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I have a friend whose son is getting ready to graduate from Home School  !
Anyway, he needs another 1/2 semester of Latin. He'd be willing to do a full year if it's a good program -- he doesn't mind reviewing the little he knows. He's tried "Artes Latinae" and Henle's Latin. He's one of those kind of students that really wants to understand anything he takes and neither of these programs got him where he wanted to be.
He's a great student and really wants to do Latin -- but just hasn't found the right program yet.
Does anyone have a suggestion for another Latin program?
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Kolbe has a program for their middle schoolers called Missal Latin. It seems to be a solid course providing Latin vocabulary and grammar. It is geared for the Latin Mass but also to have the dc prepared for a secular Latin course in high school or college. They use the Latin prayers as a jump point and do provide a tape to go along. My sister says her dc have raced through it and learned a lot - they also attended a Tridentine Mass regularly so this was very relevent to them.
I, personally, cannot say anything, as we have not done any of it yet but it did look good - a reasonable pace, relevent to what we want to learn and know (ie we want a certain knowledge of Latin for learning the Latin prayers and parts of the Mass) and yet not so simplified that it seems pointless. It is more traditional/classical in approach.
Even though it is used by their Middle schoolers, you might find it an acceptable program for a high schooler. We found their middle school history sufficient for a high school course. It is something to check into anyways. I don't know if it is what you are looking for. Do you know what specifically your dc did not like about the other programs as this may give a clue about what you are looking for?
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My son tried Wheelock's Latin. It did not work for him in 9th grade but is working for him now in freshman college year. One good thing about it is that there is LOTS of online support including an electronic drill website and even an egroup for users. The book is quite affordable. Anyway, just another possibility.
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I have heard good things about the So You Really Want to Learn Latin series. These are published by a company set up specifically to produce textbooks that avoid the dumbing down common among the mainstream educational publishers. There are a few samples on the website, and the explanations look very clear. I'm thinking of trying out their Latin Prep series (for younger children) with my younger dd next year.
At least some of the books are available in the US through Amazon (didn't check the whole series). Ignore their bizarre reading level rating of age 4 to 8!
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Thanks ladies -- I'll pass these suggestions on to Jerry's mom.
Blessings to one and all! {BTW, Kathryn, how are you feeling?]
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Good, thank you Mary. Hitting the enjoyable stage of pregnancy now.  And getting fatter 
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Hi,
I took 4 years of Latin in college, and during that time I did Wheelock's -- and oh, I really didn't like it.
I also used the Oxford Latin course, and although it wasn't wonderful, I liked it much more than Wheelock, and I think that any upper high schooler could do it.
My dd 16 is interested in Latin, and we have tried Henle's - but even with 4+ years of college level Latin I still found Henle difficult at times. However, she does enjoy Powerglide Latin, but it is more of a "fun" type of Latin course. We also are able to use Rosetta Stone through our local library database, but I am not real impressed by them.
HTH,
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