Inventiones

Everything from saddles to retractable pencils to dominoes and a better mousetrap are on display in Room 319. Students were asked to come up with an invention that would have been desirable and makeable in ancient Rome. Then, after due diligence, they needed to come up with a slogan (in LATIN!) and a marketing pitch (in English) and present it to the class and any other interested Calvert-based venture capitalists. These are a few examples.

The Results Are In!

Eugapae! IX Latin scholars earned perfect marks on the National Latin Exam. Thirteen more of their classmates earned high honors. This means that twenty-two students will not be taking a Latin final this year.

Arbores Latinae

It seemed as if we would never see another tree -- green ones, let along Latin ones. After an unscheduled Snowcation, Calvert Latin Scholars returned to school to plant their own harbingers of spring. Here are some sample trees -- real from winter break, and then derivative for Latin.

How Many Days Make a Year?

Latin Scholars began the New Year by learning about the calendar in ancient Rome. Did you know that there were originally 305 days in the year and that the 61 days of deep winter -- January and February -- were not even named? That while they were on the lunar calendar September could happen in March? Or that at one point during the Empire there were 220 days of holidays? Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory fixed that!