The New Jersey Classical Association Web Page

The New Jersey Classical Association Web Page

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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	NJCA Spring Meeting Registration Form
New Jersey Latin Inscriptions Project	PLACEMENT DESK

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Executive Board Members

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

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

Coming Events:

October 11, 2008

The Fall Meeting of the New Jersey Classical Association was held in conjunction with the meetings of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States meeting at Westin Hotel in Princeton, New Jersey October 11

January 8-11, 2009

American Philological Association, 140th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia. See http://www.apaclassics.org/AnnualMeeting/09mtg/09meeting.html

March 7

Spring Meeting of NJCA will be head at Mike Doolan's Restaurant,
700 State Hwy. 71 Spring Lake Heights, NJ
Cost is $40.00 and the registration is due by February 26, 2009.

Click here for registration form.

Program.

8:30-9:00	Registration, Breakfast, Flea market
9:00-9:30	Welcoming Remarks and Business Meeting
9:30-10:45	"Ancient Glassmaking" Richard Popeck, Stuarts Draft HS, Stuarts Draft, VA
10:45-1l:00	Coffee & Tea Break
11:00-12:00	"Teaching Tips for Pre-AP and AP Vergil" Donald Connor, Trinity School, NYC
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	"Latin is Alive in NJ: Report on the NJCA Survey of Public, Private and Parochial Schools" Prepared by John Rathgeb, Kinnelon High School Treasurer of NJCA.

Click here to see some photos from the March Program!

March 20-21?

FLENJ 2009 Spring Conference See http://flenj.org

April 1-14

105th. Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle-West and South in Minneapolis, MN at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center at the invitation of the University of Minnesota. See http://www.camws.org/meeting/index.html

June 26-38,

62nd Americal Classical League Annual Institute Loyola Marymount University (in conjunction with the Getty Villa)
Los Angeles, California
http://www.aclclassics.org/Institute/

July 27-August `

56th Annual NJCL Convention, University of California at Davis. See http://www.njcl.org/activities/2009/convention/default.asp

October? 2009

The NJCA Fall 2009 meeting will be held at Seton Hall University: Fred Booth and an Admissons director will speak about the value of a Classics Major.

Deadline for Mary Anne Steward Scholarship is February 15th.
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.

Contact Marlene Weiner for a scholarship application: marweiner@aol.com

The Edna White Scholarship will be offered this coming year!!

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

Keep in mind the Edna White Rome Scholarship!

Help us continue to assure that this tradition 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 2008-9

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

OPEN SEARCH: CAAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Classical Association of the Atlantic States is opening a search for its next Executive Director, whose renewable term of three years will begin in October, 2009. The Executive Director should be a trained classicist who also has organizational and computer skills For a fuller description of this part-time position and details about applying, please refer to the News page of our website (http://www.caas-cw.org/new s.html)

Montclair In Athens!
June 15-26 at Montclair State University, June 28-July 16 in Greece,
Co-Directed by our own Dr. Mary English
Click here for Flyer with More Information

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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