This course introduces the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of ancient Attic Greek. Emphasis is placed on reading Greek prose. The readings provide an introduction to the culture of fifth century Athens. Honors Ancient Greek 1 (L659) students are required to complete additional exercises and translation work that require more sophisticated vocabulary, grammar and syntax.

Intermediate Greek, a continuation of Ancient Greek 1 (L656 or L659), prepares students for original readings from a variety of Greek authors. These readings provide an insight into the Greek mind and world. A survey of Herodotus’ Histories is included. Honors Ancient Greek 2 (L669) students are required to complete additional exercises and translation work that requires more sophisticated vocabulary, grammar, and syntax.

This course focuses on reading intermediate Greek poetry. After focusing on the forms and an intense introduction to Homeric Greek dialect, students translate selections of Homer’s Iliad in Greek, and read it in its entirety in English. Students will use those readings to explore the history, culture, and values of Bronze Age Greece. Honors Ancient Greek 3 (L679) students have the option to take this as a dual credit course. 

This course focuses on reading epic Greek poetry. After an introduction to the Homeric dialect of Ancient Greek, students translate selections of the Iliad or Odyssey in Greek, and read the entire work in English. Students examine the themes of moral injury from war, survivors’ guilt, enslaved women, and challenges faced by veterans returning to home and community. Honors Ancient Greek 4 (L690) students can earn college credit through Loyola University’s Dual-Credit Program.

Advanced Placement Chinese is designed to prepare students for the College Board’s AP Chinese Language and Culture Examination. Students improve their interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communication skills while they develop intermediate to advanced-level knowledge in the Chinese language and culture. Students continue to advance their knowledge in various aspects of the Chinese community, history, and culture. Coursework focuses on two-way communication, reading proficiency, and speech and writing. Students are required to take the national AP exam at the end of the course. As an additional opportunity, students may choose to enroll as a dual credit student.

In this college-level course conducted entirely in French, students improve their interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communication skills, while developing an appreciation for the products, practices, and perspectives of the French culture. Through the study of authentic sources ranging from literature to podcasts and YouTube videos, students explore the themes of global challenges, science and technology, contemporary life, search for self, family and community, and beauty and aesthetics. A summer assignment is required. Students are required to take the national AP exam at the end of the course. Successful completion of French 4 (L746 or L749) is a prerequisite for this course with the exception of seniors dual-enrolled in L749 and L750.

The AP Latin course focuses on the in-depth study of selections from some of the greatest works in Latin literature. The course requires students to prepare and translate the readings and place these texts in a meaningful context, which helps develop critical, historical, and literary sensitivities. Throughout the course, students consider themes in the context of ancient literature and bring these works to life through classroom discussions, debates, and presentations. Additional English readings from both of these works help place the Latin readings in a significant context. Students have the option to take this as a dual credit course. Students are required to take the national AP exam at the end of the course.

AP Spanish Language & Culture prepares the student for the College Board Advanced Placement examination. This course is conducted primarily in Spanish. Students read, discuss, and analyze the six overarching themes as set by the College Board as well as practice the exam skills of interpretive reading and listening alongside interpersonal and presentational speaking and writing. Students are required to take the national AP exam at the end of the course. Successful completion of Honors Spanish 3 (L839) or Honors Spanish 4 (L849) is recommended. Summer work prior to the course is required.

AP Spanish Literature & Culture (L850) prepares the student for the College Board Advanced Placement examination. Students read, discuss, and analyze the works on the College Board’s reading list from a variety of authors in the Spanish-speaking world from the middle ages through the 21st century, including poets, playwrights, and novelists. This course is conducted entirely in Spanish. Students are required to take the national AP exam at the end of the course. Prerequisite: AP Spanish 4 Language (L840) or department chair approval. Summer work prior to the course is required.

This course is an introduction to the basics of the Chinese language and culture, including the rules of writing Chinese characters, Pinyin and tones, and basic grammar as well as listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Chinese.

