Forvm Latinvm
FJCL - Regio - VI
Adestote Omnes!
Dies Saturni a.d. vi Kal. Feb.
MMDCCLXXI A.V.C.
(January 27, 2018)
at Trinity Preparatory School
Kyle McGimsey and Bozena Lawson, Latin Teachers
5700 Trinity Prep Lane
Winter Park, FL 32792
225-772-8611 (cell)
TO: FJCL Region VI Latin Club Sponsors
FROM: Trinity Preparatory School Latin Club
DATE: December 1, 2017
SUBJECT: Regional Forum 2018
Get excited about Regional Latin Forum! The Forum will be held on January 27, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Trinity Preparatory School. There is no limit on the number of students a school can bring. The $16.00 student registration cost includes lunch. Forum is free for chaperones and sponsors.
Students can participate in five areas: academic testing, creative projects, performances, certamen, and ludi.
Academic tests, creative projects, and performances: Each student must participate in a minimum of two contests and may compete in a maximum of three. Possible scenarios:
Two academic tests
One academic tests and one creative project
One academic test and one performance
Three academic tests
Two academic tests and one creative project
Two academic tests and one performance
Each student MUST take at least one written test. Each school may enter as many students as desired in any written test. There is no limit on the number of creative projects a school may enter. In the performances, however, each school may enter only four students total. (A couples costume counts as one entry.)
Students may elect to take the multi-disciplinary Pentathlon (Level 1) or Heptathlon (Level II and Advanced) test in addition to their registered two or three contests. Pentathlon and Heptathlon tests do not count toward a student’s two/three contests.
Please arrange for at least one chaperone per ten students. Additionally, sponsors and chaperones help evaluate creative and performance entries and proctor the written tests.
In order to minimize random guessing and to reward purposeful student preparation, minimum scores are required to earn awards: Leveled Tests (such as Vocabulary, Derivatives, etc.) – 22; Unleveled Tests (such as Classical Art, History etc…) – 16 (Level I), 20 (Level II), and 22 (Advanced)
Certamen: A school may enter up to two teams per level for Certamen.
Ludi: Registration for these contests happens on-site on the day of the competition.
The registration deadline is January 19, 2018, but please try to register before then if you can.
Schools will register online at https://goo.gl/forms/BjaQanYW0K6Oimjn1.
Individual students will register online at https://goo.gl/forms/TWXoj855JmVZy4y32.
Additions and changes after the deadline will very likely be accommodated. If your registration is not 100% finalized, send it by the deadline so preparations can begin.
School Registration
Schools will register online at https://goo.gl/forms/BjaQanYW0K6Oimjn1, but the following information should be noted:
§ 1 teacher/chaperone is required for every ten students
§ Forum is free for teachers/chaperones
§ The registration cost for student attendees is $16
Food Options: An abundance of snacks and drinks will be available throughout the event. Lunch will be pizza, pizza, and more pizza—most likely Papa John’s, but something of good quality. Any student with food allergies or a particular palate is welcome to bring his own food.
To be mailed to Trinity Preparatory School:
Trinity Preparatory School
5700 Trinity Prep Lane
Winter Park, FL 32792
ATTN: Kyle McGimsey
Registration Fee (Check made payable to Trinity Preparatory School)
Individual student registration for academics, creatives, performances, and certamen:
https://goo.gl/forms/TWXoj855JmVZy4y32
Registration for ludi:
At the host school at Forum
Academic Test, Creative Project, and Performance Contest List
Each student must enter two contests and may enter three individual contests within the Academic Tests, Creative Projects, and Performances. Each student’s first individual contest may be a test, a project, or a performance. Each student’s second individual contest must be an academic test. Each student’s third individual contest (optional) must be an academic test.
A school may enter an unlimited number of students in each academic test category.
A school may enter an unlimited number of students in each creative project category.
A school is limited to four students in all performance categories combined.
Pentathlon/Heptathlon, Certamen, and Ludi events do not count as one of an individual’s entries.
