Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{lastname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Last name, We thank you from the bottom of our heart. This donation greatly helps our mission. We will now be able to continue our long march towards creating not just a Christian classical school, but one where Latin is spoken, read, written, and used as the school's first language.  That is our goal. If you would like to contribute further, contact us to become a volunteer, or talk to your friends about our cause! Mark C. Atkins, Director, <a href="mailto:mcatkins1@gmail.com," style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">mcatkins1@gmail.com,</a> 1(731)695-0171Christie Atkins, Head of School, <a href="mailto:christieatkins@me.com" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">christieatkins@me.com</a> Alessio Schiano, Teacher, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AlexiusCosanus" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">https://www.youtube.com/@AlexiusCosanus</a> Paris, Tennessee, USA

Thank you for fundraising with us this year again! Here is more information.

Welcome to the 2025 fundraising page for Weston Classical School, a K-12, Christian, classical school in Paris, Tennessee, where students are immersed in the Latin language beginning in kindergarten. Because students achieve fluency in speaking, reading, and writing as soon as possible, Latin becomes the primary language of their education.  As a Christian school, we are already a part of a growing movement, but we are the point of the spear when it comes to the revival of classical education, and we are accomplishing that through our bilingual Latin-English model. (To learn more, check out the YouTube links below.) To ensure this opportunity is accessible to all, it is imperative that we keep our tuition low. Please consider partnering with us as we seek to restore the values of Western Civilization by returning to the old paths of classical education. Your contribution will be help pay teachers and utility bills, buy supplies and curriculum, and cover required expenses such as insurance and private school association membership over the next three years.  WCS is a 501c3.  All contributions are tax deductible. IT HELPS US IF YOU DO NOT MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION ANONYMOUS. NOTE THAT ZEFFY WILL AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDE A DONATION TO ZEFFY IN YOUR DONATION TO WCS.  But you can easily set it to zero.  Zeffy is a free service but we do plan on contributing 0.5% of the total raised. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1722108666/qrgpq3b7e76vn1olpz4i.png" style="width:290px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto 5px 0px;text-align:left;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> Read further and follow the links below to learn more about WCS. *          *          * It is thanks to persistence, good fortune, and the unseen hand of God, that we recruited Alessio Schiano and his wife Gemma Lawless five years ago. Alessio is from Tuscany, Italy, Gemma is from Oklahoma, and they are two of the best Latinists of their generation. They speak to each other exclusively in Latin; they even dream in Latin! Through Alessio's YouTube channel (see the link below), we have also discovered Peter Longan, a Russian-American Latinist who, along with his wife and their four young children, has moved here from St. Petersburg this summer to join us at WCS.  Peter will be a tremendous blessing in contributing to our goal as “a threefold cord is not quickly broken” (Eccesiastes 4:12). Led by Alessio, Gemma, and now Peter, WCS is about to begin its 5th year using this innovative model. Even before that, under the name of Cottage Grove Christian School, we were raising the bar for education in our community for fifteen years as our methods and mission evolved.  We are committed to this work, and most of all, we are thankful to God for His guidance and many blessings throughout the years. *          *          * Click here to find out how you can help influence the direction of Classical Christian Education with a financial gift.  (:41 seconds)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0BR5zFa4Os">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0BR5zFa4Os</a> Here our Head of School, Christie Atkins, explains how the WCS model is a game changer and how you can help.  (2:18)<a href="https://youtu.be/tYwwf_p37Fo">https://youtu.be/tYwwf_p37Fo</a> Here Gemma elaborates on why beginning in Kindergarten we are striving to teach our students to speak, read, and write Latin fluently.  (5:58)<a href="https://youtu.be/s84lcnmx-ug">https://youtu.be/s84lcnmx-ug </a>Alessio's Latin only YouTube channel with over 2,500 subscribers can be found here:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AlexiusCosanus">https://www.youtube.com/@AlexiusCosanus</a>  With over 132,000 subscribers on YouTube Luke Ranieri is probably one of the most popular and accessible teachers of living Latin on God's green Earth.  He once remarked that Alessio is Ovid reborn. Here he interviews Gemma and Alessio:  (1:29:46) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEAkBl1Y4x4&amp;sttick=0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEAkBl1Y4x4&amp;sttick=0</a> Here Alessio visits with our new teacher Peter Longan while he was still in Russia:  (54:36) <a href="https://youtu.be/hZ5w1lfkYNk">https://youtu.be/hZ5w1lfkYNk</a>  <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1720709255/kek27pcfypyxhvpd7trt.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1720709960/lihauaqweh2vsaji6thb.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1720709950/fzcjc4yeovcolduybqsz.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1720709982/sdyrktlljkpchzbxzruy.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1720712182/edlwnt8cwdhfqdje38a6.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1720712191/ssqyippfootezcorclab.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1720712199/yeg3n0kin0qaoywepdjk.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1720712203/bi7ayyyiehuu7jcundbt.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1720712208/mzcm1dsdkctjjnt8dj4m.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1720712220/jeozx0kyyqhnhiqqdfq8.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />

Weston Classical School

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