August 25, 2006 Volume XV, Number 1
Colorado Classics Association Department of Classics
Campus Box 248 University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0248
Fall CCA Meeting Saturday, September 9th
Cherry Creek High School at 10:30 a.m.
New CCA Officers and Contact Information
The Colorado Classics Association will meet at Cherry Creek High School on Saturday, September 9th at 9:45 a.m. for Officers and 10:30 a.m. for all members. Directions and a map of the Cherry Creek High School campus are included on an insert in this publication.
Agenda:
9:45 - 10:30 Officers meeting
10:30-11:00 Coffee and conversation
11:00—11:40 Welcome, introductions, & program updates
11:40-12:00 Planning for the Summer 2007 AP Institute Amy Sommer
12:00-12:40 Ad praestantiam: the development of a four- year high school Latin program which will take your students from “intellego nihil” to the skill level necessary for success in an AP or IB exam.
Carol Murphy
12:40-1:00 Friday is Mythology Day: Powerpoint presentations, videos, arts & crafts, and worksheets for the classroom
Mary France
Co-Presidents: Alison Orlebeke, UCB, [email protected]
Amy Sommer, Cherry Creek HS, [email protected]
Vice-President Joy Collins, The Classical Academy, [email protected]
Secretary Frank Gumerlock, Holy Family HS, [email protected]
Treasurer Noel Lenski, UCB, [email protected]
Editor Mary France, Liberty HS, [email protected]
Special points of interest: • Aaron Horton is now managing
the bookless online Latin course for the Colorado Online Consortium, previously done by CU-Boulder graduate, Bekki Richards.
• Amy Sommers received a grant
for a summer study and spent time in Baltimore and Italy.
• Noel Lenski traveled to Italy this summer.
• Mary France spent the summer camping and exploring Greece, Kriti, Santorini, and Milos.
• Joy Collins took a group to
Italy.
• Barbara and John Hill
jour-neyed north to Scandinavian territories.
Inside this issue:
CCA Minutes from Spring 2006 Meeting
2
Cherokee Trail Hires Rebecca Jessup
2
Requiescat in Pace Joel Berk
2
Summer Latin Institute at Colorado College
3
Registration form for CCA: Annual member-ship and dues.
4
Directions to Cherry Creek High School
5
Map of Cherry Creek High School Campus
6
The Colorado
Classicist
Youth with Calf (Moschophoros) circa 570 BCE, cat. No. 624, fig 55 Acropolis Museum, Athens Photo by M. France
Requiescat in Pace: Joel Berk
Contributions can be made to:
Joel Berk’s Children’s Educational Fund c/o World Savings
2807 S. Colorado Blvd. Denver, CO 80222
Please consider leaving a memory to share with his family on the electronic guest book which will be maintained until July 1, 2007:
http://www.legacy.com/Denver/Guestbook.asp? Page=GuestBook&PersonID=18297816 The Classics community lost a great colleague,
father, and teacher this summer with the death of Joel Berk. Joel was a co-chair for the Colorado Junior Classical League and a Latin teacher at Denver University. He was the son of Carol Berk and the late Dr. Leonard Berk. Joel is survived by his children, Jonathan and Celia, his sister Susan (Stephen) Bergkamp and their children, David, Simon, and Anna, and his former wife, Tami Berk.
He was interred at the Mt. Nebo Cemetery.
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CCA Minutes for the February 26, 2006 Meeting
Cherokee Trail High School Hires Rebecca Jessup
CCA held its spring meeting on February 25, 2006 at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Present were co-presidents Susan Bussard and Noel Lenski, vice- president Amy Sommer, secretary Barbara Hill, treasurer Susie McGuinness and newsletter editor Joy Collins, Joel Berk, Jackie Elliott, Amador Fierro, Mary France, Frank Gumerlock, Pierre Habel, Aaron Horton, Rebecca Jessup, Constance Lederer, Carol Murphy, Alison Orlebeke, Crystal Rosenthal, and Helen Vickery.
The first order of business was the elec-tion of officers for the 2006-2008 term. Unanimously elected were Alison Orlebeke of UCB and Amy Sommer of Cherry Creek HS as co-presidents, Joy Collins of The Classical Academy as vice-
president, Frank Gumerlock of Holy Family HS as secretary, Noel Lenski of UCB as treasurer, and Mary France of Liberty HS as newsletter editor.
Items of discussion included information on Latin programs in the state of
Colorado and the possibility of hosting an AP Latin workshop in Colorado in June 2007. Helen Vickery and Amy Som-mer will work to bring this possibility to life.
Following lunch, interested members stayed to read lines 1-115 of Plautus’ Aulu-laria.
Rebecca Jessup, a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Department of Clas-sics, is the new Latin teacher at Cherokee Trail High School. Rebecca previously taught Latin at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Longmont Free University, and at Boulder's New Vista High School. In 2005-2006, she served as a long-term substitute in the Latin classes at Boulder High School and Cherokee Trail high school, thus insuring the viability of the Latin programs at those two schools. In addition, she has maintained a home-school business with Latin as the featured course and is proud to say that one of her home-schooled Latin stu-dents recently was accepted to MIT.
Grave Stele, Archeological Museum, Athens. Photo by M. France The Phaistos Disk, Iraklion
Ar-cheological Museum, Kriti. Photo by M. France
Colorado College’s Summer Latin Institute
Colorado College’s Summer Institute Advertisement
News from CC Summer Latin 2006
Look what happened at Colorado College’s summer Latin program this year!
♦ Students came from as far away as California and Florida
♦ One of the beginning students was training at the Olympic Center
(weightlifter)
♦ Kurt Muller finished his MAT this summer. CC’s first!
♦ Visiting professors were Richard Beaton of Georgia and John Gruber-Miller
of Cornell College in Iowa
♦ CC professors were Owen Cramer, Carol Neel, and Trish FitzGibbon ♦ The Numismatic Museum did a colloquium on Roman coins
The list of classes for the 2007 CC Summer Latin program will be available soon on their website at http://www.coloradocollege.edu/dept/CL/summersession/
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This summer program is ideal for teachers who want to get continuing education credits toward their re-certification and who still want time to spend traveling or relaxing with their families.
M. France, teacher
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♦ Experienced Latin teachers from Colorado and out of state seeking either a graduate
degree or continuing education in Latin.
♦ Inexperienced teachers seeking certification in Latin
♦ Teachers of English and Social Studies seeking to expand their knowledge of the
an-cient world.
♦ Teachers of other foreign languages who wish to add a Latin endorsement
♦ Classics Students working toward a Classics major or minor in need of advanced
lan-guage credit courses.
Teachers, please check on your eligibility for scholarships from
the
American Classical League
.
The summer session at Colorado College offers the following advanced degree programs:
♦ MAT in Humanities for experienced teachers (advanced courses in the Latin Institute
will apply to this degree.).
♦ Fifth-year MAT Latin program for inexperienced teachers. Additional information on
this program can be obtained from the CC Education Dept.
Above: Acropolis, below: Kore wearing polos. Photos by M. France The purpose of the Colorado College Summer Latin Institute is to facilitate
the growth of Latin as widely as possible. The program will help meet the needs
Registration for CCA
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