Students may register for the following written academic tests:
Classical Art
Customs
Derivatives I
Derivatives II
Derivatives Advanced
Geography
Grammar I
Grammar II
Grammar Advanced
Greek Derivatives
Greek Literature
Hellenic History
History of the Empire
History of the Monarchy and Republic
Latin Literature
Phrases, Mottoes, Abbreviations, Quotations
Mythology I
Mythology II
Mythology Advanced
Reading Comprehension (prose and poetry)
Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
Vocabulary Advanced
All students on all levels will take the same Mythology test; however, due to the popularity of the test, trophies will be given to individual level winners.
Students may register for the following creative projects:
Drawings
Handicrafts –Textiles; Pottery/Sculpture;
Two-Dimensional, Non-Graphic
Information – Illustrated Notebook; Charts and Posters;
Maps
Miscellaneous and Games
Models
Modern Myth (pre-judged)
Paintings
Technology – Audio/Visual and Computer (pre-judged)
No levels are recognized with respect to creative contests.
Submit pre-judged projects through e-mail to by January 19, 2018.
Students may register for the following performances:
Costumes – (Couple, Female, or Male)
Declamations
Dramatic Interpretation I (Female or Male)
Dramatic Interpretation II (Female or Male)
Dramatic Interpretation, Adv. Poetry (Female or Male)
Dramatic Interpretation, Adv. Prose (Female or Male)
Original Orations
No levels are recognized with respect to performances. Students competing in costume and dramatic interpretation may elect the male or the female option.
General Information
A student may compete only on the level of Latin at which he is currently enrolled. If he is not enrolled presently, the student must compete on the level at which he would have been enrolled had he continued Latin. If a student or school is not on a year-long class schedule, please e-mail the sponsor(s) of the host school for registration advice. If there is any question about a student’s eligibility status, please e-mail the sponsor(s) of the host school for registration advice. A student must be registered in a contest to compete in it.
Registration Changes: All changes requested after the registration deadline will be honored if possible. Substitutes must meet the prerequisite membership requirements. You may request changes even as late as at Forum; however, earlier requests stand a better chance of being honored. If you have questions regarding registration and changes, please e-mail the sponsor(s) of the host school.
Written Tests:
Grammar, Derivatives and Vocabulary: There is a separate Level I, Level II and Advanced test for these contests. Latin I students will compete with other Latin I students for trophies and ribbons, Level II with other Latin II students, Advanced with Advanced. A minimum score of 22 may be required on these tests to receive an award.
Mythology: There is only one unleveled test. Latin I students will compete with other Latin I students for trophies and ribbons, Level II with other Latin II students, Advanced with Advanced. The following minimum scores may be required to receive an award for this unleveled test: Level I (16), Level II (20), Advanced (22).
Classical Art; Customs; Geography; Greek Literature; Hellenic History; Greek Derivatives; History of the Empire; History of the Monarchy and Republic; Latin Literature; Phrases, Mottoes, Abbreviations, Quotations: There is only one unleveled test. Latin I students will compete with other Latin I students for ribbons, Level II with other Latin II students, Advanced with Advanced. All students on all levels will compete for “Best in Category” trophies. The following minimum scores may be required to receive an award for these unleveled tests: Level I (16), Level II (20), Advanced (22).
Reading Comprehension: This contest is only open to Advanced students. There is only one unleveled test. Advanced students will compete with other advanced students for trophies and ribbons. A minimum score of 22 may be required on this tests to receive an award.
There will be an additional test offered to all students for fun: Pentathlon (Latin I), or Heptathlon (Latin II and Advanced). Latin I students will compete with other Latin I students for trophies and ribbons, Level II with other Latin II students, Advanced with Advanced. A minimum score of 22 may be required to receive an award.
The sponsor(s) of the host school may lower or waive the minimum score requirement for any test that appears harder than the historic difficulty of that test.
Written Test Format: All written tests will be given during one testing session. The testing period will be 1.5 hours long. A student may take one to three tests during this time. Teachers and chaperones may be asked to report for duty at this session. Specific assignments will be made at the registration desk. All tests will consist of fifty multiple-choice questions having four answer choices. Machine-graded answer sheets will be used. Tests in a particular category will be distributed only to those students are registered for that test.
Senior and Junior Divisions: A senior high school shall be considered to consist of grades nine through twelve, and a junior high of grades six through eight or seven through nine, whichever the physical plant houses. Schools with grades seven through twelve may enter as two schools, a junior and a senior high. In order to enter as two schools, such a school must have each division registered as a separate chapter with the state and national organizations.
