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I try to respond to all questions within 24 hours, unless you contact me on a Sunday.  I do not work on Sundays.

Incidentally, I may have already answered your question in the  Frequently Asked Questions below.

Could I see an Example Class? 

Where can I find my grade?  

Do you provide grades in the Online Classes?

How do I Update My Credit Card Information? 

How do I Update or Cancel My Subscription?  

Why am I Being Charged During the Summer?  

How do I add sub-accounts for each of my children?  

As a Student, Can I just Watch the Previous Classes?  

Should I Read Henle Latin or Lingua Latina?

Latest Blog Posts

How to find your grades on my site.

I received this question: How can I see my student’s grades for quizzes etc taken in your anytime classes? Here is my reply: Sometimes a video explanation is so much better than a written explanation. https://vimeo.com/355410011  

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High school credit.

I received this question: My son is transferring schools this academic year ('18-'19) and his new school does not offer Latin.  He used Lingua Latina for Latin I during his freshman year at his old school and I have been searching online for a suitable course.  Your...

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Spanish?

I received this question: For Spanish, will the class have a native speaker to listen to or is this mainly textbook teaching? Here is my reply: Textbook.  We will be reading through this book: https://archive.org/details/pocopocoelementa00hallrich/page/n4 I will be...

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Email of the week

I received this email.  Made my day.     "We tried online high school classes for one year, and it was a miserable failure, and our sons now have an immediate aversion for any type of online class that requires videos. When I checked in with our son after he...

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Morning classes cancelled today.

Guys, I am sorry.  The webinar software I use simply will not work this morning.  First, I couldn't record... now, I can't get the system to even turn on. Off to contact tech support. We will try this again tomorrow. Again, I am very sorry. Dwane  

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Spanish?

I received this question: For Spanish, will the class have a native speaker to listen to or is this mainly textbook teaching? Here is my reply: Textbook.  We will be reading through this book: https://archive.org/details/pocopocoelementa00hallrich/page/n4 I will be...

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How will we get a grade in the French course?

I received this question: My son is excited to be joining you for French this year, although probably for the recorded lectures. I do have a question on whether you will be going through the exercises that are in the book? There does not appear to be a workbook like...

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You may find these questions helpful…

I received a series of questions.  You may find them helpful. Her questions are followed by my bold answers.  1) The Henle I class will begin from the beginning in September. Yes.   2) You teach the Henle classes every morning.  Correct.  That is happening now.  These...

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Visual Latin and High school credit

I received this question: My son (9th grade) will be doing Visual Latin this year.  I am hearing conflicting info on whether VL meets high school requirements, some are saying it is used for college.  I homeschool, so I wish to ensure that my son has the high school...

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What I teach my own kids If I could start over

I received this question: I have worked through Memoria Press's  Prima Latina, First Form Latin, and Second Form Latin with my high school age students, and we are a few lessons into Third Form.  Honestly, it's become a bit of a slog and I don't think we are doing a...

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What others are saying….

I am answering A LOT of emails these days.  Comes with the territory.  In August, people are wondering what to do about Latin. If you are unsure about signing up, this may help.  I have an entire page dedicated to testimonials. Here is what a few people are saying: "I...

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Henle Latin, Visual Latin, or Lingua Latina?

I received this question: Hi! I am intrigued by your online classes and your Visual Latin curriculum and am considering switching my CC Challenge I student to one of these. He will still attend Challenge I (and has already completed the Latin required in Challenge B,...

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Grading?

I received this question: How does your grading component work? Here is my reply: Ah. Grading.  That tends to be a major headache no matter where you go for help. That would be one area where my site does stand out.  I have spent untold hours creating tests for my...

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How I am teaching myself French

Most people come to this site looking with one question.  "Can you help us get through the Henle Latin series?" The answer is, "Yes.  I can.  I think it may destroy my sanity in the end, but, yes.  I can help you get through the Henle Latin series." I am not kidding...

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