The Classical Association of the Middle West and South

For Latin and Greek teachers

Teaching

CAMWS's Committee for the Promotion of Latin and Greek encourages and supports all activities that promote the study of Classics, and of Latin and Greek in particular, in- and outside of the schools.

2025–26 Teaching Awards

Micheal Posey

Micheal Posey

Mountain Brook Middle School

Kraft Award · Secondary teaching

Jonathan Zarecki

Jonathan Zarecki

UNC Greensboro

Excellence in College Teaching

Teaching awards and nominations

For your classroom and your students

  • CPLG grants

    For K–12 teachers · Faculty & scholars Membership required

    Any time Applications are read as they arrive

  • Keely Lake Travel Grant

    For K–12 teachers Up to $2,000 Membership required

    JAN 30 Spring and summer requests Due in 114 days

  • Promotional Activity Award

    For K–12 teachers A plaque and a certificate

    JAN 30 Nominations and applications Due in 114 days

  • Latin Translation Exam

    For K–12 teachers · Students Cash prizes and book awards

    OCT 31 Registration Due in 23 days

  • College Greek Exam

    For Students · Faculty & scholars

    Early November Fall exams received Date to be confirmed

Travel and study

  • Summer Travel Awards

    For K–12 teachers · Students Full fellowships; Benario up to $3,000 Membership required

    JAN 30 Application deadline Due in 114 days

  • Stewart Travel Awards

    For K–12 teachers · Students $150 to $700 Membership required

    Late January Application deadline (annual meeting) Date to be confirmed

  • Excavation and Field School Awards

    For K–12 teachers · Students Three $2,000 scholarships Membership required

    JAN 30 Application deadline Due in 114 days

Becoming a Latin teacher

Teaching awards

  • Teaching Awards

    For K–12 teachers · Faculty & scholars $500, with airfare and lodging for the Kraft Membership required

    NOV 15 Nominations Due in 38 days

  • Breuker Award

    For K–12 teachers $5,000 Membership required

    JAN 30 Application deadline Due in 114 days

  • Bolchazy Pedagogy Book Award

    For K–12 teachers · Faculty & scholars $500 Membership required

    SEP 1 Nominations Closed

Help for programs in crisis

If your program is threatened

If you find yourself suddenly facing the unthinkable (the closure of your program), these are the following steps you should take.

  1. Get help with a letter writing campaign.

    • First, get all addresses and emails of individuals needing contact (school board members, etc).
    • Next, send this information to the CPLG chair (cplg@camws.org) or your State Vice President or both.
    • Write your own letter of support.

  2. Get the following people involved, and encourage them to write their own letters.

    • Current parents and parents of former students
    • Former students
    • PTA members
    • Members of the community

  3. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.

Before it comes to that

With budget cuts looming it never hurts to protect your Latin program, no matter how safe you feel it is. The following are suggestions for ensuring that Latin is valued in your area.

  • Apply for a Bridge Initiative Grant (BIG)
  • Educate parents on the importance and value of Latin.
  • Educate your principal, counselors and even school boards on the importance and value of Latin; keep them informed on Latin activities in your area, awards won, etc.
  • Have a letter or flyer on hand at all times explaining the value of studying Latin and the classics. You never know when you may need it.

Teaching Classical Languages

TCL is the peer-reviewed, online journal dedicated to exploring how we teach (and how we learn) Greek and Latin.

About TCL

Seals of Biliteracy

Recommendations on Requirements for Seals of Biliteracy for Classical Languages

CAMWS on the Seal of Biliteracy

The Committee for the Promotion of Latin and Greek

Initially the CPL was founded to counteract the dramatic decline in Latin enrollments of the mid 70s.

The committee's members