Two-year Latin I Programs: Students in a two-year Latin I program may not compete in Latin I contests during their second year if they have covered any of the grammar and syntax traditionally a part of Latin II: deponents, subjunctives, indirect discourse, comparison of adjectives, periphrastics, etc. A student in a two-year program attending Forum a second time must register for level II of a leveled test in which he has previously taken the level I test except in Latin I, Vocabulary I, Derivatives I, Pentathlon, or Certamen. A student may still take those tests in two consecutive years if his or her program does not cover traditional Latin II grammar. For all other contests, a Latin I student in a second (or third or fourth) year of a slowly-paced program must register at a level commensurate with the number of years that he or she has taken that test at a previous Forum.
Individual Awards:
Individual award ribbons will be given for 1st through 5th places in the following contests:
Classical Art I
Classical Art II
Classical Art Advanced
Customs I
Customs II
Customs Advanced
Geography I
Geography II
Geography Advanced
Greek Derivatives I
Greek Derivatives II
Greek Derivatives Advanced
Greek Literature I
Greek Literature II
Greek Literature Advanced
Hellenic History I
Hellenic History II
Hellenic History Advanced
History of the Empire I
History of the Empire II
History of the Empire Advanced
History of the Monarchy and Republic I
History of the Monarchy and Republic II
History of the Monarchy and Republic Advanced
Latin Literature I
Latin Literature II
Latin Literature Advanced
Phrases, Mottoes, Abbreviations, Quotations I
Phrases, Mottoes, Abbreviations, Quotations II
Phrases, Mottoes, Abbreviations, Quotations Advanced
Individual award trophies will be given for 1st through 3rd places, ribbons for 4th and 5th, in the following contests:
Derivatives I
Derivatives II
Derivatives Advanced
Grammar I
Grammar II
Grammar Advanced
Mythology I
Mythology II
Mythology Advanced
Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II
Vocabulary Advanced
Reading Comprehension
Individual award trophies will be given for 1st through 3rd places overall, regardless of level of Latin, in the following contests:
Classical Art
Customs
Geography
Greek Derivatives
Greek Literature
Hellenic History
History of the Empire
History of the Monarchy and Republic
Latin Literature
Mottoes, Abbreviations, Quotations
The following minimum scores will be required for awards:
Leveled Tests (such as Vocabulary, Derivatives, etc.) – 22
Unleveled Tests (such as Classical Art, Mythology, etc.) – 16 (Level I)
20 (Level II), and
22 (Advanced)
Ties in written contests will not be broken.
At the discretion of the academic and creative coordinators, all places may not be awarded if the quality does not warrant an award. There will be no “gaps” in places awarded. The judges’ decisions will be final. Creative contests categories with three or more entries will be awarded trophies for first through third places; those with one or two entries will be awarded ribbons.
Certamen
General Information. Certamen is a game of fast recall of facts about classical civilizations and its peoples, languages, and cultures. Teams will consist of four or fewer team members from any one school, and will be classified as Level I, II, or Advanced. Schools may bring up to two teams on each level. No one may play on a team below the level of Latin in which he or she is currently enrolled. Students may, however, play up a level. Students may only play on one team. See attached page for team seeding/round order information.
There will be one moderator and one timekeeper/scorer. The moderator will ask each team to identify its captain as the teams take their places. Players will be expected to conduct themselves throughout the competition with courtesy and respect for other players and all Certamen officials.
A round consists of ten questions; “question” here is defined as a toss-up for ten points and two bonus questions or “boni” for five points each. There may be questions including visuals and passages, in an attempt to conform more to the questions the students will be seeing at nationals.
Players may bring to the table with them writing instruments and blank paper; they are also allowed to bring with them team mascots and good luck tokens as long as they are not judged by Certamen officials to be disruptive or distracting.
Categories are distributed as follows. Level I and II: grammar, derivatives, vocabulary, phrases, mottoes, and abbreviations, with no grammar beyond the criteria listed for each level, 40%; Roman Life, 20%; Mythology, 20%; and Roman History, 20%. Advanced Level: grammar, derivatives, vocabulary, phrases, mottoes, and abbreviations, 40%; Roman Life, mythology, Roman history, 50%; and Latin literature (including quotations), Greek history, and miscellaneous, 10%.