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Latin at St. Mary’s High School. Why study Latin? Latin Course Offerings St. Mary’s Classics Club National Junior Classical League. Why Study Latin.
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Latin at St. Mary’s High School • Why study Latin? • Latin Course Offerings • St. Mary’s Classics Club • National Junior Classical League
Why Study Latin • Latin helps with English grammar and vocabulary. Approximately 60% of English words, 90% of words over two syllables, come from Greek and Latin. • Because it is an inflected language, Latin helps with any foreign language study, but it is especially helpful for the study of the Romance Languages. • Knowing Latin vocabulary is very useful for work in scientific and medical fields. • Latin is very attractive to law schools because of its training in analytical and synthetic thinking. • Latin is the living language of the Roman Catholic Church. • Latin helps verbal SAT scores.
Latin Course Offerings Latin I and Honors Latin I Latin II and Honors Latin II Latin III and Honors Latin III Honors Latin IV Honors Latin V
Honors Latin V • Catullus • Horace • Ovid • Cicero • Ancient Greek • The Gospel According to St. John
Latin Organizations • National Latin Exam Level I: First Year Latin Prose Level III/IV: Third Year Latin Poetry Level III/IV: Fourth Year Latin • National Junior Classical League • Honors Society of the NJCL • National Latin Honors Society • Maryland Junior Classical League