Latin Club will return on Monday October 29. Sessions are from 4:30-5:30 PM in Bosler Hall. Please note the building change for this academic year.
For the Fall semester, we will meet on the following dates: 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3. Stay tuned for our Spring semester dates.
While Chris Francese is on Sabbatical, Laura Takakjy (Visiting Assistant Professor in Classical Studies) will be in charge. Ann Heermans-Booth (Adjunct Faculty in Classical Studies) and Laura Takakjy will supervise each session of Latin Club. Two Dickinson Latin students will lead each section of children, who will be divided based on grade-level on the first day.
This year we will meet in Bosler Hall on Dickinson College’s Campus on the third floor. Bosler Hall is at the corner of High Street and N. College Street. There is plenty of parking available at that time on High Street, N. College Street, and West Louther Street.
The club is free, and is supported by the Dickinson Classics department, through the Roberts Fund for Classical Studies. This fund will be used to purchase materials for crafts and so forth.
If you are interested in registering your child for Latin Club, please e-mail the child’s name, a contact e-mail address, and the child’s grade to Terri Blumenthal at blumentt@dickinson.edu She is the Academic Department Coordinator of the Classical Studies Department. You can also email me with questions at takakjyl@dickinson.edu.
Latin Club will be returning on Monday, October 23, 2017. We will be meeting every Monday while Dickinson is in session, from 4:30-5:30 in the East College Building. (October 23, October 30, November 6, 13, 20, 27, December 4, January 22, 29. February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23.) See calendar.
If you are interested in registering your child for Latin Club, please e-mail the child’s name, a contact e-mail address, and the child’s grade to Terri Blumenthal at blumentt@dickinson.edu She is the Academic Department Coordinator of the Classical Studies Department. You can also email me with questions at francese@dickinson.edu. Registrations are due by Monday, October 16.
There will be four concurrent sessions:
Kindergarten-1st grade
2nd -3rd grade
4th-5th grade
6th-8th grade
All sessions will meet in the Department of Classical Studies, in the East College building at Dickinson College. East College is on N. West St. between High and Louther Streets. There is free parking on High St., Louther St., and College St. in the vicinity of East College. The classics department in on the first floor, and all five sessions will meet in the lobby on the first day. We will divide the students up into their appropriate sessions from there.
Each session will have at least two instructors. These instructors, or magistri, are students at Dickinson, Camp Hill High School, and Trinity High School. Ashley Roman Francese and I will be supervising the instructors throughout the year, and I will teach the 6th-8th grade group. Please stay and meet the magistri if you can on the first day. Parents are more than welcome to participate in all Latin Club activities, but need not stay. There will also be a special Parents’ Day on April 23rd, when the Latin Club students will be planning activities for their parents to participate in and observe.
The Middle School session will be using a textbook called the Cambridge Latin Course (Unit 1). We will provide the book. In addition to that there will be various other crafts and activities throughout the year, a planetarium show, a lecture on Hercules, etc…
Latin Club will meet every Monday when Dickinson classes are in session. Note that this does not always correspond to the school district schedule. We will endeavor to send out reminders around holiday time to keep you up to speed.
The club is free, and is supported by the Dickinson Classics department, through the Roberts Fund for Classical Studies. This fund will be used to purchase materials for crafts and so forth. The only thing we may ask you for money for is a t-shirt if we decide to order them.
I would like to make this easy and fun for the parents as well as the kids. If there is anything we can adjust to make it easier logistically, just let me know. You are more than welcome to stay, or not, as you wish. We are very much looking forward to meeting you and your children.
All the best,
Chris Francese
2017 magistri (l-r): Seth Levin, Drew Kaplan, Ashley Roman-Francese, Chris Francese, Beth Eidam, Jared Novacich, William Boyes, and (recumbent) Tobin Bromberg.
Latin Club will be returning on Monday, October 26. We will be meeting every Monday while Dickinson is in session, from 4:30-5:30 in the East College Building. (October 26, November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, December 7, January 25, February 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, March 7, 21, 28, April 4, 11, 18, 25.)
