August, 2017
Salvete
Sodales
For those of us who are educators, the
summer days can be a time of replenishment, rest and renewal. Hopefully, you’ve been doing just that: reading some, traveling some, catching up
with family and friends, and, of course, starting to plan for the new school
year.
We are so fortunate in this Tri-State
area to have museums in the back yard.
Museums rich with Classical exhibits.
Try to find time to make a trip yourself, or to plan a school trip with
your students.
Some of the gems that may be near to
your schools are: The Newark Museum, the
Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, and the Princeton University Art
Museum. If you fancy a trip to New York,
there is always the Metropolitan Museum of Art; but don’t forget about the
Frick Collection on East 70th Street—the building, itself, is a
wonderful piece of architecture.
Our next New Jersey Classical
Association meeting will be on Saturday, October 21, 2017 in Pennsauken, New
Jersey. For one of the portions of our program,
we would like to present our members with “resources” available. These resources would include those for the
specific textbooks from which you teach, other resources would be scholarships
that would be available to members.
We are looking for you to provide us
with a list of any resources for scholarships that you know about and we will
compile a list for ready reference.
Also, we are seeking your assistance
for the following part of our program.
If you would be willing to spend a few minutes talking about available
resources for the textbooks from which you teach, we are looking for
volunteers. So far, we have the
following textbooks in mind, but we could certainly use your assistance in
expanding on our list. If there is a
textbook that you use that is not on the list, please advise and we will add
it:
Cambridge Latin Course
Ecce Romani
Latin for the New Millenium
Jenney’s Latin Course
Something important to note is renewal of your membership and
payment of your NJCA dues. If you have not yet renewed
your membership, please do that as soon as possible. You may print a copy
of the form from this web site and mail your check to Marlene, or you may pay
on the NJCA web site via PayPal.
We continue to work toward some of
our goals and we have found someone to take on the position of NJCA historian.
We welcome any information for our web site--historical or not.
Enjoy the season and mark your
calendars for October 21st. Looking forward to seeing you all in
Pennsauken.
Dorothy Maxwell
NJCA President
