Boston Latin Academy band students received $25,000 worth of musical instruments, thanks to Fidelity’s FutureStage Program and the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation. In a February 9 ceremony at 
Boston Symphony Hall, BLA students were one of only four schools in Boston to receive the grant.
Keith Lockhart of the Boston Pops was the host in Boston, while actor and singer Jamie Foxx and other celebrities took part in the nationally simulcast event, which gave instruments to 1,500 students in four cities.
Read more in the Herald.
Learn more about the BLA Band.
Boston Latin Academy’s coed swimming team won the Boston City League championship yesterday, for the third consecutive year and the 19th time in the past 20 years. Sophomore Tim Connolly and senior Justina Langone each scored firsts, and Dragons earned top three finishes in all 11 events, as the Dragons earned 139 points to hold off O’Bryant (85), East Boston (44) and host Madison Park (22) to snare another crown.
Read coverage in the Globe and the Herald.
Check out the Seventh Grade (”sixie”) Cluster “B” Newsletter for updates on what’s happening at BLA.
It may seem like the school year just started, but the second marking period is over. Term 2 marks closed Wednesday, December 23, 2009 and report cards will be distributed on Tuesday, January 12.
Warning Notices for Term 3 will be distributed on February 1st.
The Museum of Fine Arts announces its annual student rhetoric competition, when students perform dramatic interpretations of selections from the Iliad and Odyssey. Middle school students recite on Oct 21 and high school students recite on Nov 4.
Entry forms:
Boston Latin Academy ranked first in the 10th grade English section of the 2009 MCAS, and was tied for 2nd in math.
BLA was one of only six schools in Massachusetts with more than 95 percent of students scoring proficient or higher in ELA, Math, and Science, Technology/Engineering. (WCVB)
Full MCAS rankings are available here.
A Justin Miles 26-yard touchdown pass to Edbiko Elysee with less than two minutes remaining allowed Boston Latin Academy to defeat Case High School, 30-22, on Sunday.
Read more at the Fall River Herald News.
English Summer Reading
Click on the grade you will be entering to download your summer reading assignment.
Latin Summer Assignments
- Latin I Grade 8 summer assignment (Word) (PDF)
- Latin II Grade 9A summer assignment (Word) (PDF)
- Latin III Grade 10A (11B) summer assignment (Word) (PDF)
- Latin III Grade 10A (11B) reference charts (Word) (PDF)
- Latin AP Vergil syllabus & summer packet (Word) (PDF)
Congratulations to the BLA Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) team, who won their division in a physics competition at Harvard. The BLA JETS team defeated Newton North and Milton Academy in a series of multiple-choice and free-response physics questions. Their score qualifies them as National Finalists. Congratulations to Khoi Nguyen, Leticia Lopez-Benitez, Philip Simon, Rajendra Balram, Shawnna Thomas, Judy Wong, Ronesha Williams, and Mamadou Diallo. For more information, see Ms. Hansel (room 330) or http://jets.org/.
Congratulations to the following 17 student-athletes for being named League All-Stars by The Boston Globe:
Girls’ Track: Eva MacDonald and Emily Kilbourn-Shear
Boys’ Track: Mohamed Ali
Girls’ Swimming: Justina Langone and Rachel McGrath
Boys’ Swimming: Sean Devlin and Andres Payne
Girls’ Basketball: Robi Cardoso and Jalisa Smith
Boys’ Basketball: Aaron Bray and Armani Gill
Girls’ Hockey: Shauna Smith, Kaila Connolly, Cailin Pagel, and Jill Petruziello
Boys’ Hockey: Brendon Kerrigan and Mike Newhall
