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The Latin Department has always been a strength and a trademark o f St. Peter’s Prep, allowing and encour4| aging many students to continue pursuing the classical language even after taking the two required years of it.! This year die department was headed by new chair, Ms. Erin Gething, who, in addition to being the driving force behind many! new and continued developments in the department, taught Latin I, 2, and 3. As chair, Ms. Gething expanded the reading selec tion for juniors in Latin 3, which grew to include lesser-known compositions by ancient writers such as Catullus and Cicero, ini addition to already-popular works by Ovid and Caesar. Continuing with a major change in die Latin curriculum that began lastl! year, freshman and sophomore classes switched to die Oxford Latin Course series and away from it’s previous book, Ecce Romani, il Many new teachers included Mr. Joy Seth Hurd IV, who taught Latin 1 and 2 Honors, and Mr. Stephen Distinti, who taught Latin 2 and the sole AP Latin 4 class, based on Vergil, as well as Mr. David Muir, who taught Latin 1 and 2 this year after transferring from the Madiematics Department. The teachers in the department continued to use class web sites, granting students easy access to homework, class notes, and study guides for upcoming quizzes and tests. “Projects for the future,” said Ms. Gething, “include a joint website for all teachers in the Latin Department, with links to each individual teacher’s page for die students’ convience.” Senior Amit Sathe, who elected to take Latin each year, stated, “Though challenging, each new year of Latin has only added to a new . perspective of learning that has been developing since I saw my first words of Latin over three years ago.” The Latin Depart ment has made many great changes and growths in die past couple of years, and, as expressed by senior Amit Sathe, has managed to convey the charm and fascination of an ancient culture to a group
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Beginning a new school year as a teacher in the Classics depart ment, Mr. D a vid M u ir reads the daily announcements to seniors Mark Hulipas, Steven Mercado, and M at thew G iordano in his homeroom.
Seniors Sean Carney, M at thew Meehan, William Nunn, Theodore Doyle, Andrew Egan, and D aniel H ooton concen trate on the tips Mr. Stephen D istinti offers when translat ing epic stories fro m Latin.
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