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It
is with
sadness that
MagisterWick
announces that
this site is
not currently
being
maintained or
updated. In
late summer
2012 his
attentions
turned to
being a cancer
caregiver at
home,
and by
January 2013
it was
necessary for
him to
resign
his teaching
position at
Windsor HS.
That need
ceased on
January 21,
2014.
Magister Wick
is now
actively
seeking new
employment and
he looks
forward once
again to
calling online
attention to
the many ways
in which
Latin is still
alive and well
in the 21st
century.

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2012

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2012

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After
autographing
the
whiteboard, 2011
Fall Semester
Block 1 Latin
students
gather around
Magister Wick
on their last
day of class.
Valēte! |

April
2011
CSI:
WINDSOR...The
clues are
everywhere!
Latin
and Rome live
in everyday
English.
Latin Four students this spring have the
facts to prove
the case--
Latin is
everywhere you
look. Students
have searched
discarded
newspapers to
create
collages of
vocabulary
with
tell-tale
traces of
Latin. They
have also
clipped and
cropped,
stapled and
stuck a
bulletin board
and a hall
wall full of
all things
Roman.
bene factum...euge omnibus!

March
2011
Latin Two
Studies
Romano-British
Mosaics at
Fisbourne
Palace

Google Rōmānē

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Everything old is new again! Web searchers
who visited
Google on New
Year's Day
lauched the
year 2011 with Roman numerals! Fēlīcitās
omnibus!
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LatinFest 2010
Latin
students at
Windsor High
School
commemorated
the 2054th anniversary
of Julius
Caesar’s
assassination
on Monday,
March 15—the
Ides of March.
Students from
Latin II and
Latin IV
classes
celebrated
the
all-day
festival by
making ivy
garlands and
togas,
feasting on
ancient Roman
and modern
Italian foods
and enjoying
banquet
entertainments
featuring
musicians and
singers,
dancers,
comedians, and
an original
poetry
recitation.
Four
teams began
the morning by
competing in
athletic field
activities
which included
a Roman shield
relay race, a
Frisbee discus
competition,
a “javelin”
toss,
and an ancient
Greek hoop
roll.
The day
concluded with
a three-hour
film biography
of Julius
Caesar. Latin
is alive and
well in
Windsor!
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Read
Some
Student's-Eye
Views of
LatinFest 2010
If you would
like to print
individual
picture files,
download the
MS
Powerpoint:
http://www.latinata.com/WHSLatinFest2010.ppt



June 5-10, 2009

As
the
2009
Spring
semester
came
to
a
close,
students
in
Latin
II
reviewed
vocabulary,
grammar
and
narratives
in
a
variety
of
ways,
including
illustrating
Latin passages
from the book
and
discovering in
newspapers and
magazines the
many English
words which
have come to
us from Latin. Click here
for a
selection of
their work in
a larger
format.
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May 29, 2009

Magistri
Klausmeier
and
Wickenden
finalize
plans
for
third
block
Latin
III
during
Senior
Teach
Day,
2009.
Magister
Klausmeier
presented
a
powerpoint
on
Roman
military
equipment
and guided
discussion
after the
class watched
a video
depicting
several of the
battles which
helped extend
Roman power
across the
Mediterranean.
Kudos for a
job well done! |

April 10, 2009

Together
with
Art
Club
members
and
students
from
Mrs.
West's
Art
History
class,
twenty
students
from
Windsor's
Latin
II,
III,
and
IV
classes
shared
a field trip
to the
Chrysler
Museum of Art
in Norfolk on
the Friday
before Spring
Break.
Students had
the
opportunity to
see a gallery
devoted to
many excellent
ancient Greek
and Roman
artifacts, as
well a
classically
themed
paintings and
sculptures
displayed
among
the museum's
Renaissance,
Baroque,
Romantic,
American and
Contemporary
collections.
The museum is
world famous
for its glass
collection,
and students
were also able
to see an
extensive
display of
cups, bowls,
plates,
perfume
bottles and
decorative
pieces from
all areas of
the Roman
Empire as well
as
contemporary
glass pieces
installed
throughout the
museum as part
of the heavily
promoted Art
of Glass II
exhibition
located at the
Chrysler
during
Spring
2009.
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February-March,
2009
Virtual
Tour
of Italy

Windsor
Latin
students
have
been
touring
Italy
via
the
Internet.
Thanks
to
Wikipedia
and Google
Image Search,
students in
all classes
have been
exploring some
smaller cities
and towns that
are not on
most
Italian
itineraries.
All the
locations date
back at least
to Roman
times, and
each has an
abundance of
ancient ruins
to be seen and
explored. As
"postcards"
arrive, they
are being
shared with
the class and
displayed
around a
classroom map
of the Italian
peninsula.
Take a look! |


