In the following description of courses, a symbol designating whether the course is offered in the first or second semester, or both, follows the course title. These courses may not be dropped mid-year without loss of the previous semester's credit. Full Open to Class VI Latin is studied as the medium of a great culture and the literature that molded it using the Ecce Romani textbook series. In Book IA students cover basic grammatical concepts and master a large vocabulary while reading the story of an upper class family living in a villa on the outskirts of Rome. In addition to grammar and vocabulary skills the student begins to develop an understanding of the social and political history of the Romans.
Students explore Roman culture and mythology in several projects throughout the year.
To supplement these areas, students also study Roman history using the text Early Times . Full Open to Classes I, II, III, IV Students cover all the fundamentals of Latin grammar and acquire a basic Latin vocabulary as they move briskly through the first two books of the Ecce Romani textbook series, the same ones used in Latin A and Latin B. Due to the volume of material on the syllabus much less time is spent on the cultural aspects of the Roman world than in those courses. Through thematic readings advanced grammatical concepts are covered including participles, indirect discourse, and the uses of the subjunctive. Rome and cultural topics include crime in Rome, the baths, the Colosseum, and Roman education. Concentration on poetry in the spring serves as an introduction to the Advanced Placement programs, which students may elect to pursue in the following year.