Throughout the fall 2010 semester, Calvin students will be chanting “amo, amas, amat” under the direction of various professors of classical languages in various classrooms in Heimenga Hall. In the ...
For Reina Callier, learning Latin ‘is like lifting weights for your brain’ When a student in one of Reina Callier’s Latin classes said, “I came for the language, I stayed for the vibes,” she laughed, ...
Sentence by sentence, Kate Underwood dissected a letter between Cicero and Atticus of ancient Rome. With each word, the 12th-grader translated Latin into English. It was the latest assignment for her ...
These days, the first lesson of high school Latin is often to answer the question: why Latin? The language peaked in the era of Roman gladiators and slowly faded throughout the Middle Ages. Today, 800 ...
The cars begin pulling to the curb at Montgomery High in Santa Rosa at 6:45 a.m. Sleepy teens pile out, heading to classes that start an hour before first period. In Room 50, Latin teacher Jennifer ...
On April 8, a group of 65 ambitious West Rowan High School students ventured to Wake Forest University in hopes of winning their 15th consecutive North Carolina Junior Classical League title. After ...
WILMINGTON, Del. — For a supposedly dead language, Latin is alive and well at some Catholic schools in the Wilmington, Del., Diocese. Although it was abandoned by most public schools in the past 40 ...
FRAMINGHAM — After at least 90 years, Latin may be on its final chapter in city schools. During a Teaching and Learning Subcommittee meeting on Monday, Framingham High School administrators said they ...
The Naperville District 203 School Board may discontinue the district’s Latin language program at its Oct. 17 meeting, a proposal drawing protests from some Latin students and their teacher. Jayne ...