Languages

Language classes at Northfield School include a thorough three-year course of study in Latin, and an overview of Greek. Latin and Greek are important features to the classical approach to education, and Northfield is proud to continue this tradition.

"Found in Translation" by Steve Larson (class of 2008)
When I read Virgil in the Latin, I am immersed in a beauty “ever ancient, ever new.” My mind is engaged by a man who, though dead, lives on in his work. I see his world, where ideas like honor and destiny had a place, where living was harsh, and where all one man, Aeneas, wanted was to give his people a home. Virgil shows me his feelings and thoughts, and I am enriched by them. I am made better by them. (more)

Jim Graf

Jim Graf is headmaster for Northfield. He also teaches Latin to upper school students. 

Garrett Jeter

Garrett Jeter has taught everything at Northfield from English to History to Latin; he currently teaches Latin and is part of Northfield’s fundraising team.