Most of the time will be spent in Rome with several days in southern Italy, plus a side trip to Florence. Students will also have the option of going on an excursion to Greece at the end of our time in Italy. Students will live with families, take classes in the mornings, and participate in cultural activities in the afternoons and on weekends. For those who wish to remain longer, an optional fourth week of travel in Spain may be elected. Every summer Latin teacher Jennie Luongo takes a group of qualified Latin students to the week-long National Junior Classical League Convention, which is held on a different college campus each year.
Students stay in dormitories and eat in the school's cafeterias.
For 2001 the convention will take place from July 17-22 at Tulane University in New Orleans. Participants will have the opportunity to meet other Latin students from around the nation and to get involved in various types of competition, both academic and athletic. Once again a course will be offered to prepare students for the PSAT and SAT national college entrance examinations. Last year, eleventh graders who took the course exceeded their tenth grade scores by an average of 200 points. The course schedule will include 22 hours of class time and two practice tests during late July and early August, plus a two-session review shortly before the actual PSAT takes place.