What Students Think

Below are quotes from recent graduates on some of the ways that Latin has helped them develop and succeed at CHS and beyond:

"Taking Latin has helped with my college experience so much when it comes to English, history, and even chemistry classes. Knowing Latin roots and some history behind all of it has gotten me through way more than I ever could have imagined! Taking Latin will help you in the long run; even though it starts out kind of tough, stick with it.  It’s so worth it." 

- Venus, Class of 2019

"I see something Latin related to this day all the time, such as columns or words that I notice have a Latin derivative or sometimes things about history.  I always say to myself "Latin Experience Day," and I love it.  Outside of that, to this day I still am able to use Latin to help me break down words that I may not know and be able to understand them.  It has allowed me to be a little ahead of the curve with medical terminology, and that is thanks to [Latin] class.

- Vitruvius, Class of 2018

"Learning Latin grammar really helped me with English grammar. It taught me the actual reasons for what I was doing, and made be a better writer overall. It's also helpful when I can piece together an English vocab word's meaning from Latin roots alone without ever having to look at the definition. "

-Aurora, Class of 2020

"In Latin, you don’t just learn about Latin.  You learn about English and history and a lot more. Taking Latin helped me tremendously in English class when we learned poetry and just in writing because you learn about so many devices in Latin that are used in English writing today. "

-Anon., Class of 2020

"Understanding words' meanings in the medical field has greatly improved because of this class, and not just medical words, also other normal day-to-day words. A decent amount of our English words are rooted from the Latin language so when I learned what the Latin word meant, I also got a pretty good idea of what some verbs and nouns meant." 

-Anon., Class of 2020

"It helped me with English classes and the health occupational classes. Also anatomy, many bones of the body have Latin names which helped a lot."

-Anon., Class of 2020

"My grammar skills are so much better than when I first started Latin. I also feel like I have better problem solving skills, as I had to really breakdown the Latin to understand it."

-Anon., Class of 2023