About Us
Founded in 2012 by Cindy Calder, Calder Classics offers online and travel educational courses in the Classics to highly motivated high school and college students.
We ignite curiosity and learning through memorable, academic experiences that deepen students’ understanding of language, literature, and culture. Interacting with history, writing, oratory, and art, our students enhance their educational performance and personal growth to unlock their academic potential both in high school and beyond.
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Through their interaction with literature and history, art and architecture, our students deepen their understanding of ancient and modern culture and develop a lifelong appreciation of the Classics.
Our approach to teaching includes an investigation into how and why the Classics have endured and woven themselves so deeply into our modern lives. We explore the original stories from multiple angles, along with later adaptations and interpretations, some direct and others divergent. Since our inception, students have joined our travel programs from over 200 public and private high schools in North America, South America, and Asia and have gone on to attend an impressive list of top colleges and universities. We also offer a full calendar of online courses for beginning and advanced students.
Calder Classics is proud of our work with Prep-for-Prep and the Squash and Education Alliance (SEA) to provide their program members with opportunities to travel abroad and learn about the Classics in their birthplace. We continue to expand our mission to spread knowledge of the Greek and Roman classics to new and diverse audiences. We host events that include the Calder Classics Scholarship Salon Series in support of raising scholarships for Prep-for-Prep and SEA students to attend Calder Classics programs. Please see our DONATE page for instructions on how to make a tax-deductible donation!
Some of our teachers are available for our Classics Tutoring service in which Calder Classics Scholars provide one-on-one or small group tutoring sessions to middle school, high school, college, and adult students.
Led by Cindy Calder, our Scholars are all well established in their fields with exceptional creative, intellectual, and academic backgrounds. Cindy developed this educational boutique in 2012 with the belief that studying the Classics, when complemented with a first-hand experience of art, history and culture, enriches younger students’ academic experience and encourages adults to re-engage in the joys of learning. She earned her B.A. from Dartmouth and her M.A. in Classics from Columbia University and taught at Trinity School and Brearley in New York City. She lives with her husband in Massachusetts and is the mother of four adult children.
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The Calder programs in the past have supplemented our students’ language practice in very meaningful ways.
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Featured Programs
Reading Latin & Imperial History in Rome
July 16-23, 2026
Calder Classics Online: Introduction to Egyptian Hieroglyphic
August 3-14, 2026
Calder Classics Mentorships
Summer/Fall, 2026