"How can an educated person stay away from the Greeks? I have always been far more interested in them than in science." Albert Einstein
"… Greek: It is the Language of wisdom." George Bernard Shaw
"I'm learning alongside my students, seeing new connections to the Latin I've been teaching for years." former Phinney fellow
"The love of Ancient Greece is what first brought me into the Classics." former Phinney fellow

The Phinney Fellowship
The Phinney memorial Fellowship supports the introduction of Greek in New England secondary schools. Professor Ed Phinney was a major figure in American Classical Education, the author of the American Edition of the Cambridge Latin Series and president of the American Classical League. The promotion of the study of Greek in schools was a lifelong interest of Professor Phinney. The fellowship supports the first two years in which Ancient Greek is offered as a standard academic course in the fellow's school by underwriting that portion of the teacher's salary which is devoted to teaching Greek. In addition, the grant provides teaching materials for the new program and supports tuition in a Summer program or a class in Ancient Greek if the Fellow desires.

The Fellow's school agrees to continue the Ancient Greek program after the duration of the grant, should the program be deemed successful. If the teacher already has a full teaching load, the grant moneys paid to the school are to free funds within the school to hire a part-time colleague in order to offer the Greek class as a full credit academic course. Applicants may be teaching in public, parochial, or independent schools.

Applicants must have -

• been teaching Latin for 5 years or more in your current position in New England at the time of the beginning of the 2006 school year
• been successful in the classroom
• studied Greek at the college level
• discussed the fellowship with your administrator in charge of curriculum development and scheduling
• received the support of the administrator who oversees or evaluates your teaching

Application is due by September 15, 2006:

• a letter expressing your intent
• a resume including the Greek courses you've taken
• transcripts of your Greek course work
• a letter of support and interest from your principal or head of school

In order for us to help the next finalist through the budgetary and approval process of their school, please note the new timetable for the 2006-2007 award:

April - June 2006 Discuss your interest in applying for the 2006-2007 Phinney Fellowship with your administrators. Learn the sequence of requests for approval and presentations you may have to make to various groups within your school community. Begin the curriculum approval process in your school on a provisional basis, even as you pursue the application.

July - August, 2006 Gather your materials, discuss your application with your principal or head of school.

September 15, 2006 Application Deadline

November, 2006 Finalists notified

June 1, 2007 2nd Round of Information Due

September 15, 2007 Winner of 2006-2007 Fellowship is named

September, 2007 Fellowship begins

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Mail your application to:
Nina Barclay
CANE Phinney Committee
Norwich Free Academy
305 Broadway
Norwich CT 06360

Questions?
Please contact one of the previous Phinney Fellows:
Nina Barclay, Norwich Free Academy,
Norwich, CT
nfalatin@yahoo.com
John Higgins, The Gilbert School,
Winsted, CT
higgins@vgernet.net
Carl Lenhart, Barnstable High School,
Hyannis, Cape Cod, MA
cllenhart@email.com

"To read the Latin and Greek authors in their original is a sublime luxury.
I thank on my knees him who directed my early education" Thomas Jefferson