National Latin Teacher Recruitment Week asks as many educators as possible across the nation (and beyond!) to find one day to talk to their students about becoming secondary Latin teachers. NLTRW was created to address the Latin teacher shortage that we are facing in this country. The demand for Latin continues to grow, in great measure due to our own best efforts to raise awareness about the importance and richness of the study of Latin. Now that we have created the demand, it is time to create the teachers.  NLTRW is scheduled for the first full week in March, but if you cannot speak to your students that week due to testing or holidays or whatever, just pick another day of another week. The most important thing is to talk to your students about becoming teachers.  For more information, including ideas, free posters to download, and funding opportunities, point your browser to promotelatin.org and click on the NLTRW link.

Ronnie Ancona
APA VP for Education

New event posted: Aquila Theatre’s special, limited engagement NYC production of Herakles on March 27-30. Check the CAAS event calendar for more details.

The Classical Association of the Atlantic States would like to acknowledge gratefully two generous donations made by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers in honor of Lou Bolchazy.  Donald Sprague kindly directed a contribution from the Bolchazy-Carducci team to the Jerry Clack Fund, and Marie Bolchazy, President, sent a contribution to the general fund. 

Ladislaus  J. (Lou) Bolchazy, PhD
June 7, 1937—July 28, 2012

Ladislaus  J. (Lou) Bolchazy, PhD was the president and founder of Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers (BCP), whose mission is “a better future through the lessons of the past.” Staffed by editors who are classicists, BCP specializes in books dealing with the ancient world. He was especially proud of the company’s Latin for the New Millennium series, launched in 2008, which is the most popular new introductory Latin series in the nation. The Red Flare: Cicero’s On Old Age, a translation of De Senectute and a favorite of Lou’s, was the last book he commissioned and also his 75^th birthday present to himself. During the 1970s and 1980s, when other publishers nearly abandoned Latin, BCP, under Lou’s leadership, provided a steady stream of textbooks allowing teachers to expand the breadth of Latin authors they could teach in their Latin classrooms. Continue reading →

Please click here to see details regarding APA’s new pedagogy awards. Submissions are due March 1st!

Click here to read Rutger’s article about the great things that CAAS member and leader Henry Bender has brought — and continues to bring — to our field: Celebrating Henry V. Bender, a legendary teacher of the ancient world.

After twenty years as Editor of Classical World, Dr. Matthew Santirocco has indicated his
intention of stepping down in October, 2013. The Classical Association of the Atlantic States is now searching for a new Editor, who will assume responsibility in the summer of 2013, and whose first issue will be 107.1 (Sept.-Nov. 2013).
The Editor, who must be a member in good standing of the Association, is appointed
for a term of five years, renewable. S/he has responsibility for the editorial content of the
journal. Working with an editorial board of several associate and assistant editors, the Editor acknowledges and keeps track of submissions, selects referees, informs authors about the status of their articles, and advises them on revisions. In addition, the Editor works closely with the journals division of the Johns Hopkins University Press, which typesets, produces, and distributes each issue.
The Editor is an ex officio member of the CAAS Board of Directors, prepares semi-annual
reports for the Board, and attends its meetings. The Editor receives an honorarium of $10,000 annually, and the Association pays for the editor’s travel and lodging to attend Board meetings during the term of office. As in the past, short-listed candidates will be asked to determine what support their home institutions would be willing to provide to enable them to undertake this work.
Candidates should send a CV and a letter explaining their interest to the Chair of the CAAS
Nominations Committee, Dr. Shelley Haley (officeratlarge@caas-cw.org), not later than January 31, 2013. The Committee also welcomes nominations of suitable candidates.

Beginning with issue 106.1, Classical World will be published by the Johns Hopkins University Press on behalf of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States. Members of CAAS and other individual subscribers should renew their subscriptions as in the past. More information will be shared via this page in the coming weeks and months.

Join us for a half-day of panels and workshops for Latin teachers of all levels on Saturday, October 27, from 9 AM to 1 PM, in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center on the campus of the University of Delaware in Newark.

Topics featured this year include the new AP Latin exam, new charter school programs, and virtual resources in Latin. Click here for the complete program. The event is free and includes breakfast and lunch; for more information and to preregister, contact Professor Lynn Sawlivich, University of Delaware, at lsaw@udel.edu.

On Friday, October 19th, the Philadelphia Classical Society, in partnership with
Bryn Mawr College, will host the inaugural Classical World Fashion & Design Show
dedicated to the memory of Norma Goldman. Continue reading →

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens has acknowledged and welcomed the increase to $10,000 of the E. Adelaide Hahn scholarship awarded each year, one or two annually, by The Classical Association of the Atlantic States.  These additional funds will enable each year’s selected recipients to participate more fully in the Summer Session of the ASCSA.