Lone Pine Classical School -- Latin Classes Online!
	Contact Karen Karppinen via email at: karp1248@gmail.com 2009-2010 will begin our 7th year of award-winning Latin classes!
Information Home Page Why Lone Pine? Course List Which to Take? Course Plans FAQ (Policies) Tuition Nat'l Latin Exam Convention! About Us Our Students Testimonials Why Take Latin? Calendar For Current Students STELLAE Latin 100 Latin 200 Latin 300/400 PROSE Latin 300/400 POETRY Latin Links NLE Latin Library Latin News Nuntii Latini Roman Info Weather Dictionary	Tuition: Tuition for any high-school Latin course: $225/semester ($450/year) - less than any other online course! Students at this rate have full privileges - they attend two live classes per week PLUS a live online help session (optional), receive a teacher-created CD with packets for each chapter and many useful auxiliary materials, take the National Latin Exam (can win an award!), receive full documentation for your records (detailed grade printout, personal narrative for portfolio, certificate including both letter grade and time spent studying), and are eligible to join both the National and local Junior Classical Leagues -- students who earn a grade of "A" may be nominated to join the National Latin Honor Society! Tuition includes the National Latin Exam fee, National and Colorado Junior Classical League fees, and National Latin Honor Society fee (if nominated) -- approximately a $30 value! AUDIT OPTION: Study on your own! You will receive all materials (CD, handouts, Quia access) and be able to observe the two main classes/week for just $100/semester ($200/year). Students "auditing" will not receive grades, take the NLE with us (though you may take it on your own), or attend the help sessions. FREE TRIAL: A student may attend Latin 100-400 for the first two weeks for just the cost of materials ($25)! You will receive our CD in the mail and be treated like a "regular" student with full access. Payment Plans: Please email me to set up a payment plan. Latin 100-400 can become an affordable $50/month! STELLAE: The STELLAE class (Latin for ages 8-12 / grades 3-7) is only $50 per ten-week session. We offer a fall session (beginning in September) and a spring session (beginning in January). There is also an optional three-week session in December, with a fee of $30 (includes test fee), for students who wish to review for and take the Exploratory Latin Exam. Compare Lone Pine Classical School with Other Courses Powerglide - $169.95 - book and CD only; no teacher support. Teaches Latin like a modern language (body parts, family members, shapes) - no preparation to read ancient authors. Rosetta Stone - $195 - CD; no teacher support. Teaches Latin as if you're preparing to travel to Ancient Rome -- though that may be a great adventure, it's not currently possible. Other online teacher-led tutorials (3 found) range from $475 to $550 for Latin I, meeting just once a week. Discounts Available: Parents always attend FREE (if they wish to) – all parents are welcome and encouraged (but not required) to attend, so that they can help with homework and do Latin activities at home! Parents can purchase their own copies of the Orberg book (through amazon.com) and other materials (from pullins.com, amazon.com, or focusbookstore.com). (“Parent” can be another person - who has graduated from high school - appointed by the parent.) Referrals: A referral discount ($25 for Latin 100-400 or Math, $10 for STELLAE) is available for each person you refer who becomes a student (enrolls for at least one semester/session). The discount would be from your SECOND semester/session’s fee only. If people get upset about referrals (e.g. two families claiming one referred student), we will cancel this program. Sibling discounts: These are based on the assumption that students will re-use their older siblings’ materials (if applicable). (Students in the same class will each get their own supplemental books and handouts, and share a CD.) The first/oldest student per family does not get a sibling discount. His/her younger brothers/sisters would. How it works: Oldest/first sibling currently enrolled in Latin 100-400: $30/sem off 100-400; $8/session off STELLAE (does not apply to the 3-week December session). Oldest/first sibling currently enrolled in STELLAE: $8/session off STELLAE Example: One family has their oldest student in Latin 400, another child in Latin 200, and another child in STELLAE. They would receive $30/semester off Latin 200 and $8/session off STELLAE (for the fall and spring sessions, not the three-week December session). Our course fees are as low as possible – they cover materials and my WebEx fees, but I could earn more money delivering newspapers! I teach because I love Latin and enjoy the students; we have a great time, and I'm thrilled to watch them excel! SCHOLARSHIPS! We aim to have a partial scholarship for each high-school student continuing on to the next Latin level who has the highest grade in his/her class. Our Latin Club also helps fund merit/need-based scholarships when possible. We awarded $350 in scholarships toward the 2007-2008 school year! Email me if cost is an issue -- we do everything in our power to make these classes affordable for all students. Please email Karen Karppinen with questions!