Seventy-First Classical Middle School is the only middle school in Cumberland County that offers the Latin. The class is taught by Dorothea Lester. This is her third year teaching the course. Mrs. Lester does a good job working with those students,'' said Principal Joann Pearce. Lester Latin is taught in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades at Seventy-First.
Sixth graders take seven weeks of an introductory course.
Seventh graders take the first part of Latin I, while eighth graders take the Latin II course. The test was not required. It's like a marathon,'' Lester said. The test isn't based on information in any particular Latin textbook. The course is taught from the Cambridge Latin series, but little if any information from the book is included on the test.