About Our Site and Aequora
Our Aequora site is located at The John Hancock School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a school that provides many after-school programs and opportunities to its students, now including Latin.
Aequora is a K-8 program focused on literacy via Latin. At John Hancock, we have chosen Aequora because we believe in the benefits of a classical education. Through The Paideia
Institute's Aequora curriculum, our volunteers harness the classical languages' power to improve literacy, cultural understanding, and equity in education all while making the ancient Mediterranean world fun and accessible to students of all backgrounds.
Led by independent site coordinators, Aequora envisions Classics as an inclusive, diverse, and socially engaged field. Our textbook, Aequora: Teaching Literacy with Latin, introduces the basics of Latin vocabulary and grammar, Roman culture and mythology, and connections between Latin, English, and Spanish, all through games and activities designed to show students that learning Latin is fun!
How We Teach Aequora
At this site, Aequora is run by one student volunteer. Lessons are held once a week for 45 minutes. The program is also held hybridly, as we typically learn online through google meet and will meet in-person in the future. The Aequora program is sustained by enthusiastic volunteers all over the country who care about making a difference and want to fight educational inequality through sharing their love of Latin.
Photos
Coming soon!
Site Coordinators
Our site coordinator, Kira Pramanik, is a junior at The Peddie School.