March 6,
2009
Going
to Pieces!
Third
block students
today not only
had the
opportunity to
read
information
about the many
types of
mosaics.
that have been
discovered in
countless
sites around
the ancient
Roman world,
but they also
had an
opportunity to
try their hand
at creating
their own
intricate
geometric
patterns
through the
use of a
unique online
mosaic
generator. Click
on any
student's name
to see their
mosaic
full-size. |

February 13, 2009
After
having
studied
life
in
the
Roman
town
of
Pompeii
throughout
first
semester,
Windsor
Latin
classes
watched
the
BBC
video,
Pompeii:
The
Last
Day,
on
Friday,
February
13.
While a
fictionalized
account of the
eruption of
Mount Vesuvius
in 79 AD, this
video
contructs its
narrative and
characters
based on
actual
archaeological
details.
Groups of
characters in
the movie meet
their death in
imagined
situations
that recreate
the precise
postion
of real
remains that
have been
discovered in
the
small
Italian town,
and artifacts
(such as
money,
jewelry, and
glass flasks,
to name a few)
that were
discovered
with those
human remains
are cleverly
worked into
the movie's
narrative
development.
As
companion
exercises,
students
also
read
what
a
first-hand
oberver,
the
Roman
author
Pliny, wrote
about
Vesuvius'
eruption,
learned how
Pliny's name
has been given
to these types
of volcanic
events, and
watched
several short
news clips of
a similar
occurrence,
the eruption
of Mount St.
Helens in
Washington
state in 1980.
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January 30, 2009
Archaeologist
visits
Windsor!
On
Friday,
January
30,
as
part
of
Windsor
High
School's
Career
Day,
first
block
Latin
students,
along
with
students
from
World
History,
Sanish,
and
Art classes
were treated
to a talk and
powerpoint on
underwater
archaeology
presented
by
Susanne
Grieve, Senior
Conservator at
the Mariners'
Museum in
Newport News,
Virginia. Ms.
Grieve, who
holds a
bachelor's
degree in
Underwater
Archaelogy
from the
University of
West
Florida
and
a
master's
degree
in
Conservation
from
University
College
Lodon,
has
also
received
a
certificate
in
Foreshore
Archaeology
from
Hinders
University
in
South
Australia
and
completed an
intership with
the CSS Hunley
Civil War
Submarine
Project. Her
most recent
work took Ms.
Grieve to
Antarctica for
six months in
2008, when
she
participated
in an
international
team of
archaeologists
charged with
evaluating,
cataloging and
conserving
artifacts left
behind by the
first
expeditions
that
explored the
South Pole
during the
late 19th and
early 20th
centuries.
Among
the topics
covered by Ms.
Grieve in her
talk for
Windsor High
School were 1)
her
participation
the
much-publicized,
recent
recovery and
conservation
of the gun
turret
of the Civil
War ironclad,
the Monitor,
which is now
housed in its
own display
space at the Mariners'
Museum
in Newport
News;
2) her
recent work in
Antarctica,
where, in
addition to
her scholarly
work, she
reported that
her team had
frolicked
outside in
T-shirts when
temperatures
got as warm as
zero degrees
(!); and 3)
the famous
Bronze-Age Uluburun
shipwreck
located in the
Mediterranean
Sea off the
southern coast
of Turkey. In
addition to
her prepared
remarks and
slides, Ms.
Grieve
generously
answered, for
over
30
minutes,
students'
questions
about
archaeological
methods and
discoveries,
her own work
conserving
organic
materials, her
schooling, her
paycheck, and
life at the
South Pole.
She also told
students what
types and
sequences of
school courses
were necessary
to prepare
for
careers in
archaeology
and encouraged
them to work
hard and take
advantage of
volunteer
internships,
including
those at the
Mariners'
Museum, to
explore and
refine their
interests.
And, YES, she
did study
Latin in
school!
Windsor Latin
students had
prepared for
Ms. Grieve's
visit by
reading
articles and
summarizing
information
about
the
rediscovery of
the ancient
sunken city of
Alexandria
in 1994 as
well as Roman
age shipwrecks
discovered
throughout
the
Mediterranean
Sea off
Spain,
Italy, Sicily,
and Egypt.
After Ms.
Grieve's
visit,
students wrote
creative
"acrostic"
papers
summarizing
prominent
facts about,
and their
impressions
of,
underwater
archaeology.
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January 5, 2009
Welcome
back,
Windsor
Latin
students!
Happy
New
Year!
We
have
an
exciting
spring
ahead,
and
I'm
pleased
that
you
will
be
with
us
to
share the fun
of learning
about Latin
and ancient
Rome, as well
as the
many ways in
which they
continue to
touch our
lives in the
21st century.
We, in turn,
will bring a
touch of the
21st century
to Latin
itself
by making
extensive use
of the
Internet for
research and
study drills,
and by using
this Latinata
website to
share our work
with the
world. Your
help and
suggestions
will be most
welcome.
Felix
sit annus
novus! |