If you are interested in registering your child for Latin Club, please e-mail me that child’s name, a contact e-mail address, and the child’s grade, and I will add him/her to the list. My e-mail is francese@dickinson.edu. Registrations are due by Monday, October 19.
Latin Club is led by Ashley Roman (Camp Hill High School) and Chris Francese (Dickinson College)
There will be four concurrent sessions: a Kindergarten-1st grade session, a 2nd -3rd grade session, a 4th-5th grade session, and a 6th-8th grade session for children in Middle School.
All sessions will meet in the Department of Classical Studies, in the East College building at Dickinson College. East College is on N. West St. between High and Louther Streets. There is free parking on High St., Louther St., and College St. in the vicinity of East College. The classics department in on the first floor, and all five sessions will meet in the lobby at 4:30 on Monday the 26th. We will divide the students up into their appropriate sessions from there.
Each session will have at least two instructors. These instructors, or magistri, are students at Dickinson and Camp Hill High School. Ashley Roman and I will be supervising the instructors throughout the year, and magistra Roman herself will teach the 6th-8th grade group. Please stay and meet the magistri if you can on the first day. Parents are more than welcome to participate in all Latin Club activities, but need not stay. There will also be a special Parents’ Day on April 25th, when the Latin Club students will be planning activities for their parents to participate in and observe.
The Middle School session will be using a textbook called the Cambridge Latin Course (Unit 1). We will provide the book. In addition to that there will be various other crafts and activities throughout the year, a planetarium show, a lecture on Hercules, etc…
Latin Club will meet every Monday when Dickinson classes are in session. Note that this does not always correspond to the school district schedule. We will endeavor to send out reminders around holiday time to keep you up to speed.
The club is free, and is supported by the Dickinson Classics department, through the Roberts Fund for Classical Studies. This fund will be used to purchase materials for crafts and so forth. The only thing we may ask you for money for is a t-shirt if we decide to order them.
I would like to make this easy and fun for the parents as well as the kids. If there is anything we can adjust to make it easier logistically, just let me know. You are more than welcome to stay, or not, as you wish. We are very much looking forward to meeting you and your children.
Latin Club will be returning on November 10th. We will be meeting on Mondays from 4:30-5:30.
If you are interested in registering your child for Latin Club, please e-mail me that child’s name, a contact e-mail address, and the child’s grade, and I will add him/her to the list. My e-mail is aroman@thsrocks.us. Registrations are due by Monday, November 3rd.
This year there will be five sessions; a Kindergarten-1st grade session, a 2nd -3rd grade session, a 4th-5th grade session, and two 6th-8th grade session for children in Middle School (Introduction to Latin II for students who completed the Middle School program last year and Introduction to Latin I for students new to the Middle School Program).
All five sessions will meet in the Department of Classical Studies, in the East College building at Dickinson College. East College is on N. West St. between High and Louther Streets. There is free parking on High St., Louther St., and College St. in the vicinity of East College. The classics department in on the first floor, and all five sessions will meet in the lobby at 4:30 on Monday the 10th. We will divide the students up into their appropriate sessions from there.
Each session will have at least two instructors. These instructors, or magistri, are students at Dickinson and Trinity. Chris Francese and I will be supervising the instructors throughout the year. Please stay and meet the magistri (instructors),Chris, and me, if you can on the first day. Parents are more than welcome to participate in all Latin Club activities. There will also be a special Parents’ Day on April 27th, when the Latin Club students will be planning activities for their parents to participate in and observe.
The Middle School session will be using a textbook called the Cambridge Latin Course (Unit 1). We will provide the book. In addition to that there will be various other crafts and activities throughout the year, a planetarium show, a lecture on Hercules, etc…
Latin Club will meet every Monday when Dickinson classes are in session. Note that this does not always correspond to the school district schedule. We will endeavor to send out reminders around holiday time to keep you up to speed. And I will be sending out a schedule of meeting dates before the November 10th start date.
