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2021 Certamen

Congratulations to everyone who competed!
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Thank you to all who  contributed to NCJCL Certamen. We couldn't have done it without you. 


​Congratulations to our 2021 NCJCL Certamen winners!


Middle School
1st: Thales, Rolesville (Beta) - Lillian Jaho, Morgan Morreau, Katya Marks, Julian DeShane
2nd: Thales, Rolesville (Alpha) - Lukas Marquardt, Denise Harris
3rd: Thales, Apex - James Miller,  Calista Wright, Josh Smemoe, Cora Heinisch

Novice
1st: Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy - Ava Bridges, Sydney Evans, Lillian Moore ,Sophia Sidhu, Anjali Patel
2nd: Riverside High School - Collin Pitts, Lily Brigman, Rowan Perz-Edwards
3rd: St. Thomas More Academy - Tyler Seaman, Jonathan Baxley

Intermediate
1st: St. Thomas More Academy - Ben Dorman, William Spaeder, Thomas Lee, Hanna Crawford, Dorothy Gravino
2nd: Riverside High School - Lainey Blackwood, Malcolm Albergo-Radisch, Caelius DeConto, Avery Perez-Edwards
3rd: Thales, Apex - Ethan Akerman, Mitchell Paolino, Drew Curtis, Charlie Miller, Shahzad Singh

Advanced
1st: Gallant Griffins - Katrina Hu, Serena Zhou, Ahaan Patkar, Anna Zulueta
2nd: Green Level - Lauren Liu
3rd: Thales, Rolesville  - Maggie Von Canon, Makayla Teen, Nolan Heinrich, Ava McCormick, Paige Gill

04/23 Preliminaries Schedules & scoreboards

Novice
intermediate
advanced

We will NOT be holding a separate event for Certamen Qualifiers like previous years. Instead, qualifying Certamen rounds being played on the evening of April 23rd. 
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Three preliminary rounds will be held on Friday, April 23rd from 6:00pm - 9:00pm. Finals will be on Sunday, April 25th from 8:00am - 9:15am. There will be no semifinal rounds; finals will be played by the top 3 scoring teams in each level.

Students and sponsors participating in Competitive Certamen should join the 2021 NCJCL Certamen Remind by texting the message @2021ncj to the phone number 81010.

Open Certamen for all non-competitive Certamen students will be Saturday, April 23rd from 7:00 - 8:30pm. 

Competitive Certamen Registration

Each school may register a maximum of 2 teams per level. The levels are: Middle School (all middle school students), Novice (typically Level I), Intermediate (typically Level II), and Advanced (typically Level III+). 
  • Students may play up a level, but never down.
  • A maximum of 4 players can play every round. However, each team can have 4 players and up to 4 alternates. You may list players as alternates who will not be at the qualifying event, but who may play at state convention. The makeup of teams can change from round to round, but students may not jump between separately registered teams (or levels).
  • All participants (whether players or alternates) registered must be registered as a member of the NCJCL for the 2020-2021 school year.
  • Students who are interested in playing Certamen, but are not on the official school teams, may be registered as eligible for a Wild Card team. Wild Card teams will only be assigned if they are necessary, and Wild Card teams are not eligible for advancement into the Final Round. Students who register for Wild Card teams will be part of a pool from which teams will be randomly selected if necessary. Sponsors will be contacted before Friday, April 23rd if students are chosen for a Wild Card team.​

To register, SPONSORS should fill out the 2021 NCJCL Certamen Registration form. Students should express their interest to their sponsor (teacher).

Open Certamen

Open Certamen will be hosted for all non-competitive Certamen students from all states involved in convention. Students interested in open Certamen should plan to pre-register, and teams will be randomized, much like at Nationals.

RESOURCES

Below is the NCJCL Certamen Syllabus and some suggested resources:
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Syllabus and Suggested Resources
NCJCL Guide to Writing  Certamen  Questions
Reach out to our Certamen Coordinator Phil Swanger if you have any questions or concerns!
 Questions? Comments? Corrections?
E-mail the Communications Coordinator at
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