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Yep... My courses of study were more Latin than Islamic, but the point is the same. We're phasing out Latin (or Classical) education as well. GRBkid #1 took Latin this year for one semester (7th grade) and his English scores have gone from A- to A+...all because of root words and associations. Studying Western Civ helps with Civics and Political Science, etc, etc...
I went to a Jesuit high school and took my required two years of Latin. You are 100% correct that I became much more proficient in sentence structure, cases, subject/object recognition, and grammar due to taking Latin, and foreign language in general. I also learned quite a bit about English by reading great literature - Shakespeare, Dickens, Melville, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Miller, etc.
Kudos to you on having your child take Latin.