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In 2014 the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), founded in 1869 as the American Philological Association, awarded the second set of its Pedagogy Awards to three outstanding classics teachers. One of the major goals of the Society's recently and successfully completed capital campaign, Gatekeeper to Gateway: The Campaign for Classics in the Twenty-first Century, was to ensure that an inspiring, well trained teacher would be available for every school and college classics classroom. A subcommittee of the Joint Committee on the Classics in American Education, whose membership is selected from both the SCS and the American Classical League, reviewed thirteen applications requesting funds to support a variety activities that would improve their teaching and their students’ experiences in the classroom. The awards received by the three successful applicants are funded by income derived from the following contributions to the Campaign’s Research and Teaching Endowment: a major gift from an anonymous donor, a contribution from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), and donations to the Friends of Zeph Stewart Fund.

Krystal Kubichek (Pennsauken High School, Pennsauken, NJ) was awarded $700 to attend the 2014 American Classical League Annual Institute in order to introduce attendees to the Classics Club program, and work on developing new promotional materials and activities for the Club, a program initiated under the umbrella of the ACL. Click here to see the slides Ms. Kubichek presented at the 2014 ACL Institute.

Eric Mentges (Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, Erie, PA) was awarded $1,000 to attend the 2014 Pedagogy Rusticatio of the North American Institute for Living Latin Studies as part of an effort to develop an oral Latin program at his school.

Patrick Owens (Wyoming Catholic College, Lander, WY) was awarded $740 to attend the Polis Institute’s intensive Greek program in Rome so that he can meet the demand for active-learning Greek classes to supplement his college's successful Latin program. Read Prof. Owens' report on his participation in the Institute's program here.

We are grateful to the selection committee (Bob Cape, Austin College; Ariana Traill, University of Illinois; and Nigel Nicholson, Reed College) for their careful review of the applications. In late 2014 the SCS will publish a call for applications for the 2015 Pedagogy Awards and Zeph Stewart Teacher Training Award. Applications will be due around March 1, 2015.

- See more at: http://apaclassics.org/awards-and-fellowships/2013/2013-pedagogy-award