EXCELLENCE THROUGH CLASSICS
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Excellence Through Classics Last updated: June 9, 2009. ETC Webmistress Rachel Ash (vicechair@etclassics.org)
Grants and Awards
ETC maintains a Grant Funding
Program designed to support
individuals and organizations
dedicated to the promotion and
advancement of K-9 Classical
Studies.

Download the 2009-2010 ETC GRANT
APPLICATION here.
GRANTS AWARDED FOR 2009

Trinity Christian School, $200
To Jeffrey Trexler build a classics
library including the purchase of the
Iliad and the Odyssey.  These books
will be used for detailed study of the
text in our Literature class and would
promote Classical studies.

Lighthouse Christian School, $200
To Rita O'Leary to fund activities that
enable others to understand the
history and tradition involved with the
study of Latin.

Edith Hope Fine, $350
To present Eureka! Teleport Your
Cryptokids into Greek and Latin
Roots and to defray travel costs to
attend the 62nd Annual ACL Summer
Institute in Los Angeles, CA.

GRANTS AWARDED FOR 2008

Chris Ann Matteo, $200
APA Outreach, "A Traveling Exhibit:
APA Comics Contest Poster Display"

Matthew-Paul Frank Duran, $338
Aeneid Books to prepare students to
present excerpts to promote the
study of Classics, Seton LaSalle,
Pittsburgh, PA

S. Suzanne Henrich, $250
Ascanius: Youth Classics Institute for
Latin Summer Workshop at ACL
Summer Institute, Durham, NH

GRANTS AWARDED FOR 2007

Danielle Schaefer, $350
For Latin program materials for The
Newport School, Silver Spring, MD


GRANTS AWARDED FOR 2006

Nava Cohen, $350
To present Legimus, Scribimus,
Cantamus (and sometimes Ludimus):
A Model for Primary Latin at the ACL
Summer Institute in Philadelphia 2006
http://www.geocities.com/nrscohen/le
gimus

Abigail Braddock, $175
Making the Connection: Middle School
Students and Authentic Assessment"
at the ACL Institute in Philadelphia
2006.

Barbara Bell, $175
For funds to help you present at the
ACL Institute in 2006.

Kaye Reyes, $450
Total Immersion Latin for grades K-3
at the Workshop for Teachers of
Ascanius: The Youth Classics
Institute.

Sherri Madden, $350
For creation of teaching materials
using images from Fulbright study in
Rome.



PREVIOUS GRANTS AWARDED

Augusta County Institute for Classical Studies, $200
To develop and publish lessons and activities promoting the study of ancient
Greek in the elementary school.

Stuart Davis, $350
To present a workshop detailing a Classical Studies curriculum suitable for 1st
and 2nd graders at the 2005 ACL Institute.

Zee Ann Poerio, $300
To purchase new materials for the first Ancient Coin Museums and sponsor
Elementary School activities including a contest, in conjunction with Ancient
Coins for Education.   

Rhodes College & David Sick, $200
To purchase Classical Studies-related books for a mentoring program between
Classics students at Rhodes College and elementary children at a Memphis
public school.

Cathy Scaife, $245
To travel to an exhibition of the Ancient Coin Museum in Pittsburgh. To deliver
presentations on ancient coins to both students and teachers in conjunction
with the exhibit.

Stacie Turner, $705
To assist high school Latin students in developing and implementing a mosaic
workshop for middle and elementary school students in the Bristol, Conn. area.
Augusta County Institute for Classical Studies, $1,000
Latin Summer program.

Susie Scoppa, $350
To present "A Field Trip in the Palm of Your Hand: Roman Coins" at the
2004 ACL Institute.

Victoria Lehman, $300
To present “Victoria’s Secret: Techniques for Motivating the Masses using the
Theory of Multiple Intelligences"  at the 2004 ACL Institute.

Zee Ann Poerio, $350
To collaborate with "Minimus" author Barbara Bell on trans-Atlantic projects
promoting and advancing K-8 Classical Studies.
ETC's Calliope Award is a bi-annual
award designed to recognize
individuals who have demonstrated
long-term commitment to the
promotion and advancement of
Classical Studies in the elementary
and middle schools.

View information about the following
recipients:

2004,  Laurie Darman

2006,  David Baumbach

2008, Margaret Conner
Past Julia K. Petrino award
recipients are as follows:
2009: Vickie Williams from The Wilson
School; teacher Joana Ocros-Ritter

2009: Evan Robert Draim from St.
Stephen's and St. Agnes School;
nominator Ian Hochberg

2008: Lucy Cabell Ross from Aletheum
School; teacher Elizabeth Pyle Ross

2008: Brandon Chawner from The
Chawner Academy; teacher Robyn
Chawner

2007: Emily Iannarilli from the Montrose
School; teacher Karen Demirjian

2007: Mic Townsend from the Fuqua
School; teacher Jodi Maxey

2006: Megan McHugh from Flagg Street
School; teacher Patricia Johnson

2005: Aubrey Binkley from Augustine
School; teacher Mark Dubis

2004: Claudia Hochstein from Barrington
Middle School; teacher Virginia Anderson

2003: Mary Roberts from Reformation
Lutheran; teacher Claudia Colvin

2002: Susie Warden from Bishop Seabury
Academy; teacher Kim Kemles
McNaughton

2002: Alexa Zahl from Horace Mann
School; teachers Hindee Eldridge and
Maureen Kennedy

2001: Peter Keszler from St. Anselm's
Abbey School; teacher Claudia Colvin

2000: Kira Suyeishi
GRANTS AWARDED FOR 2005

Irene Hall, $750
To send Discovery Charter School
students to see a Shakespeare
Theatre of New Jersey production
based on Greek mythology.
Download the Petrino Award Application here.
Joseph Marquette, $250
For materials to launch a middle school Classics program including classroom
visuals, props,  historical maps, and posters.

Kimberly Freeman, $300
To purchase books and materials for a middle-school Latin & Classical Studies
exploratory course.