Today I ran across an amazing web site offering a free course in Latin. With so many of my students going to St. Charles next year, where they will be required to take two years of Latin, and many more going to Bishop Watterson, where Latin is offered, they might want to get a jump start on learning their new language. The site essentially offers a full two-year course equivalent to taking Latin I and Latin II, complete with instruction, activities, homework problems, etc. You can view the course materials online or download them as PDF files and print them out. Pretty cool. Here's the link to the first course:

First Experience Latin with Fr. Reginald Foster

Imagine the benefit of heading into the first day of Latin class with the basics already under your belt. You could be a rock star! As a former student of Latin, I can tell you that having some basic knowledge before going to school would have made my life infinitely easier.