Latin on a transcript

[elegantlion]

I'm a while out from needing this, but it's question #4752 that has popped into my head about high school. :D

 

How do you handle the wording of Latin on a transcript if your dc have completed many years of Latin before 9th grade? 9th grade will be my son's fifth year of Latin (if all goes according to plan). the first four years will be with LFC and Latin Alive, so a grammar based program. From there I hope to go into more of a reading program.

 

Could I call it Latin Readings 1 or something like that? I don't feel a need to put previous years on a transcript but I don't want it to look like we just started in 9th grade either.

 

Any tips?

[Kareni]

I think I'd work from the end. For example, if in 11th grade your son takes the AP Latin exam that year's entry could be called Latin with AP exam (or some such) on your transcript. The year before could be called Latin III and so on. (This based on the fact that AP Latin is often the fourth year of high school study.)

 

Alternatively, if your son is taking the National Latin Exam, you might ascribe the appropriate level from that on your transcript. If your son will not be doing any standardized Latin exams (the Latin SAT subject test is yet another choice), you can be as creative as you wish in your designations so long as they seem reasonable to you (and a college admissions officer!).

 

Regards,

Kareni

[Mama Lynx]

I"m not calling it "Latin I" until I think they're at a level equivalent with a high school Latin I class. So although my oldest has technically been doing latin for *years,* he only just recently attained Latin I status. A that point, he took the Latin I NLE and scored very well.

 

That was in 7th grade. This year we have not gotten to Latin II level, because we took a side jaunt with our co-op. So next year, in 9th grade, he'll have Latin II on his transcript.

 

If we had completed Latin II and taken the Latin II NLE this year, then he'd start his 9th grade year with "Latin III."

[abbeyej]

I agree with Steph. We'll be counting Latin from the level at which ds starts 9th grade, and using the NLE to lend legitimacy to the level on the transcript. Yes, he has had *some* sort of Latin since before he turned 5, but I'm only counting from a high school level when he has reached a high school pace. If that means he takes the level 3 NLE in 8th grade, I'll put "Latin 4 - poetry" (or prose, depending on what we decide to do that year) on his transcript for 9th grade, etc.

[elegantlion]

Thank you all for your input. I like the idea of using NLE as a base.