“Latin trains abstract thinking, provides a key to all modern Romance languages, is a model for interdisciplinary study (language, history, culture) and can be a lot of fun.”
Michael C. Behnke, Vice President for Enrollment, University of Chicago
Welcome to the website of Dean Furlong, Latin teacher at Collierville High School. Here you will find news, information and resources concerning the Latin program. For weekly work, assignments, and handouts, log into Schoology.
You already know a lot more Latin than you realize because it's all around you--on your dollar bills (novus ordo saeclorum, annuit coeptis), in government and politics (senate, veto, candidate, republic, constitution, federal), law (alibi, habeas corpus, legal, jury, penal), logic and rhetoric (oratory, non sequitur, ad hominem, terminus ad quem), history (ante-bellum, interregnum, medieval), writing (ibid., et al., sic, etc., e.g.), religion (creed, basilica, ex cathedra), medicine (virus, vitamin, doctor, infusion, therapy)and much, much more.
By taking Latin, you can gain a whole new perspective on the world around you while acquiring impressive credentials that boost college applications along the way. Latin is far more than simply a dead language. Learn more about why you should strongly consider our program by clicking this link.
Lingua Latina non mortua est, sed immortalis (Latin is not dead, but immortal!)