This course enhances the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Chinese language. Students improve their communication skills through the mastery of more vocabulary and grammar. Incoming freshmen who wish to enroll in this course must take the Chinese Language Qualifying Exam offered in the spring.

This course builds students’ communication skills through an expanded vocabulary, advanced grammar, and more authentic learning materials such as Chinese movies, YouTube videos, TV shows to prepare students for the intermediate level of competence. 

This course develops linguistic proficiencies in listening, speaking, reading, and writing through students’ exposure to real life language tasks involving reading, conversation, composition, and research. Authentic materials and audiovisual materials are used in addition to the textbook and workbook. Students increase their interpersonal and presentational skills in Chinese.

This course is an introduction to French language and culture and focuses on acquiring reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills as a means for communication.

This course helps students to build their communication skills developed in French 1 (L716), while enhancing their knowledge of the Francophone world. Mastery of grammar and vocabulary and developing proficient speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills in French are the focus of this course. Incoming freshmen who wish to enroll in this course must take the French language qualifying exam offered in the spring.

This course helps students to build their communication skills developed in French 2 (L726), and enhances their knowledge of the Francophone world. Mastery of advanced grammar and vocabulary and the development of proficient speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills in French are emphasized in this course. During the second semester, students read, discuss, and analyze a French novel.

This course is a continuation of French 3 (L736). In this course, conducted primarily 

in French, students develop their communicative skills in the French language and improve their understanding of the French-speaking world. Through the study of authentic sources such as film shorts, video clips, music, and literary and nonliterary texts, as well as advanced grammar and vocabulary, students learn to express themselves with greater accuracy and sophistication on themes such as family life, social issues, and sports and leisure.

This course introduces the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of ancient Attic Greek. Emphasis is placed on reading Greek prose. The readings provide an introduction to the culture of fifth century Athens. Honors Ancient Greek 1 (L659) students are required to complete additional exercises and translation work that require more sophisticated vocabulary, grammar and syntax.

Intermediate Greek, a continuation of Ancient Greek 1 (L656 or L659), prepares students for original readings from a variety of Greek authors. These readings provide an insight into the Greek mind and world. A survey of Herodotus’ Histories is included. Honors Ancient Greek 2 (L669) students are required to complete additional exercises and translation work that requires more sophisticated vocabulary, grammar, and syntax.

This course focuses on reading intermediate Greek poetry. After focusing on the forms and an intense introduction to Homeric Greek dialect, students translate selections of Homer’s Iliad in Greek, and read it in its entirety in English. Students will use those readings to explore the history, culture, and values of Bronze Age Greece. Honors Ancient Greek 3 (L679) students have the option to take this as a dual credit course. 

This course is an introduction to the basics of the Chinese language and culture, including the rules of writing Chinese characters, Pinyin and tones, and basic grammar as well as listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Chinese. This is an in-depth course that encompasses interpretive and interpersonal skills.

This course enhances the four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing the Chinese language. With a more advanced vocabulary and advanced grammar, students improve their communication skills in more challenging tasks. Incoming freshmen who wish to enroll in this course must take the Chinese Qualifying Exam offered in the spring.

This course continues to build students’ communication skills through an expanded vocabulary and advanced grammar and more authentic learning materials such as Chinese movies, YouTube videos, TV shows to prepare students to reach the intermediate level of competence. The accelerated pace of this course adequately prepares students to take Honors Chinese IV and the Advanced Placement Chinese Language and Culture.

This course continues to develop the four major language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. This course helps students to develop proficiency in communication by discussing a variety of different topics to enhance their listening and speaking ability. They improve their writing ability through further exposure to the real life language tasks that involve reading, conversation, research, and authentic materials.

This course is an introduction to French language and culture and focuses on acquiring reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills as a means for communication. The pace of the course is accelerated to adequately prepare students for Honors French 2 (L729).

