Maine Classics

Brunswick High School is looking for a long term substitute teacher for Latin 1, 2, 3, and AP Latin. The position is listed as an “immediate need.” For more information, check out the listing on ServingSchools. Update (10/28): Jane Lienau (Brunswick HS) is back to work. Read more →

The CANE Summer Institute for 2020 is entitled “The Empire and the Individual” and runs from July 13-18 at Brown University. For a full list of presenters and courses, check out the brochure at this link. One graduate credit is available through UMass-Boston for attending. CSI is open to everyone interested in the Classics and how the Classics relate to… Read more →

The 25th anniversary MCA meeting is happening this Saturday at the Governor Hill Mansion in Augusta! To learn more about the meeting AND to fill out the registration form, go to this link. Read more →

The Maine Classical Association will be celebrating its silver 25th anniversary on Saturday, October 26th at the beautiful Governor Hill Mansion in Augusta. At this meeting, we will be honoring those who helped the MCA start and grow, while also enjoying several interesting talks on classical themes. Michelle Currie, Colby College, will be giving a talk on Seneca (“Emotion Therapy… Read more →

Also to note that there’s a world languages position open at Sacopee Valley. Here’s the job description from ServingSchools.com: MSAD 55 is seeking a dynamic World Language Teacher at Sacopee Valley High School in Hiram, Maine.   Our students were previously participating in a vibrant Latin program; however, we would consider changing languages and broadening our students’ horizons, except for… Read more →

Westbrook High School is looking for a full-time Latin teacher for the 2019-2020 school year. The course load includes 2 sections of Latin I, 2 sections of Latin II, and 1 section of Latin III. WHS supplies students and teachers with laptops, and we use the Cambridge Latin Course online platform as a textbook. This position, posted externally the week… Read more →

The deadline for Class of 2019 students, who have completed AP or IB Language testing, to apply for the Maine Seal of Biliteracy is July 22, 2019.  School districts should review the information on the Maine Seal of Biliteracy website under the FAQ “Some tests listed on the criteria page do not report scores until after graduation.  Will the Maine Seal… Read more →

Avē! If you are planning on attending the MCA Spring Meeting (May 4th at Winthrop HS), please be sure to fill out the preregistration form at this link. For more information and to hear about what you’ll be missing if you DON’T attend (Shaler … Johnson … Lavinia), check out this post. And keep in mind that the most important… Read more →

From Stephen Farrand at Chewonki: I need a volunteer adult who knows Latin to accompany the field trip Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki is taking to the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden on Friday, May 3rd. This person could meet us either at Chewonki in Wiscasset at 12:45 or at the CMBG at 1:30. We’ll be there about three hours and… Read more →

The MCA Spring Meeting will be on May 4th at Winthrop High School in Winthrop, ME. Coffee and registration begin at 8:30 am, and the meeting starts at 9:00 am. Ross Shaler, Winthrop HS, will be starting off the talk by connecting Vergil’s Aeneid to the Apollonius’s Argonautica, the only surviving Hellenistic epic. After the break, Ben Johnson, Hampden Academy,… Read more →