The Garfield High School Ancient Greek Club

Submitted by tevye_guy on Mon, 06/04/2007 - 19:27.
Last updated on Wed, 10/10/2007 - 00:11.
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09/26/2006
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20Money Raised: $500 (as of 6/30/07)
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Greek Club is devoted to the learning of Ancient Greek language and culture. I started the club to spread my knowledge of Greek to other students in my school. Meeting for two half hour sessions a week, I taught my peers the basics of Greek out of the textbook ATHENAZE. To get enough textbooks, I had to pay for about 9 textbooks out of my own money. Once we had books classes began along with the school year. We started with an attendance of 11, and the number of participants in the club has remained at that level since then. Sessions are divided between language lessons from the textbook and presentations on history and culture made by all members, many of whom have many other rigourous academic commitments to maintain. In March members have the option to take the National Greek Exam, a standardized test administered to high school and college students learning Ancient Greek. This year, of 11 test takers, 10 scored within the top 20 percent of students at their level, and 5 scored in the top 10 percent (out of 1601 test takers!). Next year I plan to have two levels of Greek taught at the school for those wanting to enter the program. We are having a great time, and we are truly enjoying learning this beautiful ancient language.
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