BLSJCL is very successful at all of our conventions and events that we attend. Here is a collection of the awards BLSJCL garnered at recent conventions. Let's all aim to go to either further heights and attain even greater accomplishments!
2016 National Convention - Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1st - Local Publications (Peter Wang)
1st - Promotional Video - Mythological/Historical Video (Allyson Ping)
2nd - Social Media (Carina Layfield, Ina Beinborn, Anna Aldins, and Jonathan Yuan)
3rd - Website Contest (Oliver Macneely and Clair Fu)
3rd - Promotional Video - Promotion of NJCL Convention (William Burnett)
5th - Local Scrapbook (William Burnett and Ada Chai)
13th - Publicity (Carina Layfield, Ina Beinborn, Anna Aldins, and Jonathan Yuan)
Participated in:
2nd - Intermediate Certamen (BLS - Ashley Chou, Carina Layfield, Nicholas Weiske, Jairam Rao, and Tran Nguyen)
3rd - Novice Certamen (BLS - Dante Minutillo, Christy Jestin, Charles Ma, and Hanyi Wang, BLA - Ryan Browne and Dave Mansaray)
6th - Advanced Certamen (BLS - Michael Gao, William Gao, Daniel Sherman, Nestoras Apodiakos, Peter Wang, and Jonathan Yuan, Advanced Math and Science Academy - Ashwin Varghese)
1st - Promotional Video - Mythological/Historical Video (Allyson Ping)
2nd - Social Media (Carina Layfield, Ina Beinborn, Anna Aldins, and Jonathan Yuan)
3rd - Website Contest (Oliver Macneely and Clair Fu)
3rd - Promotional Video - Promotion of NJCL Convention (William Burnett)
5th - Local Scrapbook (William Burnett and Ada Chai)
13th - Publicity (Carina Layfield, Ina Beinborn, Anna Aldins, and Jonathan Yuan)
Participated in:
2nd - Intermediate Certamen (BLS - Ashley Chou, Carina Layfield, Nicholas Weiske, Jairam Rao, and Tran Nguyen)
3rd - Novice Certamen (BLS - Dante Minutillo, Christy Jestin, Charles Ma, and Hanyi Wang, BLA - Ryan Browne and Dave Mansaray)
6th - Advanced Certamen (BLS - Michael Gao, William Gao, Daniel Sherman, Nestoras Apodiakos, Peter Wang, and Jonathan Yuan, Advanced Math and Science Academy - Ashwin Varghese)
2016 State Convention - Barnstable High School, Barnstable, MA
1st - Scrapbook (William Burnett and Ada Chai)
1st - Intermediate Certamen (Ashley Chou, Carina Layfield, Nicholas Weiske, and Jairam Rao)
1st - Advanced Certamen (Michael Gao, William Gao, Daniel Sherman, Nestoras Apodiakos, Jonathan Yuan, Allyson Ping, and Anna Aldins)
1st - Publications (Peter Wang)
1st - Membership (Carina Layfield)
1st - Social Media Contest (Carina Layfield, Ina Beinborn)
1st - T-shirt Design (William Burnett and Ada Chai)
2nd - Novice Certamen (Hanyi Wang, Charles Ma, Alfie DeVita, Jess Schnitzer)
2nd - Ballista (From Kickoff)
2rd - Publicity - Best (Carina Layfield, Ina Beinborn, Anna Aldins, and Jonathan Yuan)
3rd - Catapult (From Kickoff)
3rd - Publicity - Most (Carina Layfield, Ina Beinborn, Anna Aldins, and Jonathan Yuan)
Overall Categories:
Creative - 1st - Tim Liu, 2nd - Clair Fu, 3rd - Ruth Shiferaw/Nestoras Apodiakos
Academic - 1st - Michael Gao, 2nd - Randy Chen/William Gao, 3rd - Nestoras Apodiakos
Graphic Arts - 1st - William Burnett, 2nd - Ada Chai, 3rd - Christina Yee
Individual - Overall - 1st - Hanyi Wang, 3rd - Peter Wang, 4th - Clair Fu, 5th - Ruth Shiferaw, 6th - Ada Chai, 7th - Ashley Chou, 9th - Christina Yee, 10th - Carina Layfield
School - Overall - 1st - BLS!
1st - Intermediate Certamen (Ashley Chou, Carina Layfield, Nicholas Weiske, and Jairam Rao)
1st - Advanced Certamen (Michael Gao, William Gao, Daniel Sherman, Nestoras Apodiakos, Jonathan Yuan, Allyson Ping, and Anna Aldins)
1st - Publications (Peter Wang)
1st - Membership (Carina Layfield)
1st - Social Media Contest (Carina Layfield, Ina Beinborn)
1st - T-shirt Design (William Burnett and Ada Chai)
2nd - Novice Certamen (Hanyi Wang, Charles Ma, Alfie DeVita, Jess Schnitzer)
2nd - Ballista (From Kickoff)
2rd - Publicity - Best (Carina Layfield, Ina Beinborn, Anna Aldins, and Jonathan Yuan)
3rd - Catapult (From Kickoff)
3rd - Publicity - Most (Carina Layfield, Ina Beinborn, Anna Aldins, and Jonathan Yuan)
Overall Categories:
Creative - 1st - Tim Liu, 2nd - Clair Fu, 3rd - Ruth Shiferaw/Nestoras Apodiakos
Academic - 1st - Michael Gao, 2nd - Randy Chen/William Gao, 3rd - Nestoras Apodiakos
Graphic Arts - 1st - William Burnett, 2nd - Ada Chai, 3rd - Christina Yee
Individual - Overall - 1st - Hanyi Wang, 3rd - Peter Wang, 4th - Clair Fu, 5th - Ruth Shiferaw, 6th - Ada Chai, 7th - Ashley Chou, 9th - Christina Yee, 10th - Carina Layfield
School - Overall - 1st - BLS!