Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Monday, February 13, 2012

Henry Clay High School picked up statewide honors at the annual convention of the Kentucky Junior Classical League, held Feb. 3-5 in Fort Mitchell.

The league offers the premier extra-curricular experience for students of classical languages, mostly Latin but also some ancient Greek. Thirty-four students and four FCPS staff members attended the state convention.

Cullen Smith was elected state president, and Grace Campbell was chosen as historian; both will help lead the Kentucky delegation at the national convention this summer at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

Henry Clay also placed 31 times in the statewide academic competitions, led by first-place winners Cullen Smith (three awards), Will Bourne and Martin Weaver. The Blue Devils’ upper-level (Latin 3+) certamen team – Cullen Smith, Charlie Flomenhoft, Lenna Wilson and Grace Campbell – was state co-champion with a group from Louisville, and Henry Clay’s lower or second-year team finished fourth.

For more information, contact Latin teacher Andrew Gollan at (859) 381-3423.

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