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| 6th Grade Latin Students Enjoy a Traditional Roman Feast |
 Diligent 6th grade Latin scholars celebrated their progress with a traditional Lucullan Roman Banquet. The banquet was complete with decadent feasting alla Romana (in Roman style) with entertainment, dancers, wrestlers, and sword fights. Traditional ancient dishes of baked boar (roast pork), sea bass with capers, ham, foccacia, glis glis (stuffed dormice which are rice crispy “mice” treats), roast peacock (made from cookie dough), sea urchins (clementines with skewers) and an array of fruits and nuts complete with pomegranates, figs, grapes, and melon were prepared and brought in for the feast. Students were dressed in traditional chitons and togas, and as the feast began royalty were attended to by their slaves. 
The Prima Latina course is an introductory Latin course emphasizing a reading and deductive approach to learning the vocabulary words and grammar. Students grasp grammar concepts through Latin stories and exercises receiving positive reinforcement along the way. Drawings and cultural information highlighting the Roman world, especially daily life in Pompeii, enhance the introductory grammar foundation. Posted December 6, 2004
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As part of the course requirements, students follow the lives of a historical Pompeiian family of the 1st c. A.D. through readings in Latin from The Cambridge University Latin Course, as well as, learned about the Roman house, the discovery and layout of ancient Pompeii, and Roman culinary customs. . In addition, a research project on daily Roman life in Pompeii, 79 A.D. is assigned. In the spring, students also complete an artistic project for the Philadelphia Classical Society Latin Week,
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6th Grade Latin Students Enjoy a Traditional Roman Feast