This course helps students to build their communication skills developed in French 1 (L719), and enhances their knowledge of the Francophone world and French culture and civilization. The pace of this course is accelerated to prepare students for Honors French 3. Incoming freshmen who wish to enroll in this course must take the French language qualifying exam offered in the spring.

This course is a continuation of Honors French 2 (L729). Conducted primarily in French, the course helps students to build their communication skills while enhancing their knowledge of the Francophone world. Mastery of advanced grammar and vocabulary and the development of proficient speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills in French are emphasized in this class. During the second semester, students read, discuss, and analyze a French novel. The pace of this course is accelerated to adequately prepare students for Honors French 4 (L749).

This course is a continuation of Honors French 3 (L739) in which students develop their communicative skills in the French language and improve their understanding of the French-speaking world. Through the study of authentic sources such as film shorts, video clips, music, and literary and non-literary texts, as well as advanced grammar and vocabulary, students learn to express themselves with greater accuracy and sophistication on themes such as family life, social issues, and sports and leisure. This course, conducted primarily in French, prepares students for the AP French course (L750). Seniors may take this course concurrently with AP French (L750). Students have the option to take this as a dual credit course. 

This introductory course focuses on Latin with precision and understanding, and includes the study of grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and English word study, as well as Roman life and classical lore. Students in L616 and L619 will use the Suburani: A Latin Reading Course, Book I from Hands Up Education. Honors Latin 1 (L619) is paced to cover more material than Latin 1 (L616).

This course begins with a thorough review of Latin 1 (L616 or L619). Text readings spotlight Roman daily life and history through the late Republic and Early Empire. The hero myths (Heracles, Jason, Theseus, et al.) will also be a focus. Students will use Suburani: A Latin Reading Course, Book II from Hands Up Education, to learn the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary needed for further Latin courses. Honors Latin 2 (L629) is paced to cover more material than Latin 2 (L626). Incoming freshmen who wish to enroll in this course must take the Latin qualifying exam offered in the spring.

This course begins with a review of Latin 2 (L626 or L629). Passages for Latin 3 (L636) focus on various Latin prose authors along with a continued exploration of grammar concepts. Students continue the examination of Roman history, art, and architecture. Latin is read intensively and extensively with an emphasis on precision. Students in Honors Latin 3 (L639) study Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic along with other passages of practice on sight. Students in Honors Latin 3 (L639) have the option to take this class as a dual credit college course in partnership with Loyola University Chicago.

In this course, students continue to refine and polish their skills in Latin. Latin is read intensively and extensively with emphasis on precision. A wide range of Latin poetry and prose sources are studied and Honors Latin 4 students will cover roughly twice as much material.Honors Latin 4 (L649) students have the option to take this as a dual credit course. 

This course is an introduction to the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures. The focus of this course is on oral proficiency, listening comprehension, and reading and writing skills. Students in Honors Spanish 1 have an increased expectation for language production. This course is conducted in Spanish whenever possible.

This course helps students to build their communication skills and enhance their knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world. It is a continuation of Honors Spanish 1 (L819). Mastery of grammar and vocabulary and developing more creative and proficient speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills in Spanish are the focus of this course. Students in Honors Spanish 2 have an increased expectation for language production. Incoming freshmen who wish to enroll in this course must take the Spanish Qualifying Exam offered in the spring. This course is conducted in Spanish whenever possible. 

In this course, students will learn more vocabulary, refine grammar learned in previous years, and add to their knowledge of grammatical structures in preparation for AP Spanish Language & Culture.  It is a continuation of Honors Spanish 2 (L829) and stresses oral skills, composition, vocabulary building, and advanced grammatical structures. Socio-cultural knowledge will be expanded through the use of supplementary texts and authentic sources to encourage students to communicate in a Spanish-speaking environment. Students in Honors Spanish 3 have an increased expectation for language production. This course is conducted mainly in Spanish.

