The South Carolina Junior Classical League is an organization of middle school and high school students sponsored by the National Junior Classical League and American Classical League. The South Carolina JCL is composed of middle and high school students who pursue the study of the Classics. Its purpose is to encourage an interest in and an appreciation of the language, literature, and culture of ancient Greece and Rome and to impart an understanding of the debt of our own culture to that of Classical antiquity.

• We will gain an active appreciation and understanding of the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, thereby better enabling us as individuals to interpret and appraise our world today.
  
• We have a sound structure which provides a sound basis for expansion of our horizons and perspectives, intellectually, socially, and esthetically.
• We have a viable organization for South Carolina which can effectively create in others a sense of awareness, interest, and appreciation as far as the value of the Classics is concerned.
• We can grow the spirit of the Classics in South Carolina and can create a state where the Classics are an integral part of student learning.