Friendship Starts in Latin Class

“At that point, we’ve got kind of a little group, a little niche in the school,” said Frank. “We’ve got a set of unusual common interests, so those are very potent potential friends.”

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Eat like the Romans Do

Latin II students developed Roman banquet menus and even prepared authentic (ancient!) Roman dishes for a panel of judges last Friday morning.

This year's winners of the Roman Banquet Top Chef competition were Christina (Deeaja), Victoria (Julia) and Lucia (Isabel).  Euge!

Coronae Exercitus Romani

After learning about the crowns awarded by Roman army generals to their soldiers, students in Latin III-V set goals for themselves to reach, which would be awarded at the end of each quarter.  These awards ranged from the corona aurelia (golden crown), awarded to the student with the highest marks for the quarter, to the corona muralis (wall crown), awarded to the student making the most significant connections between Latin and life outside the Latin classroom. 

1st Block Latin IV-V students pose in their coronae, next to a poster they drew illustrating their quarter goals.  Pictured (L-R): Iulianna (corona civica), Amelia (corona navalis) et Nausica (corona aurelia).

Not pictured (3rd Block Latin III-IV): Nero (Brendon, corona aurelia), Anna (Ann Audrey, corona navalis), Ionathan Kaleb (Maryam, corona obsidionalis).

Congratulor vobis!

Roman Army Strategy

Latin IV students Ionathan (Maryam A.) and Tranio (Osaze S.) produced the following film sequence to demonstrate Roman army apparel, as part of a 1st Quarter project on the Roman army.  Stay tuned after the video's intro for a presentation by Tranio on the evolution of battle tactics from the phalanx to the maniple...

Roman Army Strategy

Latin IV students Ionathan (Maryam A.) and Tranio (Osaze S.) produced the following film sequence to demonstrate Roman army apparel, as part of a 1st Quarter project on the Roman Army.  Stay tuned after the video's intro for a presentation by Tranio on the evolution of battle tactics from the phalanx to...