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* Excellence in academics with a high rate of college placement
* Dedicated faculty who challenge and encourage students
* Honors and Advanced Placement Courses
* Exemplary Peer Tutoring Programs
* Supportive Alumni Association
* Active and supportive Community Booster Club and School Parent Council
* Generous and supportive Business Partner
* Students who represent Boston ’s multicultural, multiracial population

DIRECTIONS

Boston Latin Academy is accessible by various bus routes. You can take numerous buses from Ruggles Station, Dudley Station, Forest Hills , and Jackson Square ; including routes #44, #28, #23, and #19. If you take the #44, you will be taken to the corner of Humboldt St. and Townsend St . If you take the #28, #19, or another route, you get Warren St. and Townsend St.

From the North
Take Route 93 South and take the Columbia Road exit. Follow Columbia Road for about 3/4 of a mile. Take a right onto Quincy Street and go about 3/4 of a mile. Quincy Street becomes Townsend Street . The school will be on your left after crossing Warren Street.

From the South
Take Route 93 North and take the Columbia Road exit. Follow Columbia Road for about 3/4 of a mile. Take a right onto Quincy Street and go about 3/4 of a mile. Quincy Street becomes Townsend Street. The school will be on your left after crossing Warren Street .

From the West
Take the MASS Pike and exit at Route 93 South, take the Columbia Road exit. Follow Columbia Road for about 3/4 of a mile. Take a right onto Quincy Street and go about 3/4 of a mile. Quincy Street becomes Townsend Street. The school will be on your left after crossing Warren Street.

• There are 1,600 students in grades 7-12
• 98% of BLA students are accepted to four-year colleges
• 94% of BLA students go to four-year colleges
• 100% of the class of 2005 took the SAT and PSAT

Staff

• Teachers: 79
• Support Staff: 9
• Administrators: 6

Enrollment

• Class of 2009 289
  
• Class of 2010 277
  
• African-American 26.4%
• Asian 21.8%
• Hispanic 12.2%
• Native American 0.3%
• White 39.3%

Welcome to the Boston Latin Academy Boys’ Volleyball Website. We have a rich tradition of being at the top of the City every year. Our season begins in Early April and ends in late May. Captains Practice begins soon after February Vacation. We strongly encourage all who have interest in Volleyball to attend the meeting and tryout. We look forward to seeing new players every year.

Moriah Smith, a senior at Boston Latin Academy and the student representative on the Boston School Committee, introduced Mayor Thomas M. Menino before he took the stage at Faneuil Hall to deliver his State of the City address on January 13.

Moriah, who entered the Boston Public Schools in 1997 as a first grader, is a resident of Dorchester and a member of the Boston Student Advisory Council.

Read the full text of Moriah’s comments.

Maya Saunder, a student at Boston Latin Academy, researches the reason why diabetes is much more active among certain ethnic groups in certain neighborhoods.

http://www.metrobostonnews.com/us/article/2008/10/22/03/4602-72/index.xml