St. A Spring 2017 Program Information

If you'd like to have a look at the curriculum, see here:
Textbook: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0131340913?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00
Workbook: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0130360015?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00
Siblings can share the book and make copies from the workbook. Luisana recognizes that in learning a second language, a 55-minute
weekly class with no complementary study won't take students far. She gives students very specific homework (very simple for the
younger ones) from the workbook and encourages them to practice with their families in the car and at home--she has lots of
recommendations for supplemental materials that can help with this.
LATIN (Elementary Level: 11:45; Middle School: 9:45; High School: 10:45)
Contact: Mary Draper
Tuition: $125 per student
Required Book (all levels): Lingua Latina, Pars I: Familia Romana textbook
Any edition is fine. Make sure you get the textbook and not one of the grammar or exercise books. Siblings may share a book.
Paperback: ISBN-10: 1585104205, ISBN-13: 978-1585104208, or hardback: ISBN-10: 1585102385, ISBN-13: 978-1585102389.
New books may sell as cheap as around $20.
Additional Supplies:
3-ring binder (any size—they can use the same binder as for other classes) and loose-leaf paper; 3 dividers; and pencils--NO PENS
OR SPIRAL NOTEBOOKS ALLOWED—too messy.
Mary has created a curriculum that provides a very clear and detailed assignment for each day of the week. Students will receive a
workbook that they will use for homework to do extensive vocabulary practice, grammar practice, and reading of Latin using the
Lingua Latina textbook--a book that teaches students to read from the very beginning and provides much more reading practice than
any other textbook available.
In class, we will learn Catholic hymns and prayers in Latin and do lots of reading. Students will have a short vocab and grammar quiz
each week, review quizzes along the way, and a semester exam.
ADVANCED LATIN: CAESAR? (1:15) *Prerequisite: A high school level Latin class
Contact: Mary Draper
Tuition: $125 per student
Book: TBA
Additional Supplies:
3-ring binder (any size—can be shared with other subjects) and loose-leaf paper; 3 dividers; and pencils--NO PENS OR SPIRAL
NOTEBOOKS ALLOWED—too messy.
HISTORY/GOVERNMENT
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: FROM 13 COLONIES TO 50 STATES for Ages 6-8 (11:45)
Instructor: Mary Joyce Cable
Tuition: $125 per student
No text or materials required.
THE THIRTEEN COLONIES: During the fall semester of a year long course on American history and geography, students will
explore the early history and geography of the United States of America as they memorize and are guided by the first verses of
“America the Beautiful.” Learning about the difficulties and blessings the colonists encountered, students will follow along in the
daily life of an eight year old child living in the early Colonial period and continue to follow the lives of the family members as the
colonies come to the decision of independence and move toward revolution.
We may even get a visit from a Revolutionary or Civil War soldier!
Class time will include lots of stories, and presentations by the more advanced students. Mary Joyce will offer a variety of homework
options (homework will not be required) for the different ages and levels of advancement in reading and writing: from coloring pages
to crafts to reading and memorization. She will have a class library where students may check out books about topics ranging from
Squanto and the First Thanksgiving to the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere and the Constitutional Conventions.
During the spring semester, students will learn how the 13 colonies became the 50 States that we know today as the United States of
America.
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