Calder Classics offers learning experiences associated with the Classics. We believe a creative engagement with antiquity enables our students to take a more thoughtful approach to modern life and have a greater appreciation of all cultures.
- Calder Classics online and travel programs for high school students offer an intensive interdisciplinary approach to Ancient Greek, Latin, and other ancient languages and cultures. We also hold Classics-inspired Creative Writing and Rhetoric Workshops. By interacting with ancient history and art history, students deepen their understanding of language, literature and culture, and enhance their educational performance and personal growth.
- In addition to experiential Classics education, we now also offer tailored, one-on-one college admissions consulting services. See our consulting offerings HERE or contact us to discuss!
- During the last twelve years students have joined us from these 238 public and private schools in N. America, S. America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia and have gone on to attend these 89 top colleges.
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Testimonials for Calder Classics Online Programs!
I have such a strong passion for Classics and I honestly owe it to you and your program which introduced me to the idea of furthering my Classics studies. I still follow the Calder Classics instagram and I absolutely love seeing all the fun things the kids are doing year by year. I have such fond memories of my time with you in Florence!
I cannot thank Calder Classics enough for a splendid month this summer. I took two Reading Latin courses: Constructing Memory and Raise a Toast to Wining and Dining. They each offered something different but were equally fascinating. Even reading some of the same authors (Vergil, Catullus, Horace, Ovid) and looking at the same artists (Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Vasari) brought new insights the second time around, since the theme of each class was well defined yet broad. The online format worked well, I thought--obviously, we’d all rather be in Florence, but in some ways meeting remotely increased the possibilities of what we could read and see. Actually, my art history teacher really was in Florence, and made a tremendous effort to immerse us in the culture, knowledge, and landscape around her. All of the teachers were more than willing to stay late or come early to class to make sure we, the students, felt fully confident about our translations and interpretations of the material at hand. I’ve been given a wonderful toolkit of terminology, literary, artistic, and historical; directions for dissecting relevant words, images, and ideas; and pure enthusiasm for reaching into corners of my mind and of the world I never knew existed. From these courses, I have learned how to critically engage with nonverbal as well as verbal information, and to try and find each within the other. So, I think I finally have an answer to the age-old question as to which is superior, art or literature: both!
My Calder Classics experience was amazing, my teacher was super nice and very helpful! I learned a lot about Augustan Rome and read many interesting authors. Although I wish we had been able to actually go to Rome, I really enjoyed my experience!
Calder Classics Rome in Absentia provided an informative and fun virtual experience where I was able to study Latin and pretend to travel to Rome right from my bedroom.
Absolutely wonderful. Calder makes the best poets from the Latin Golden Age incredibly accessible. Here you mingle with them and glimpses through their eyes.
I liked the diversity. Usually classics courses focus on one author, one work-- focusing on one theme is a great change of flavor.
I really enjoyed the Art History portion of the course which I have never taken before. It was really valuable to have a teacher who is actually in Florence and could (virtually) take us to certain places. It made not being in Italy slightly better. Despite all the pandemic obstacles in the way, Calder Classics was able to adapt and deliver an incredible online program that taught me so much!
This class was a great way to help me feel confident when reading and translating Latin.
In Intro to Latin I found it really helpful that our teacher came into our breakout rooms every so often to make sure we understood the exercise we were doing. If we were struggling with a translation, he would guide us through it. I think the one on one attention was very effective. We moved from concept to concept at a steady pace, slowly enough so that we could absorb the new information, but also fast enough so that we remained engaged for the entirety of the course.
This course was very clear and effective. I really liked that all of the information was in one place (just one textbook and not multiple). There was a good balance of independent work and group work as well.
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