and other Latin programs in the state.

Below are full results for Middle School and Upper School.

Seventh Grade

• Blake Wood, 2nd (Pottery), 2nd (Mottoes), 4th (Grammar), 
• Ryan Bagshahi, 5th (Vocabulary), 6th (Greek Life and Literature)
• Brodie McCullough, 3rd (Latin Derivatives), 9th (Geography of the Ancient World)
• Michael Head, 2nd (Reading Comprehension), 5th (Mythology)
• Ethan Gatzke, 5th (Roman Life), 5th (Decathlon)
• Aiden Alband, 3rd (Roman History), 4th (Greek Derivatives)
• Alex Schwartz, 4th (Greek History), 6th (Latin Sight Reading) 
• Cash Hickman, 2nd (Classical Art)

Pentathlon

• Michael Head, Aiden Alband, Blake Wood – Summa cum laude 
• Alex Schwartz – Maxima cum laude
• Brodie McCullough, Ethan Gatzke – Cum laude 

Eighth Grade

• Ashton Theesfeld, 2nd (Oil and Acrylic Painting), 3rd (Classical Art)
• Andrew Lobo, 3rd (Grammar), 5th (Roman History)
• Bailey Flynn, 10th (Vocabulary), 5th (Mottoes)
• Samantha Saade, 7th (Latin Derivatives), 5th (Reading Comprehension)

Pentathlon

• Andrew Lobo – Summa cum laude 
• Samantha Saade  – Magna cum laude
• Ashton Theesfeld – Cum laude

Upper School 

FWCD Upper School Team 

4th Ludi Volleyball
9th Gold Sweepstakes

• Wilkes Head ’25
  9th (Computer-Enhanced Photography), Pentathlon: Magna Cum Laude 
• Evelyn Young ’25
  Pentathlon: Magna Cum Laude 
• Nara Acuna Guba ’25
  5th (Classical Art 2), Pentathlon: Maxima Cum Laude 
• Maddox Wolfe ’25
  Pentathlon: Cum Laude 
• Murphy Hoefer ’25
  6th (Vocabulary 2), 7th (Latin Derivatives 2), Pentathlon: Maxima Cum Laude 
• Walker Gaines ’24
  10th (Roman History 3), Pentathlon: Maxima Cum Laude 3rd (Ludi Catapultae)
• Matthew Lobo ’23 
  2nd (Grammar Advanced 3), 3rd (Reading Comp Advanced Prose), Pentathlon: Maxima Cum Laude 
• Jack Fishman ’23
  9th (Roman History 4), Pentathlon: Summa Cum Laude 
• Mohid Sadiq ’23
  3rd (Vocabulary 4), 7th (Grammar Advanced 4), Pentathlon: Summa Cum Laude 
• George Fleischauer ’23
  2nd (Ancient Geography 3), Pentathlon: Magna Cum Laude 
• Reshma Niraula ’22
  1st (Mottoes Veteran), 2st (Decathlon Veteran)

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