Here's the first part of a piece in Lancaster Online - that's Lancaster PA, by the way. The article is followed by comments from an internet discussion, including this:

" It is a shame the local public schools don't see the value of Latin. It is the root of all the Romance languages plus many English as well as legal words come from it. The Greek and Roman myths , literature, and history are fascinating. When I was in high school, we even had a Latin Club and put on plays in Latin and we had a Roman feast. My Dad dressed up as a slave to serve the food!

Did anyone else have Latin or Greek?"

Reviving dead languages

Local couple teaches Latin and ancient Greek to rapt audience of students

By Paula Holzman Intelligencer Journal

Published: Jan 13, 2005 9:17 AM EST

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Ancient Greece and Rome are alive and well on Marietta Avenue.

About a dozen teens and preteens on Monday morning sat clustered around a table inside one of the street's large Victorian houses, engrossed in the story of Gaius Salvius Liberalis.

At that moment, the ancient Roman official was less than popular with the class.

As they translated the passage from Latin, the class booed Salvius' threat to kill a sick slave, and, later, his similar instructions regarding an unruly dog.

"This is typical Salvius," teacher Laurie Brown acknowledged. Read the rest.

Thanks to David Meadows and Explorator for this link