There will be eleven sessions of Latin presentations, as well as a gathering for CAV members, at the upcoming meeting of the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA) to be held at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott on October 9-11, 2025. Join your world language colleagues from around the state at this outstanding event. There is no better way to gather those points and credits for professional development!

Check out these topics and presenters (or click here to download the pdf):

Thursday, October 9

• 1:00-1:30 – Lydia Eisenberg: Utilizing Latin in Cross-Curricular Field Trips and Projects (30 minute session)
• 1:30-3:00 – Cully Wilkins, Lexi Harrell, James Wilusz, Abigail Lund, and Bethany Rhodenizer: Quid Novi? Recent Educator Panel
• 4:00-5:00 – Mark Keith: Resuscitating Cicero: Quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia?
• 5:15-6:15 – Lori Miller Kissell: Verba Volant, Scripta Manent: Writing Tools, Materials, and Practices of the Ancient Mediterranean

Friday, October 10

• 10:45-11:45 – Will Killmer: Sliding into the Year with Seneca: Reading the Epistulae Morales to Prime your Students for Deep Learning
• 1:45-2:45 – Helena Jeny: Effective games in the Latin classroom
• 3:45-4:45 – Lori Miller Kissell: From Goat to GOAT: The Evolution of The Aegis
• 5:00-6:00 – Suburani – Leigh Grace Rouyer: Building Language Learners: Teaching Latin with Project Based Learning

Saturday, October 11

• 8:00-9:00 – CAV Gathering
• 9:15-10:15 – Jessica Stephens: Un-Englishing Latin: The Difficulties of 19th Century Pedagogy Today
• 10:45-11:45 – Thalia Hocker: A Latin Teacher’s Legacy – Digital Resources created by Shirley Hall
• 12:00-1:00 – Holly Fitterer: Musings from Rome: Experiential Learning at the AAR’s Classical Summer School