Monthly Class Newsletter

August 27, 2014

NUNTATIO ACADEMICUS Students in all classes have been adjusting to the beginning of the school year and getting to know the classroom policies and procedures (sent home in a separate document which must be signed by a parent/guardian and returned). Latin I students have been acquainting themselves with the usefulness of studying Latin and starting some of the basics of the language. Latin II students have been reviewing and preparing themselves for the learning ahead!
Latin is an ancient language, studied for centuries

SALVETE DISCIPULI ET FAMILIAE!

Welcome to Magistra Schroeders Latin class! A newsletter will be posted online (printed copies available upon request) monthly to update parents on class progress, remind students and parents of upcoming projects/events, and give both students and parents extra insight to the Latin world! The format will always be similar: The Nuntiato Academicus (Academic News) section provides a summary of what all of the classes have accomplished in the past month. The Quid Est Posthac? (What Is in the Future?) section looks ahead to what students will be achieving in the coming month. The Memoranda (Things Which Must Be Remembered) section provides important dates for upcoming events. The Ancient Rome, Todays World section provides information on how the Romans are affecting our world now. Students have an opportunity for extra credit by completing the activity described in this section. Lets have a great year! Magistra Schroeder
QUID EST POSTHAC?

Latin I students will be mastering pronunciation rules, learning beginning grammar rules, and familiarizing themselves with new vocab words. Students should be prepared for the several upcoming quizzes (more info in the Memoranda section). Latin II students will be diving into the textbook where they left off last year, beginning with the fourth noun declensions. Later, there will be a lot of work with pronouns, and students can expect to learn the last two verb tenses this month.

MEMORANDA
August 28- Back-to-School Night for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade (For more info see school website: http://towsonhs.bcps.org/ September 3- Classroom Policies and Procedures must be returned, signed, by today September 4- Vocab Quiz for Latin I September 12- Present tense/First Declension Quiz for Latin I

September 14- Future tense/Fourth Declension Quiz for Latin II

September 21- Vocab Quiz for Latin I September 22- Pronoun Quiz for Latin II Also remember to visit the Penn Museums exhibit on life in ancient Rome
The U.S. Marines use the Latin motto Semper Fidelis.

ANCIENT ROME, TODAYS WORLD

The Marine Corps. Philadelphia. Harvard University. What do these three have in common?

The answer, of course, is Latin! Latin mottoes, that is.

Each of these groups (and many more besides) all have adopted short Latin phrases to be associated with them. The Marine Corps have Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful), sometimes shortened to Semper Fi. Philadelphia chose Philadelphia Maneto (May brotherly love endure). Harvard Universitys is short and sweet: Veritas (Truth). For centuries, respectable organizations like universities and cities have chosen Latin mottoes, probably because knowledge of Latin was a requirement of a good education for many centuries in both Europe and America, lending it an air of respectability. Thus, a Latin motto was a way to make your group seem legitimate and dignified. For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motto http://www.marines.com/historyheritage/principles-values http://hiddencityphila.org/2013/11/behindphiladelphia-maneto-dissecting-the-city-seal/

What other Latin mottoes can you find? Choose your favorite and tell me about it! For which organization is it? What does it mean? Can you find when or why this particular motto was chosen? Write your answers down, and turn them in to Magistra by September 24 for extra credit!

http://www.harvard.edu/history