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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS   In Memoriam: MaryAnn Stewart, Guy Tiene. 
 E-MAIL US  Mary Ann Steward Scholarship
EDNA WHITE ROME _SCHOLARSHIP FUND NJCA_MEMBERSHIP_FORM
COMING EVENTS/MEETINGS
New Jersey Latin Inscriptions Project
PLACEMENT DESK
 
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Deadline for the submission of articles for the next issue is Feb. 15  Send email to Craig Jacobs

 
                                                                    Executive Board Members

                                            (Click on highlighted name to e-mail or visit their web pages) 

President Ray Capra
Vice-President Ray Pietrucha
Treasurer John Rathgeb Secretary Melisa Trenton
Placement Service James Rowan
Bulletin Editor Craig Jacobs
Independent Schools Kathleen Whall
CAAS Fred Booth
FLE/NJ Jen Jones ACL Virginia Blasi
NJEA Standards Ray Pietrucha NJ Colleges Timothy Renner
JCL
Kathleen Whall Member at Large Elizabeth Keat
Webmaster
Jean Alvares
EWRS Trustee Barbara-Thorpe-Nelson
EWRS Trustee Liz Bache
EWRS Trustee John Rathgeb
Historian
Barbara Reutter
Mary Anne Steward Scholarship Marlene Weiner
Past Presidents  Fred Booth
Past President
Elizabeth Bache
 
                                            Coming Events:     

March 7, 2009
Spring Meeting of NJCA was held  Mike Doolan's Restaurant, 
700 State Hwy. 71  Spring Lake Heights, NJ .

Click here to see some photos from the March Program!

October 8-9
 CAAS Annual meeting was held  at the Doubletree Hotel Downtown Wilmington (opens in a new window). Click hhere for the program ;
Saturday, October 17, 2009
The Fall Meeting of the New Jersey Classical Association was held at Seton Hall University, in the Beck Rooms of the Walsh Library, 400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange  NJ 07079.

9:00-9:30
Registration, Breakfast, and Flea Market. Please be sure to bring donations (books, teaching aids, valuable antiquities, etc.) to support the Flea Market.  It is a major fund-raiser for NJCA's Edna White Rome Scholarship.
9:30-10:00
Welcoming Remarks and Business Meeting
10:00-11:15
Virgil's Aeneid, Sense, Sound and SentencesÓ Dr. Fred Booth, Seton Hall University,  Dan Jackson, Pt. Pleasant Beach High School, Raymond Pietrucha, South Brunswick High School
11:15-11:30
 Coffee/Tea Break
11:30-12:00
Give Your Students a Leg Up When Applying to College' , Dean of Admissions, Seton Hall University
12:00-1:00 Lunch, Announcements, Raffle  Drawings to Benefit the Edna White Rome Scholarship and Mary Ann Steward Scholarship Fund
1:00-2:00
 Edna White Rome Scholar Recipient:  'My Summer in Rome 2009.' Craig Jacobs, North Hunterdon and Voorhees High Schools
   
 Credit for 3 professional development hours is available.

Click here for *pdf version of Registration form.
 October 30, 2009 CLASSICS DAY, Montclair State University. Click here for more information!
Nov. 8-9
The annual NJEA/FLENJ convention  was held at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
January 6-9, 2010 American Philological Association, 141 th Annual Meeting, Orange County (Anaheim), CA
See http://www.apaclassics.org/AnnualMeeting/annualmeeting.htm
March 27 NJCA Spring Meeting 2010 will be held at Montclair State University.

Patricia Salzman will speak on Mothers and Children,
John Rathgeb will demonstrate using smartboards in the classroom
John Van Hook is speaking about will display and discuss Sundials.

More to come soon                               
April 9, 2010
 2010 FLENJ Annual Spring Conference Keynote speaker  Bill VanPatten
Double Tree Hotel, Somerset 
March 24-27
  106th Annual Meeting in Oklahoma City See http://www.camws.org/News/index.html
June 26-28, 2010
63nd American Classical League Annual Institute will be held June 26-28, 2010 in Winston Salem, NC
July 27 - August 1, 2010.
57 Annual NJCL Convention. See 2010 NJCL Convention Overview





Think about the  Mary Anne Steward Scholarship
The Scholarship is available for  any member of NJCA for travel or study within the United State in the amount of $250.  The scholarship was started in November 2007 in honor of our beloved past president, Mary Ann Steward.   The scholarship is presented at the Spring Meeting of each calendar year. Deadline for application is February 15
Click here for an application form in *Pdf format
or contact Marlene Weiner for a scholarship application: marweiner@aol.com
The Edna White Scholarship

The Edna White Rome Scholarship at the American Academy in Rome is awarded semi-annually to a teacher of Latin or Classics who has taught two consecutive years in a New Jersey school and has been a member of NJCA during that time. the recipient of this scholarship spends  six weeks at the American Academy in Rome. For more information, see www.aarome.org

For more information about qualifications about this scholarship and an application form,  please contact 
Barbara-Thorpe-Nelson
THE DEADLINE FOR the  COMPLETED  SUBMISSION FORM IS DECEMBER 15, 2009

 Help us continue to assure that this tradition and scholarship lives on.Your support is vital.  Make checks payable to  EWRS Scholarship This year's gift will include a small pleasure gift in  memory of  Goldie Gluckman, a long-time EWRS trustee and tireless supporter of the scholarship.

Call for Flea Market Materials to Benefit the Edna White Rome Scholarship Fund

The flea market desperately needs materials donated to continue raising funds for this scholarship. Why not bring in those things you no longer use and donate them for a very worthy cause? Donations may include: books and/or workbooks  realia , posters and/or maps
NB: The Scholarship Fund is always happy to receive cash donations. You may drop off checks at the Flea Market or

 



Membership  Form for the New Jersey Classical Association 2009-10

Name____________________________________________________

Address________________________________________

________________________________________________

Home Phone_________________________________

E-Mail Address_______________________________

School __________________________________________

Address_______________________________________

Phone_______________________________________

Type of School:       Public    ______    Private______

Grade Level(s) Taught__________________________

Membership $20.00 regular, $10.00 retired or student.
Free for First year members!!
Please do not use same check for registration and membership renewal. Also, we cannot process purchase orders.

Make checks payable to NJCA.  Send form along with fees to

John Rathgeb
Kinnelon High School
121 Kinnelon Rd.
Kinnelon, NJ  07405





 E-mail your comments or questions to (alvaresj@mail.montclair.edu .) 

We're glad to post additional notices of interest to all NJCAers!

 

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