*** Welcome to piglix ***

Boston Latin Grammar School

Boston Latin School
Boston Latin School logo.png
Address
78 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
United States
Information
Type Public exam school
Motto Sumus Primi (Latin)
("We are first")
Established April 23, 1635; 382 years ago (1635-04-23)
School district Boston Public Schools
Headmaster Rachel Skerritt
Faculty 134
Grades 7–12
Gender Coeducational
Number of students 2,383
Campus Urban
Color(s) Purple and White,          
Athletics conference Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) District A – Dual County League
Mascot "Wolfie"
Nickname "The Wolfpack", "BLS"
Rival English High School of Boston (Boston English)
Accreditation New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
Newspaper "The Argo"
Yearbook "Liber Actorum"
Website

The Boston Latin School is a public "exam school" in Boston, Massachusetts. Established on April 23, 1635, it is the oldest school as well as the first public school in the United States. The Public Latin School was a bastion for educating the sons of the Boston "Brahmin" elite, resulting in the School claiming many prominent Bostonians, Massachusetts citizens and New Englanders as alumni. Its curriculum follows that of the 18th century Latin-school movement, which holds the "classics" to be the basis of an educated mind. Four years of Latin are mandatory for all pupils who enter the School in the 7th grade, three years for those who enter in the 9th. In 2007, the School was named one of the top twenty high schools in the United States by U.S. News & World Report magazine. It is a part of Boston Public Schools (BPS).

The School was named a 2011 "Blue Ribbon School of Excellence", the U.S. Department of Education's highest award.

As of 2016, the School is listed under the "gold medal" list, ranking 51 out of the top 100 high schools in the United States (more than 20,000 public high schools from 50 states and the District of Columbia were analyzed) by U.S. News & World Report magazine.

Puritans placed a strong emphasis on education at every age level for their offspring, beginning at home, with a primary reason for this being in order to read the Bible, which was used for spiritual and moral instruction. Puritan leaders themselves were accustomed to the highest educational standards, with most of their ministers having graduated from Oxford or Cambridge University in England.


...
Wikipedia

...