About 80% of English vocabulary comes from Latin and Greek.

English vocabulary tests reveal that students of Latin score higher.

A doorway is opened to great classical literature.

Students’ appreciation for English literature grows because great English literature is filled with classical allusions.

This is evident in the studies of medicine and law, wedding rings, dollar signs, political structure, architecture, the names of constellations and planets, etc.

Students of Latin are equipped in the methodology of rigorous analysis.

Latin trains minds to encounter unfamiliar material in science and other disciplines.

Latin is not a “dead language,” but rather a language that lives on in almost all major Western languages.

Students gain an understanding of how inflected languages work. This will prepare them to study the German, Russian and Greek languages.

Why Latin?

Latin reveals a great deal about English and greatly enhances students’ powers of expression in his or her native language.

Latin develops and deepens students’ understanding of and appreciation for literature.

Latin provides an understanding of the classical impact on our modern culture.

Latin trains students in the essentials of the scientific method: observation, comparison and generalization.

Latin provides a wonderful foundation for the study of other languages.