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Woodstock Students Attend Latin Day
High school students who study Latin (and some who studied ancient Greek!) participated in Vermont's Latin Day at UVM on Wednesday, April 16th. In addition to sharing great skits, some students had a tour of classically related art at the Fleming Museum, others were able to look through 400+ year-old books and manuscripts in Latin (and sometimes in Greek!) in UVM's special collections, and others had a tour of Latin inscriptions at UVM.
Others participated in breakout sessions where they reenacted a Roman "testudo" formation, some showed off their knowledge of the poet Ovid, others replayed an ancient battle on a gameboard, and a few very creative students participated in a costume contest.
Finn Farrell, Sam Hauze, Hannah Allen, Tula Klock, Libby Fraga, and Lexi Gabardi put on an awesome skit about Hyacinthus and Apollo. As usual, ours was completely in Latin and very funny, and we earned 2nd place in the skit competition! They also brought their skit back to WUHS and presented it at Best Wednesday on April 9th.
At Latin Day Alyssya Charbonneau won second place in the fiber craft category!
Tegan Miller and Owen Whalen represented our school in a live trivia (certamen) game, and Tegan's team walked away with first place.
It was a great day full of fun and creativity that celebrated our interest in the ancient world!
Latin Students attend Latin Day at UVM
Woodstock students in grades 7-12 who are studying Latin and ancient Rome attended Latin Day at UVM on March 26th. Students participated in various fun and educational breakout sessions including a tour of the Fleming Museum, a visit to UVM’s special collections, a session on how Roman military formations worked, and more. Students in Latin I-III wrote and performed a skit (titled "Apud Nos" - "Among Us") based on this year's theme of "Elections". We were the only school to do our play completely in Latin and got a lot of gasps and laughs. We won second place in the skit contest and got to perform it a second time. Nick Cellini and Finn Farrell represented us in the pool-noodle gladiator fight, and were victorious. Remy Malik also represented Woodstock in the Classical Trivia challenge. She was part of one team that made it to the final competition, and in that public competition she was the first to answer a question correctly. All in all we had a great day and look forward to attending next year!
