Latin School of Chicago

Latin School of Chicago
Address
59 W. North Avenue. Chicago, Illinois 60610 United States
Coordinates	41°54′39″N 87°37′53″W / 41.9108°N 87.6313°W / 41.9108; -87.6313Coordinates: 41°54′39″N 87°37′53″W / 41.9108°N 87.6313°W / 41.9108; -87.6313
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Semper Fidelitas (Faithfulness always).
Established	1888
Grades	K–12
Enrollment	447 (Elementary) 226 (Middle) 437 (High School)
Color(s)	Orange      Blue
Athletics conference	ISL
Team name	Romans
Newspaper	The Forum
Yearbook	The Roman
Website	www.latinschool.org

Latin School of Chicago is a selective private elementary, middle, and high school located in the Gold Coast neighborhood on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois. The school was founded in 1888 by Mabel Slade Vickery and is the oldest independent day school in Chicago. The school is a member of the Independent School League

History

Latin School of Chicago is the oldest independent day school in the city of Chicago. Latin School was formed in 1888 by a group of parents seeking a better education for their children. Mabel Slade Vickery, a teacher from the East Coast, was invited to Chicago to open the school with a small class of ten 10-year-old boys. During the early years, classes were held in private homes on Chicago's near North Side. The parent-owned institution flourished and in 1899, with enrollment of more than 100 boys, the school moved into its own building and officially became Chicago Latin School. In 1913, a girls section was incorporated by Miss Vickery and became The Chicago Latin School for Girls. The schools merged in 1953 to form the co-educational Latin School of Chicago.

The school was designed to provide students with a rigorous college-preparatory education in the classical tradition, with a curriculum that was heavily influenced by Classical studies and the study of the Greek and Latin languages, hence the name “Latin School." The Latin language is still taught in the middle and upper schools today.

While it was started as a neighborhood school, Latin School currently is home to more than 1,100 students from approximately 70 ZIP codes throughout the Chicago area. The school awards more than $3 million in need-based financial aid each year.

Athletics

Arts

Campus

The current campus has three buildings. The lower school (junior kindergarten to grade 4) building is the oldest structure dating to 1926 and is located at 1531 N. Dearborn. The upper school (grades 9–12) building at 59 W. North was completed in 1969. The middle school (grades 5–8) building, located at 45 W. North, was completed in the fall of 2007. It includes a green roof garden and was designed with environmentally friendly materials. The building was awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2012. The upper school building was designed by internationally acclaimed architect Harry Weese. The upper and middle school buildings are connected by two bridges, and both divisions use both buildings, with many middle school arts and PE classes held in the US and all HS science classes in the designated science center in the MS.

Notable alumni

• Conor Allen - professional hockey player
• Bob Balaban – actor and author
• Ike Barinholtz – comedian
• Bradley Bell – television writer and producer
• Lauralee Bell – actress
• Matt Brandstein – writer/actor
• Roe Conn – radio talk show host
• Billy Dec – Rockit Ranch Productions CEO and founder, actor
• Grant DePorter – restaurateur
• Filligar – band (Casey Gibson, Johnny, Teddy, Peter Mathias)
• Cassidy Freeman – actor
• Crispin Freeman – voice actor
• John Fritchey – Cook County Commissioner – 12th District
• Kenny George – college basketball player, tallest basketball player in NCAA history
• 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
• Mitch Glasser – baseball player
• Sarah Goldberg - actress (mostly TV), aka Sarah Danielle Madison
• Nina Gordon – singer and songwriter, founding member of alternative rock band Veruca Salt, daughter of former Monsanto chairman Robert Shapiro
• Laura Granville – professional tennis player, 2-time NCAA champion, head coach of women's tennis at Princeton University
• Johnny Groth - Major League Baseball player
• John Marshall Harlan II – US Supreme Court Justice^[1]
• Rick Kogan – Chicago newspaperman, radio personality and author
• Lisa Madigan – Illinois Attorney General
• Johanes Maliza – professional soccer player
• Ryan Marks - men's college basketball coach
• Brooks McCormick – International Harvester Company CEO and philanthropist
• Roger McGuinn – singer and songwriter, founding member of the Byrds
• Carol Mendelsohn – television producer and writer
• Claes Oldenburg – sculptor
• Walter Paepcke - industrialist, philanthropist and founder of Aspen Skiing Company
• Nancy Reagan – actress and First Lady of the United States 1981-89
• Jim Shapiro – drummer for Veruca Salt, brother of Nina Gordon, son of former Monsanto chairman Robert Shapiro
• Adlai Stevenson III – U.S. Senator, candidate for governor, son of presidential candidate Adlai E. Stevenson
• Neil Strauss – journalist and author
• Bill Wirtz – former businessman and Chicago Blackhawks owner
• William Wrigley, Jr. II – business executive

References

• Latin School of Chicago Mission Statement

External links

• The Latin School of Chicago