June 2008
 
"WHAT WE
DO IN LIFE
ECHOES IN
ETERNITY"
The 2007-2008 school year for Windsor
Latin students
ended with all
classes
watching the
movie
GLADIATOR,
winner of the
Best Film
award for the
year 2000.
Afterwards, in
a short
documentary,
we learned
how the
world of
Ancient Rome
had been
recreated for
the movie
through the
use of
digital
effects
created by
computers!
Earlier, in late May and early June,
students in
the Latin III
class explored
aspects of
Roman
architecture
by building
the Colosseum
and a Roman
Arch from
special sets
of wooden
blocks.
Everyone held
their breath
as the arch
support was
gradually
removed, but
the ancient
secret of the
keystone still
worked.
The arch stood
without
external help
and even
managed to
hold a stack
of textbooks
placed upon
it!
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The Romans perfected it and we still use it
today!
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to enlarge the
pictures.
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Agree
or Disagree?
Latin
is not dead;
it
is
eternal.
“The
saying
‘Latin is not
dead,
it is
eternal’ has
real truth to
it. Many words
in modern
languages are
cognates for
Latin words.
Take “novus” for
example; the
words innovate
and renovate
both come from
“novus”. Some
sayings we have
today are Latin
sayings; mostly
they are found
in the medical
field and in law
practices:
“Habeas Corpus,”
meaning in our
terms, “there
must be a body
for a trial.”
So, yes,
I truly believe
the statement
that Latin is
eternal.”
Storm
June 2008
“I do
believe that
Latin is
eternal. Latin
is everywhere
around us.
Their language
is imbedded
into many
modern day
languages.
Their faith,
belief,
culture, daily
life, heroes,
and even words
have
fascinated us
so much that
we now have
many movies,
shows and
books based on
them. And, if
you ever
travel to Europe, you
will still
find the ruins
of their
homes, shops,
and towns.
Some, like Pompeii,
may be lost,
but they’re
not forgotten.
So Latin will
not die until
all of mankind
dies, because
it is a part
of what we
were and what
we have now
become.:
Sam
June
2008
“I
have
learned
that
Latin
is
honestly
the
base
to
how
American
language
got
started.
We
have
a
lot
of
English
derivatives
that
come
from
Latin words
so, even
though we
today do not
speak Latin
directly, we
do use it
everyday.
Latin is
eternal,
unless someone
would like to
change some
English words
and their
meaning. “
Whitlie
June
2008
“I
agree with the
statement.
Before this
year I never
paid much
attention to
how everyday
language is
affected by
Latin. The
weekly
vocabulary
lists really
made it
apparent that
most English
words derive
from Latin in
some way. Our
government is
also very
influenced by
the Romans.
So, thank you,
Mr. Wick. You
have really
opened my eyes
to realize how
important
Latin is to
our everyday
lives.”
Elizabeth
June
2008
“I
have learned
that in Latin,
if you change
the
end of
the word, you
change the
whole tense. I
have also
found out
Latin is also
a base for the
English
grammar. In
Latin it is
not hard to
spell the
word; the
words sound
just like they
are spelled. I
think Latin is
an eternal
language; we
still use it
today in our
court of law.
It also helps
kids on their
S.A.T.S.
That is
what I have
learned about
Latin.”
Mike
June
2008
“Latin
is not dead;
it is
eternal.”
I agree
with that. The
reason is
because Latin
can be used in
many important
ways. It can
be used for
college,
careers, and
something
important
later in life.
The vocabulary
that we use
now is mostly
from Latin.
Not many
people take
Latin in
school because
they think
it’s hard, but
really it is
not. And, in
conclusion,
people should
take Latin
because it
will lead you
to important
things in
life”
Peyton
June
2008
“I
think
Latin
is
eternal
because
it
is
still
being
used
today.
If
Latin
was
dead
we
wouldn’t
be
studying
it
now.
Some
people
are
fascinated in
learning the
language of a
great empire.
Latin is never
dead until no
one teaches or
learns the
language again
and there is
nothing to
remind us.”
Ryan
June
2008
“Latin
is
the
root
of
many
languages.
People
believe
it
is
not
spoken
anymore,
but
this
is
not
true.
It
is
spoken
everyday
when
we
are learning
Romance
languages like
Spanish and
French. Many
words in
English come
from Latin. If
there were no
Latin, how
would we have
so many words
in English we
use today?
Latin is not
dead, it is
eternal
because it
lives in other
languages.”
Kayla
June
2008
“It
is
true
that
Latin
still
lives
on
today.
As
I
learned
Latin,
I
realized
that
each
word
in
English
today
was
derived
from
something
in Latin.
Almost ever
word in the
dictionary
will tell
you
that if look
beside it. It
is even easier
to know what
each word in
English means
due to where
it came from.
Latin has made
English
something that
I’m now
content with.
Latin died
long ago, but
its soul lives
on for
eternity.”
Leslie
June
2008
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