AN INTENSIVE LATIN SUMMER PROGRAM FOR ANTHEM PREP STUDENTS
June 7th - July 30th, 2021
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Living Latin Online is an intensive online Latin experience designed to improve students’ Latin reading ability by introducing them to the use of Latin as an active, spoken language. This summer, Anthem Prep has partnered with The Paideia Institute to create a tailored online learning experience which will supercharge students’ Latin over the summer and prepare them for their travel experience in Italy & Greece next year.
Although second language acquisition research has shown that speaking and writing a language greatly improves students’ reading ability and familiarity with vocabulary and grammar, Latin is often taught as a dead language. The Paideia Institute’s innovative pedagogy changes the way Latin is taught by bringing it to life in the classroom. Employing state-of-the-art curriculum materials our expert Latin-speaking teachers activate students’ Latin and immerse them in the language like never before.
This program also prepares students for Anthem Prep's trip to Italy & Greece with the Paideia Institute, scheduled in summer 2022. To learn more about that trip, visit the designated page here.
DAILY SCHEDULE
The program meets twice per week for one hour per meeting. These sessions include both spoken Latin activities as well as readings from the textbook. Homework assignments (approximately 30 mins per class) focused on reading and writing Latin are also assigned.
Small groups will be formed based on level of Latin preparation and family scheduling preferences. Please be sure to indicate this information using the scheduling button below so that we can place you in the appropriate section.
BOOKS AND COURSE MATERIALS
The course will use Living Latin: A Graded Reader, a new online Latin curriculum developed by the Paideia Institute. A digital copy will be included with the cost of tuition. Students may also enjoy using the Duolingo Latin course while they take the program. Duolingo, the world’s largest language learning app, has developed a fun and intuitive online platform for learning forgeign languages. Duolingo’s Latin course, which was developed in partnership with the Paideia Institute, integrates with the other materials used on this course.
SCHEDULING
Living Latin online sessions are scheduled based upon participants’ availability and level. Please indicate your preferences when you register.
TEACHERS
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Alexina Aron
Alexina Aron graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2016 with a Master's in the Art of Teaching Latin. She then completed the Rome Fellowship with the Paideia Institute. Since then, she has taught Latin at both the middle and high school level and is currently building a spoken Latin community in San Antonio.
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Curriculum Design Manager
Gene Cunningham
Gene currently manages the development of Paideia’s self-paced online Latin and Greek curricula. He is also the head teacher for Living Greek in Greece (High School). He holds an M.A. in Ancient Philology with an Emphasis in Teaching Ancient and Modern Languages from the Polis Institute in Jerusalem, and a B.A. in Classical Languages from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been involved with the Institute in several roles since 2012, when he first participated in Paideia’s courses in Europe, including Living Latin in Rome, Living Greek in Greece, and Living Latin in Paris. He was then one of Paideia’s first Rome Fellows, and eventually served as Assistant Director for European Operations, in which capacity he directed logistics for Paideia’s Travel Programs and Classical Tours.
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Living Latin in Rome High School Teacher
Laurie Duncan
Laurie Duncan received a book about Pompeii in the fourth grade and became fascinated by the Romans. After her Bachelor's in Classics at the University of Virginia, she has worked for sixteen years as a classroom teacher, private tutor, and consultant. Laurie studied twice with Fr. Reginald Foster and has attended multiple conventicula. Recently she obtained a Master's in Education, focused on language pedagogy. Her interests include conversational Latin use, Roman epitaphs, ancient portraiture, the history of education, and Gregorian chant.
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Living Latin in Rome High School Head Teacher
Laurie Hutcheson
Laurie Glenn Hutcheson is the Head Teacher at Living Latin in Rome High School. She made her first visit to Rome when she was in high school, and she has been going back ever since. She discovered the magic of reading (and singing) Latin in Rome with Reginald Foster in the summers of 2004 and 2006. After teaching Latin and Greek at Boston University Academy for 8 years, she began teaching in LLiR(HS) in 2014. She completed her PhD at Boston University in 2018 with a dissertation on the Iliad. She loves good stories and playing games with language.
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Living Latin in Rome High School Head Teacher
John Scurfield
L.J. Scurfield is the lead Latin teacher at Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he also supervises a dormitory and coaches golf. L.J. earned his M.A. in Classics at the University of Kentucky in their spoken Latin program and holds a B.A. in Classical Languages from Hamilton College, where he wrote a thesis on the role of Aethiopia in the ancient world. He is an alumnus of Living Latin in Rome '14, taught on the Living Latin in Rome (High School) program from 2015-2019, led Living Latin Online (High School) from 2020-2022, and was also a Site Coordinator for Aequora's Kentucky program. He enjoys the poetry of Horace and finding unusual Latin inscriptions around Rome.
Enroll
Please click the button below to confirm your personal information and enroll in the program by May 28th.
PAYMENT DEADLINES
The cost of this program is $300.
Enrollment and Payment
