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The Latin School of Chicago
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The Latin School of Chicago is a private elementary, middle and high school in the Gold Coast neighborhood in Chicago. The school was founded in 1888 by Mable Slade Vicory.
Latin School of Chicago provides its students with a rigorous and innovative educational program in a community that embraces diversity of people, cultures and ideas. Latin inspires its students to pursue their passions and lead lives of purpose and excellence.
History
The School was founded in 1905 by a small group of mothers wanting to establish a school for the education of their sons, who had, until that time, been primarily taught by either private tutors or eastern boarding schools.
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The Latin School of Chicago is a private elementary, middle and high school in the Gold Coast neighborhood in Chicago. The school was founded in 1888 by Mable Slade Vicory.
Mission statement
The Latin School of Chicago provides its students with a rigorous and innovative educational program in a community that embraces diversity of people, cultures and ideas. Latin inspires its students to pursue their passions and lead lives of purpose and excellence.
History
The School was founded in 1905 by a small group of mothers wanting to establish a school for the education of their sons, who had, until that time, been primarily taught by either private tutors or eastern boarding schools. The school grew rapidly and by the First World War had full classes for every year from kindergarten through 12th grade. In 1909 Girls Latin was founded and was subsequently merged with Boys Latin to form The Latin School of Chicago in 1948. The school nearly collapsed following the Great Depression and the migration of many families from central Chicago to the suburbs. The school has since rebounded and now boasts more than 1100 pupils in 14 grades, 440 of which are in grades 9 through 12.
Approach
Like many modern independent schools, the Latin School has sought to increase its national presence over the last decade. It has done so in one regard by pioneering its Humanities interdisciplinary course. Although this course has been moderately successful, in the 2007-2008 school year, it will be discontinued due to the worries of preparation for tenth grade English. The school has also sought to increase its scholarship funding and has consequently become slightly more diverse than it was even 15 years ago.
The Latin School has always had the tradition of being an academically conservative school with a strong grounding in the Humanities and the Classics. At least one year of Latin is required of all pupils in 6th grade. High school curriculum requires four years of English and a minimum of three years of other subjects. Latin also offers the highest number of AP classes per capita and has a thriving system of Independent Studies.
There has traditionally been some rivalry with Francis W. Parker School and The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, especially with Parker.
Campus
The current campus has three buildings. The Lower School (Junior Kindergarten to grade 5) building is the oldest structure dating to the 1950's and is located at 1531 N. Dearborn. The Upper School (grades 9-12) building at 59 W. North was completed in 1970. The Middle School (grades 6-8) building located at 45 W. North was completed in the fall of 2007.
Notable alumni
- Listed alphabetically
- Robert Miner - male model and Norwegian Forest Cat breeder
- Bob Balaban - actor and producer
- Ike Barinholtz - comedian
- Bradley Bell - television writer and producer
- Lauralee Bell - actress
- Matt Brandstein - writer/actor
- Roe Conn - Radio Talkshow Host
- Grant DePorter - Restaurateur
- Cassidy Freeman - Actress
- Crispin Freeman - Voice Actor
- John Fritchey - Illinois State Representative
- Kenny George - college basketball player, the tallest athlete in the history of the NCAA
- Alexi Giannoulias - Illinois State Treasurer
- Douglas H. Ginsburg - Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, US Supreme Court nominee
- Nina Gordon - singer and songwriter, founding member of the alternate rock band Veruca Salt, daughter of former Chairman of the Board of Monsanto, Robert Shapiro
- Laura Granville - professional tennis player
- Jeremy Katz - Special Assistant to the Chief of Policy under President George W. Bush and the White House liaison to the Jewish community
- John Marshall Harlan II - US Supreme Court Justice
- Lisa Madigan - Illinois Attorney General
- Johanes Maliza - professional soccer player
- Brooks McCormick - International Harvest Company CEO and philanthropist
- Roger McGuinn - singer and songwriter, founding member of the Byrds
- Carol Mendelsohn - television producer and writer
- Claes Oldenburg - sculptor
- Nancy Reagan - former First Lady
- Jim Shapiro - Drummer for Veruca Salt, brother of Nina Gordon, son of former Chairman of the Board of Monsanto, Robert Shapiro
- Adlai Stevenson III - U.S. Senator, candidate for governor of Illinois, son of presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson
- Neil Strauss - journalist and author
- J. Keith van Straaten - actor, comedian
- Bill Wirtz - former businessman and Chicago Blackhawks owner
- William Wrigley, Jr. II - business executive
- Felipe Ayala - CEO of a large corporation, currently owns one of the few lamborgini xg's out in the world
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