BLS JCL presents: BLS JCL Certamen: Nox in Vivario! 24 teams competed fiercely across 3 preliminary rounds and 1 finals round! Congratulations to Phillips Exeter in advanced, Weston in intermediate, and Weston in novice! Photo Credit: Brynn Bennett

On January 24th, BLS JCL competed at Nobles/Weston Certamen. Our teams performed well, winning 1st place in Novice and Intermediate, and winning 2nd and 3rd in Advanced. Go BLS JCL! Photo Credit: Ms. Moguel

Happy new year! After a long winter break, the officers are back at it preparing for states! Each individual contest is explained further, and preparations are made for students to make their own submissions in the next biweekly. Photo Credit: Brynn Bennett

BLS JCL ran its annual saturnalia event to promote the classics! Here, 2 officers are running street certamen, and the prize is candy! Everyone had fun decorating cookies, writing letters against isolation, or hyperbuzzing tossups! Photo Credit: Lana Nguyen

BLS JCL begins its preparations for states! The officers introduce and explain the various creative and graphic arts contests to new members. Photo Credit: Brynn Bennett

On November 8th, 2025, three of our officers volunteered at Jamaica Pond to pick up trash and clean our neighborhood! Combined, they contributed 6 hours to the community! Photo Credit: Emerson Ohashi

On November 5th, our webmaster ran a biweekly that introduced our members to the game of Latrones! Members created their own boards and pieces, and then faced off against one another! Photo Credit: Lana Nguyen

On October 26th, 2 of our officers spent their morning at Boston Nature Center, planting new trees! Photo Credit: Harry Dinh

On October 1st, BLS JCL hosted our first general meeting. Here, we introduced the JCL to students at Boston Latin School, and also the 2025-2026 board. Photo Credit: Emerson Ohashi

On Wednesday, October 22nd, BLS JCL hosted our annual Lemuria event! Students from all grades came together and participated in street certamen, mask making, origami, and pumpkin painting! Photo Credit: Lana Nguyen

On October 5th, 2025, 16 of our members attended a city parade in Roslindale. They marched for 3 hours and spread the JCLove all around Boston! Photo Credit: Ms. Moguel

On October 8th, our 2nd VP ran an event where our members wrote kind letters to senior citizens. Our members wrote 50 letters, totaling 12.5 hours of community service! Photo Credit: Ms. Moguel

11 of our BLS JCLers volunteered at the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition's 5k walk/run on Sunday, September 21st. They helped set up the event and handed out water to runners along the course. Thank you to everyone who helped out! Photo Credit: Lana Nguyen