Appendix G
Why Should I Join CAMWS?
- CAMWS offers the Grant, Semple and Benario
Scholarships which elementary and secondary teachers may use for
study at the American Academy in Rome or the American School of Classical
Studies in Athens
- CAMWS awards Manson A. Stewart Training
and Travel Awards for teachers who are seeking certification in
Latin or teachers who are attending their first CAMWS meeting and/or
who could not otherwise attend.
- CAMWS awards Manson Stewart Scholarships to
undergraduate students at a CAMWS college or university who wish to study
and/or major in Latin and/or Greek
- CAMWS offers the School Awards scholarships
to high school students who excel on a competitive Latin translation
exam
- CAMWS presents the Kraft and CAMWS
Teaching Awards which recognize outstanding achievement in the
teaching at the secondary and college levels.
- CAMWS sponsors the Committee for the
Promotion of Latin which helps teachers pay for activities,
events and publications designed to enhance or expand their programs
- CAMWS membership includes a subscription to The
Classical Journal, a unique mixture of pedagogy and the current
scholarship in the classics
- CAMWS members receive the CAMWS Newsletter, a timely summary
of what is going on in the field of classical studies, including notices
of scholarships, opportunities for study, meetings, and funding sources
- CAMWS meetings include both scholarly
and pedagogical papers, as well as workshops, receptions, banquets, illustrated
lectures, and excursions . . . and they are among the friendliest and
most stimulating conferences you'll ever attend!
- CAMWS also provides promotional
material, free of charge, to its members who wish to expand their
Latin programs or to start new programs.