Latin & Greek

Free Trial Latin Class - Latin IA

Meets: Wednesday, May 15th, 9-9:30am PST (12-12:30pm EST). Location: Zoom

This class is is designed as an introduction to the Latin language (ages 11+). It is a free trial class, and interested students will have the option to sign up for our Latin 1a course that starts in late August.

Taught by Wes, we will explore the origins of the Latin language, translate real Latin sentences, and discuss the culture of ancient Rome through the lens of Pompeii in 79 AD. To sign up your child for the free trial class, please register here and we will be in touch with the Zoom meeting link.

Free Trial Latin Class - Latin for Younger Students

Meets: Tuesday, May 14th, 9-9:30am PST (12-12:30pm EST). Location: Zoom

This class is is designed as an introduction to the Latin language for younger students (ages 7-10). It is a free trial class and interested students will have the option to sign up for our Latin For Younger Students course that starts in late August.

Taught by Wes, this is an opportunity for students to try out Latin and our approach to the language. To sign up your child for the free trial class, please register here and we will be in touch with the Zoom meeting link.

Latin I - Fall 2024

Meets: fall, 2024 (starting the week of August 26)

The first semester of our introduction to Latin for students aged 11+. Students will complete weekly translation assignments, participate in project-based learning, and complete the first semester of standard independent school Latin curriculum. Classes will also include Roman history and culture through podcast listening and extensive etymology study. To register your child for class or for more information, please visit our class registration page.

Group Class - Latin for Younger Students

Meets: Tuesdays and Thursday, 11-11:30am Pacific (starting Tuesday, August 27)

In this class specifically designed for younger students ages 7-10, we will introduce the Latin language and its grammar as well as the history and culture of ancient Rome. Students will translate stories from Latin to English, learn new and interesting words in English that derive from Latin, and explore the city of Pompeii and the daily lives of Romans living in the 1st Century AD. We will take virtual walking tours of Pompeii and engage with the Latin language in creative and interesting ways. Taught by Wes and space is limited. For more information or to register your child, please complete the class registration form.

*New Class - Latin for Parents

meets: Fall 2024

This class is specifically designed for parents who are interested in learning more about Latin and ancient Roman culture. In a weekly half-hour class, we will follow the family of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus up to the eruption of Mt Vesuvius, learn the same Latin grammar that your kids are learning in class, and spend a good deal of time making connections between Latin, English and other related languages. Taught by Wes and space is limited. For more information, please visit and fill our our availability survey page.

Personalized Study in Latin and Greek

Students in private and small-group personalized study classes will learn Latin and/or Ancient Greek with individualized lesson plans tailored to their learning styles, interests, and preferred pace. This is a holistic approach to ancient languages that emphasizes projects, Latin/Greek writing assignments, and a good deal of etymology and Roman/Greek history, culture, and mythology. Classes will move at a personalized pace and follow the interests of the student. A course for both younger learners and students wishing to accelerate their learning of ancient language(s). Taught by Caroline and Wes. Now Enrolling.

Latin II

Latin II curriculum, using Cambridge Latin Course as a guide. Students will complete weekly assignments, participate in project-based learning, and complete the standard independent high school Latin curriculum.

Latin III

Latin III curriculum includes unabridged ancient Roman Literature (Ovid, Catullus, Horace, Cicero, and Julius Caesar). Students will complete weekly translation assignments, participate in project-based learning, and complete the standard independent high school Latin curriculum.

AP Latin

AP year-long Latin curriculum. Readings and translations of Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars and Vergil’s Aeneid. Historical context, literary and rhetorical identification, and textual analysis.

Literature and Linguistics

Group Class: Homer’s Odyssey

Meets: fall, 2024

In this small-group class, students will read Homer’s Odyssey, one of the oldest extant works of literature in the Western canon and a foundational example of ancient Greek epic poetry. Additional readings include story selections from Edith Hamilton’s Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. Students will keep an Odyssey journal, participate in weekly class discussions, and explore how later centuries of writers and artists used and reinterpreted the Greek myths. For students ages 11+. If interested, you can find our registration form here.

Introduction to Linguistics

How do languages work? How did they become the classical languages we study and where did they go from there? This course is designed as a companion to the other language courses, to give students additional context that will help them in those studies. Beginning with the basics of describing and discussing languages, the course will use those tools to describe Latin and Greek. Then it will follow their evolution, connecting prehistory with the classical era and modern English. Taught by Tom.

Philosophy

Ancient Philosophy

Summer, 2024 - See Scheduling survey Below

Explore the roots of Western Civilization by learning the story of Socrates and the Sophists, and their influence on Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, and the Stoics. Choose from topics such as free will, happiness, love, knowledge, justice, politics, religion, the soul, and the nature of the cosmos. Learn how philosophers began to rationally discuss these topics in the midst of the prevailing Homeric mythology and historic upheavals such as the Peloponnesian War and Alexander’s conquests. Selection of readings will be personalized to student interests. For the summer 2024 class, please complete our scheduling survey.