All students study Latin in 7th and 8th grades. In high school, the students may switch to a modern language for four years of study, or they may continue their 3rd and 4th year of Latin, followed by ancient Greek.

Classical Languages: Latin and Greek

This language track affords students the opportunity to read and best appreciate some of the world’s most rich and influential literature and poetry in their original languages, including Cicero, Caesar, Lucretius, Ovid, Catullus, Virgil, Plato, Herodotus, and Homer.

Modern Languages:  – French and Spanish

The emphasis in the modern language classes is to teach even first year courses entirely in the target language, adding both literature and composition by the second year. In the third and fourth years the class transitions to a seminar-style course, reading and discussing literary texts in the target language, including short stories, novels, plays, and poems. Students are expected to write essays of three to four pages.

Freshman: Advanced Latin or Modern Language I

Sophomore: Advanced Latin or Modern Language II

Junior: Greek I or Modern Language III

Senior: Greek II or Modern Language IV