Announcements · Fall Term 2026

The Fall Term 2026 Schedule

September 8, 2026

The fall term runs September 12 through November 20, ten sessions, meeting once weekly for two hours. What follows is the complete fall offering, organized the way a parent actually needs it: by stage, by level, and by exactly who each section is for.

Stage I: Latin Language

Three tracks, one for each stage of a student's schooling. A student enters exactly one, according to age.

Natural Latin (upper elementary) acquires Latin the way a first language is acquired, through story and repetition rather than isolated grammar drills, at a pace governed by how readily a class absorbs each stage rather than by a fixed clock.

• Beginner, Wednesdays 7–9 PM, September 16 – November 18. No prior Latin experience.
• Beginner, Saturdays 5–7 PM, September 12 – November 14. No prior Latin experience.
• High Beginner, Saturdays 3–5 PM, September 12 – November 14. For a student who has completed roughly one term, not a full school year, of Latin elsewhere; because Emerson Latin's own pace runs considerably faster than school Latin, even at the elite boarding-school level, a full school year taken elsewhere does not necessarily place a student beyond Beginner. Placement is confirmed upon enrollment.

Oxford Latin (middle school) combines the nature method with formal grammar instruction, moving by the later terms into real Latin prose and poetry, the foundation Stage II and the AP exam require. Six terms to completion.

• Beginner, Thursdays 7–9 PM, September 17 – November 19. No prior Latin experience.
• Beginner, Sundays 5–7 PM, September 13 – November 15. No prior Latin experience.
• Intermediate, Saturdays 7–9 PM, September 12 – November 14. For a student with roughly a year of Latin already completed at a boarding school or its equivalent.

Grammar Latin (high school) is the direct grammar-translation route, the shortest path from a first Latin sentence to readiness for literature and the AP exam. Four terms to completion.

• Beginner, Fridays 7–9 PM, September 18 – November 20. No prior Latin experience.
• Beginner, Sundays 7–9 PM, September 13 – November 15. No prior Latin experience.

Stage II: Latin Literature

Once a student completes any Stage I track, the literature sequence opens. Courses run every term of the year, including summer, so a student can begin as soon as the language foundation is complete without waiting for autumn. Two literature courses are required before advancing to Stage III.

• Latin Literature, Thursdays 9–11 PM, September 17 – November 19.

Stage III: The AP Latin Examination

The prose and poetry sequence required for the AP Latin exam, taken together from fall through the exam itself in May. Admission requires a completed language path and two literature courses, or their demonstrable equivalent.

• AP Latin Prose (the letters of Pliny the Younger), Saturdays 9–11 PM, September 12 – November 14.
• AP Latin Poetry (the poetry of Vergil), Sundays 9–11 PM, September 13 – November 15.

Stage IV: Advanced Latin Literature

For students who have completed the AP Latin exam and wish to continue. The pace quickens; the authors deepen.

• Advanced Latin Literature, Wednesdays 9–11 PM, September 16 – November 18.

Humane Letters: Opening Winter Term

Humane Letters, our Great Books reading and writing program conducted in English, opens with the winter term rather than this fall, beginning November 21. Details on the program, its admission process, and how it fits alongside the Latin curriculum are on its own page.

Learn more about Humane Letters →

Private Instruction, at Every Stage

Individual instruction, paced to the student, is available at every stage of the Latin sequence and for Humane Letters as well. Spots are offered according to availability.

International Competitions

At every stage, students have the opportunity to compete in international Latin and classical humanities contests, prepared with materials developed within the academy itself. Emerson Latin students as young as upper elementary have, on occasion, competed against, and outperformed, students at elite boarding schools many years their senior. Stage II and Stage III students compete for gold medal and Summa Cum Laude honors in contests of increasing rigor; Stage IV students reach the most prestigious international competitions in the field, the level most consequential for a college résumé and top university admissions.

See the full schedule, by day and time →

New to Emerson Latin? Admissions explains how placement works →

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