This course is a continuation of Honors Spanish 3 (L839) in which students develop their communicative skills in the Spanish language and improve their understanding of the Spanish-speaking world. Through the study of authentic sources such as film shorts, video clips, music, and literary and non-literary texts, as well as advanced grammar and vocabulary, students learn to express themselves with greater accuracy and sophistication on themes such as family life, social issues, and sports and leisure. This course, conducted primarily in Spanish, prepares students for the AP Spanish Language & Culture course (L840) or, with department chair approval, AP Spanish Literature (L850). Students have the option to take this as a dual credit course. 

This introductory course focuses on Latin with precision and understanding, and includes the study of grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and English word study, as well as Roman life and classical lore. Students in L616 and L619 will use the Suburani: A Latin Reading Course, Book I from Hands Up Education. Honors Latin 1 (L619) is paced to cover more material than Latin 1 (L616).

This course begins with a thorough review of Latin 1 (L616 or L619). Text readings spotlight Roman daily life and history through the late Republic and Early Empire. The hero myths (Heracles, Jason, Theseus, et al.) will also be a focus. Students will use Suburani: A Latin Reading Course, Book II from Hands Up Education, to learn the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary needed for further Latin courses. Honors Latin 2 (L629) is paced to cover more material than Latin 2 (L626). Incoming freshmen who wish to enroll in this course must take the Latin qualifying exam offered in the spring.

This course begins with a review of Latin 2 (L626 or L629). Passages for Latin 3 (L636) focus on various Latin prose authors along with a continued exploration of grammar concepts. Students continue the examination of Roman history, art, and architecture. Latin is read intensively and extensively with an emphasis on precision. Students in Honors Latin 3 (L639) study Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic along with other passages of practice on sight. Students in Honors Latin 3 (L639) have the option to take this class as a dual credit college course in partnership with Loyola University Chicago.

In this course, students continue to refine and polish their skills in Latin. Latin is read intensively and extensively with emphasis on precision. A wide range of Latin poetry and prose sources are studied and Honors Latin 4 students will cover roughly twice as much material.Honors Latin 4 (L649) students have the option to take this as a dual credit course. 

This course is an introduction to the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures. The focus of this course is on oral proficiency, listening comprehension, and reading and writing skills. This course is conducted in Spanish whenever possible. 

This course helps students to build their communication skills and enhance their knowledge of the Spanish-speaking world. It is a continuation of Spanish 1 (L816). Mastery of grammar and vocabulary and developing more creative and proficient speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills in Spanish are the focus of this course. Incoming freshmen who wish to enroll in this course must take the Spanish Qualifying Exam offered in the spring. This course is conducted in Spanish whenever possible.

In this course, students will learn more vocabulary, refine grammar learned in previous years, and add to their knowledge of grammatical structures. It is a continuation of Spanish 2 (L826). Socio-cultural knowledge will be expanded through the use of supplementary texts and authentic sources to encourage students to communicate in a Spanish-speaking environment. This course is conducted mainly in Spanish.

This course emphasizes an interactive, proficiency-oriented approach to the teaching of language and culture. It is a continuation of Spanish 3 (L836) and is conducted almost exclusively in Spanish. Students develop their competency in the four basic language skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening through the study of literature, current events, music and art appreciation, traditions of yesterday and today, geography, and influential people of Spanish-speaking countries.

This course is designed for learning Spanish through active participation in community based organizations that require the use of Spanish. Building off of the skills gained in a third year course, this course exposed students to Spanish speaking communities that motivate and challenge students to learn Spanish for immediate real word application. The course explores connections between our Jesuit mission and Spanish-speaking communities and builds students’ proficiency with problem-solving and critical thinking in Spanish via experiences in the community. Through an exploration of the themes of identity, challenges facing Latin America, and other contemporary issues, students will be oriented to the experiences they are having with their community partners. Students will complete 14 hours of service each semester outside of school hours to a community partner that specifically works with Spanish-speakers.