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Junior Classics League Sponsors All Night Readathon of Ovid

The Junior Classics League and their advisors World Language teachers Nina Barclay and Elizabeth Tylawsky held their annual readathon, January 8-9. The text was Humphries' translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Students arrived with pillows, quilts and snacks at 4 p.m. Friday, and for the next 15 hours Land Library was transformed into a place of costumed inspiration, illustration, feasting, laughter and design as students dramatically read aloud. Alumna Lara Day created a stencil for participants to design their own T-shirt with Daphne's transformation into laurel tree. Eight NFA alumni (a record) attended, including David Brine who brought his famous mac and cheese, and their experience staying up until wee hours facilitated the reading through the night. Domino's supplied pizza, and NFA alumni Daniel Park and Michelle Moran replenished the coffee. Senior Silvi Banushi led the group in illustrating scenes from the myths to post in the library.

By 6:30 a.m. the entire book was complete, the wrappings from the many door prizes of the night were gathered, and the library was again transformed to a place of quieter reading.

Other students who participated were seniors Alexina Aron, Matthew Donahue, Shane Donahue, Lucy Fernandez, Victoria Moebus; uppers Michael Jones, Paden Kosoff, Lindsay Savignac, Jonathan Sheffield, Victoria Schultz, Jenny Yee; lowers Jessica Cote-Michaud, Aaron Evrett, Tonay Gooday-Ervin, Hannah Perkins, Daniel Pisowloski, Genevieve Remondi; and juniors Mackenzie Little, Christopher McAlpine, and Jake Paulman.

NFA Students at Greek Day 2009

: Best Composition - Jesse Babbitt

“The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living” -- Sophocles

On November 2, NFA Ancient Greek students joined 120 others from 8 schools at UCONN’s Hellenic Center Paideia for CT Ancient Greek Day 2009 sponsoring workshops including creating of an ancient Juror's ID tag, learning Greek Dancing, making ostraka pottery ballots, learning about heroic themes in game design, playing Greco Bingo, and touring UCONN’s new Greek Theater under construction. Students also participated in "A Socrates' Cafe Philosophical Discussion." The theme of the day was Socrates' statement, "The unexamined life is not worth living". UConn professors Elias Tomazos, Roger Travis, Allen Ward and Tom Suits shared their perspectives on the classics with the students.

: Best Use of Theme - Emma Fontaine

Lowers Jesse Babbitt won "Best Composition" and Emma Fontaine won "Best Use of Theme” in the poster contest. Senior Tina Provatas won special recognition for teaching Greek Dancing at the event for the past 4 years. Senior Vasilika Banushi and lower Genevieve Remondi were recognized for dance and Greek cooking. Seniors Vasilika Banushi, Lucinenne Fernandez, and Constantina Provantas; upper Vivian Zhang; and lowers Tonay Gooday-Ervin and Waylon Verley wrote and performed a shadow puppet skit based on the allegorical myth of Eros and Psyche, the marriage of Love and Mind.