The Massachusetts Junior Classical League, or Mass JCL, is the Massachusetts state chapter of the National Junior Classical League (NJCL), an organization dedicated to the study of Classics, namely Latin and Greek. Formed in 1936 and sponsored by the American Classical League (ACL), NJCL is the largest classical organization in the world, encompassing over 50,000 junior and senior high school students. History The MassJCL (also known as MAJCL) known for many things in the JCL. One of these things is the magnitude of its delegations; the BLA Classics Club has around 206 members. At the 2008 National Convention, the Massachusetts Junior Classical League won first place in all of the following contests: state website, local website, state publications, state scrapbook, local scrapbook, tee-shirt contest Convention Locations *2010- Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School *2007-2009-Barnstable High School *2005-2006-University of Massachusetts, Amherst