The club is free, and is supported by the Dickinson Classics department, through the Roberts Fund for Classical Studies. This fund will be used to purchase materials for crafts and so forth. The only thing we may ask you for money for is a t-shirt if we decide to order them.
I would like to make this easy and fun for the parents as well as the kids. If there is anything we can adjust to make it easier logistically, just let me know. You are more than welcome to stay, or not, as you wish. We are very much looking forward to meeting you and your children.
Latin Club is a fun way for younger students to encounter Latin and ancient Roman culture, to learn some mythology and classical culture, and English vocabulary and grammar as well. There will be games, songs, crafts, and various projects.
The Latin Club will meet on Mondays, starting November 10th, 2014, and continuing through late April 27, 2015, from 4:30 to 5:30 PM in the East College building at Dickinson College. East College in on N. West St. between High and Louther Streets. Here is a link to Google Maps that shows the area and parking. There is free parking on High St., Louther St., and West St. in the vicinity of East College. The classics department in on the first floor.
A very nice news item appeared recently on the main Dickinson website on all the Latin-related goings on at the College, and it included a 60-second video on Latin club, featuring Tyler Richey-Yowell and Latin Twister. Check it out!
Celebre carmen “Vulpes,” a Ylviso festive scriptum et cantatum, Latine reddiderunt magistra Roman et professor Francese. Vide archetypum (illam pelliculam facetam) hic.
“Vulpes”
Canis it woof, feles it meow.
Avis it tweet, et mus it squeak.
Vacca it moo. Rana it croak, et elephans it toot.
Anates quack et pisces blub, et phoca it OW OW OW.
Sed sonus fit quem nemo scit…
QUID DICIT VULPES?
Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
QUID DICIT VULPES?
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
QUID VULPES AIT?
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
QUID VULPES AIT?
Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
QUID VULPES AIT?
Oculi, caerulei, sequens mures et fodiens.
Struthope, acclivis, subito stas immobilis.
Pellis rubra, tam pulchra, sicut dea celata.
Sed si equo excipias, tune communices stylo-o-o-o-o, -o-o-o-o-o, -o-o-o-o-o?
Quod dices illo equ-o, -o,-o,-o, -o, -o,-o,-o, -o, -o, -o,-o,-o, -o,-o?
QUID DICIT VULPES?!
Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow!
QUID VULPES AIT?
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!
QUID VULPES AIT?
A-hee-ahee ha-hee!
A-hee-ahee ha-hee!
A-hee-ahee ha-hee!
QUID VULPES AIT?
A-oo-oo-oo-ooo!
Woo-oo-oo-ooo!
QUID DICIT VULPES?!
Secretum vulpis, arcanum antiquum.
Aliquo in silvis, scio latentem.
Qualis sonus tui? Umquam sciemus?
Mysterium semper erit quid dicas?
Curator meus es, latens in silva.
Quid est sonus? (A-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum a-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum)
Umquam sciemus? (A-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum)
Cupio, cupio, cupio scire! (A-bubu-duh-bubu-dwee-dum)
(Bay-buh-day bum-bum bay-dum)
Gardner Gray, 9, left, and Noah Henry 9, right, laugh as they learn how to say their names in Latin on Monday evening at Dickson College during the first gather of the Latin Club. Students from kindergarden all the way to 8th grade signed up for the newly formed club.
Latin Club is a fun way for younger students to encounter Latin and ancient Roman culture, and to learn some English vocabulary and grammar as well. There will be games, songs, crafts, and various projects.
The Latin Club will meet on Mondays, starting November 4th, 2013, and continuing through late April, 2014, from 4:30 to 5:30 PM in the East College building at Dickinson College. East College in on N. West St. between High and Louther Streets. Here is a link to Google Maps that shows the area and parking. There is free parking on High St., Louther St., and West St. in the vicinity of East College. The classics department in on the first floor.
