If you were unable to make it to the MCA Spring Meeting this past weekend, you can still download and read the Spring CLAMOR (gratias optimas, Seth!) at this link here. Check out past CLAMORES at our archive here. Read more →
Monday on Maine Calling: Latin and Greek
Maine Public’s Maine Calling show on Monday, April 23, will have Bowdoin Classicist Barbara Weiden Boyd and Waynflet’s Phuc Tran (famous among other things for his TED talk on the subjunctive) to discuss Latin. Listen and please call in! The show will be on your local MPBN radio station from 1-2 pm. Read more →
MCA Spring 2018 Meeting Reminder
The Maine Classical Association’s Spring Meeting at Hampden Academy is less than a week away (Saturday, April 28). If you are planning on attending, but haven’t yet registered, please do so now! Learn more about the meeting here, and register at this link. Read more →
AP Latin at Taft
Along with her offerings at St. Joseph’s in Standish, Maine, Jill Crooker is offering two courses at Taft School in Connecticut. See below for the descriptions, and learn more from Taft’s own website. Basics of Teaching the AP Latin course – July 8-13 Some of the questions on the Facebook AP Latin Teachers site during the past year were: how to… Read more →
MCA Spring 2018 Meeting
The MCA Spring Meeting will be held at Hampden Academy in Hampden on Saturday morning, April 28, starting at 9:30 am. Come 30 minutes early for breakfast and and conversation. The theme for the meeting is Branching Out and New Horizons, featuring presentations by Abi Buglass, Seth Metcalf, Susan Strickland, and Marilee Osier. It’s a packed meeting with a lot of awesome stuff.… Read more →
Latin/Modern Language Opening at Freeport High School
Freeport High School is looking for a full-time Latin-French or Latin-Spanish teacher for fall 2019. Join us at our supportive, newly renovated school of 525 students within walking distance of L.L. Bean! Interested candidates can apply here, or contact Erin Taylor ([email protected]) for more information. Read more →
AP Latin in Standish
Long time Maine Classicist Jill Crooker will be hosting a workshop at St. Joseph’s College in Standish this summer, July 15-20, for AP Latin teachers. Click here for more information and Jill’s contact info, if you’re interested. Oh, and you get some lobster! In 2013 there was the first administration of what was then called “the new AP Latin”. We… Read more →
Latin Opening at Foxcroft Academy for the 2018-2019 School Year
Foxcroft Academy is looking for a full time Latin teacher for the 2018-2019 school year. Foxcroft has a four year program for grades 9-12 and an active Latin club that participates in Maine JCL activities. For more information, please visit the posting on serving schools. Read more →
Spring Meeting of the Maine Classical Association
Save the date: the spring meeting of the Maine Classical Association will be held at Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine, on Saturday, April 28, from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. Details and agenda to follow in the coming weeks, and please check back here for meeting registration. Read more →
Sailing on the Wine-Dark Sea of Greek History by Mary Papoutsy
Mary Papoutsy, Maine Classical Association alum, will be giving a talk at the University of Southern Maine on Thursday, March 22, at 7 pm, titled “Genealogical Sleuthing in Greece: Sailing on the Wind-Dark Sea of Greek History”. According to the spring newsletter from the Hellenic Society of Maine, “Mary Papoutsy will discuss the American sources of information needed to launch… Read more →