Wonderful news! At the Nov 8th meeting NCCA decided to increase the grant amount from $300 to $500. Any NCCA member is eligible to apply for this grant for supplies/books for their classroom or any conferences/classical travel. The deadline to apply is January 25, 2025.
Dear Classics/Latin Educators of NC,
Announcing NCCA initiative, NC Profs in NC Schools, and online listing of those NC classics faculty who have volunteered to present to k-12 classrooms of North Carolina. As you will see, many of NC’s departments of classics from institutions of higher education are represented. Teachers, do have a look, share the available topics with your students, and feel free to email the professors on this list to set up a class visit in this or next academic year!
Coming off a great spring meeting on March 25, courtesy of Dr. Sharon James and UNC-Chapel Hill Classics! There were roughly 30 attendees, half college/university, half high-school faculty, and a varied slate of stimulating presentations. (Med Deli catering was also not bad! 😊) It was great to see so many familiar (and new) faces!
At that meeting, not incidentally, was the inauguration of NCCA’s new president, Travis King, of Page High School, whose term runs through February 2025. Please welcome Travis (cc’d)!!
Among the NCCA initiatives in the pipeline are a new, improved NCCA website and along with it an online listing of all NC k-12 Latin teachers with contact info, intended to be available to all up-to-date NCCA members.
This may well be your last official NCCA e-missive from me, but I do look forward to seeing you at future meetings, starting with our fall meeting, Sunday, October 8, as part of the FLANC conference in Winston-Salem, for which we now have yet another promising slate of presenters!
Yours,
Keyne (a newborn past president, just over one week old…)
UNC-Chapel Hill, Murphey Hall, Rm. 104
10am “Approaching Violence and Enslavement in Greco-Roman Sources”
Sarah Brucia Breitenfeld, Davidson College
11am “Latin Pedagogy for the Non-Classics Student”
Dustin Heinen, NC State University
12pm Lunch/Business Meeting (working agenda below)
1pm “Women in Roman Comedy and Roman Life”
Sharon James, UNC-Chapel Hill
2pm “Money banks, boxes, and bags in the Roman world”
Robyn Le Blanc, UNC-Greensboro
3pm “Fake News on Aeneas’ Shield? Possible Responses to Lying, Exaggeration,
and Encomium in Vergil’s Aeneid 8”
James O’Hara, UNC-Chapel Hill
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Business Meeting Working Agenda (12pm-12:50pm)
When: Saturday, February 25, 2023
Where: Murphey Hall 104, UNC-Chapel Hill
Time: ca. 10am-4pm (come as you are able!)
More details to follow as things come into greater focus.
Please spread the word!
The NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is now launching its review phase of updating the North Carolina World Language Essential Standards, our state standards for K-12 World Language learning (INCLUDING LATIN). This is an important time to help shape the future of Latin in our state.
Certainly if you are a NC public school teacher, but also if you a community member who cares about the way (and the extent that) Latin will be taught in our state going forward, I strongly encourage you to subscribe to the NCDPI listservs for World Languages at the NCDPI Email Updates page.
Certificates of Attendance (COAs)
These may be obtained by attendees through the online program, following each day’s list of session descriptions.
NCCA-Sponsored Sessions
All NCCA sessions are on Saturday, October 8.
All sessions are in meeting room “Empire C” (see map in conference program).
For logistical reasons, our BUSINESS MEETING is the first session, titled “NCCA and You!” (see below).
9:30am Saturday Business Meeting Agenda (tentative)
If you have suggestions for the agenda, please do let me know!
FINAL NOTE: THERE ARE NO NCCA SESSIONS OR EVENTS ON SUNDAY. The FLANC program currently lists NCCA under exhibits and lunch break for Sunday, but this is an error.
The purpose of CAMWS’ Committee for the Promotion of Latin & Greek (CPLG) is to encourage and support all activities that promote the study of Classics, and of Latin and Greek in particular, in and outside of schools. Its principal role is to increase awareness, at each educational level, of our Classics community by offering (1) funding opportunities for promotional activities in the schools, (2) help for Latin/Greek/Classics programs in crisis, and (3) an ongoing conversation about how the study of Latin can be promoted best in the field of education.
It is mission item 1, the funding opportunities, that I especially want to draw your attention to.
Through the Caristia Grant, you can receive up to $50 to help defray costs of such events as a field trip to a museum, a birthday party for Rome, a poetry reading, a family fun day, inviting someone to speak to your class, traveling to a state convention, purchasing a buzzer system for certamen events, an ice cream social, performing a ritual, or a simple Caristia banquet.
For larger events that promote Classics, whether inside or outside school, apply for the Bridge Initiative Grant (BIG) for up to $500. Toga parties, plays, videos, reading groups, rallies, and Classics Days are just some examples of events you might consider. Be creative!
Then there are the Keely Lake Travel Grants for School Groups, designed for 7-12 grade teachers who want to take their students on a trip to an excavation, exhibit or historic sites – domestic or international – that both enhances their learning experience and furthers their interest in Classical Studies. You can request up to $2000.
Finally, you can peruse the list of awards that includes translation exams, travel grants and teaching awards for middle and high school teachers, teacher training and new teacher grants on our awards & scholarships page.
Please reach out to me at ellisonl15@ecu.edu if you have any questions about these opportunities. They do require CAMWS membership, which is reduced for first-year members to $30. You can find out more about the myriad benefits of membership here: https://camws.org/node/713. Ready to join? Here’s the form: https://camws.org/membershiprenewal
Thank you for your efforts to keep Classics growing in schools across the state!
Sincerely,
Lisa Ellison
Teaching Instructor of Classics
East Carolina University
NC-VP, CAMWS
Beginning K-12 teachers enjoy reduced FLANC conference rates ($65 off). PLUS, k-12 teachers in their 1st, 2nd or 3rd year may also apply for a scholarship that covers FLANC membership, conference registration, and a free $35 workshop at the conference (Oct 8-9). See “Beginning Teacher Fall Conference Scholarship (K-12)” at this link. Deadline September 23. SPREAD THE WORD!!!
When: Saturday, October 8
Where: Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham, NC
Reimbursement: This year NCCA is reimbursing $100 of the FLANC registration cost to k12 teachers who are NCCA members in good standing and whose institutions do not offer reimbursement for the FLANC conference. Please contact Secretary-Treasurer Caroline Kelly at quaestor.ncca@gmail.com to request reimbursement.
Registration: Just visit the FLANC conference page here!
9:30-10:20: Using Digital Tools to Teach About Antiquity(Ashley Cobb, Caldwell Academy)
10:30-11:20: Active Learning in the Latin Classroom (K-8) (Heidi Dean, Veritas Christian Academy)
11:45-1:20: FLANC Plated Lunch and Keynote (free with registration)
1:30-2:20: Status Quo of Latin Vocabulary Learning (Andrea Stehle, St. Timothy’s Episcopal School)
2:30-3:20: Learning from L1 Literacy Leaders (Caroline Kelly, Mitchell Community College)
3:30-3:50: NCCA Business Meeting
4:00-5:00: The Payoff of Parsing: Principles and Practices for Classics Classrooms (Dr. Nathan Sundt, Veritas Christian Academy)
Please Note: The above is a draft schedule. This information will be updated as needed once FLANC makes the final program available. Note also that FLANC is hosting many other presentations and providing boxed lunches to attendees on Sunday, October 9, as well.
It’s time to renew your NCCA membership for academic year 2022/23. Only $25. Renew or join online! It’s easy!
North Carolina Classical Association (NCCA) 