Boston Latin Academy

INTRODUCTION

By definition, a guidance counselor’s job is to help people choose a job or career. At Boston Latin Academy, our guidance counselors help with many more decisions. Boston Latin Academy guidance counselors assist students and parents to determine the right path to success. Guidance counselors meet with students to help them make the right decisions and excel academically. They can also provide help in dealing with personal issues such as anger/conflict management, dealing with death, personal growth, relationships, and academic studies. A guidance counselor is a resource person, a coordinator, a consultant, a person who helps teachers, adults, and parents. When you are in need of any assistance, our guidance counselors are willing to help.

The Boston Latin Academy School Store is open Monday through Friday from 7:00 A.M. to 7:30 A.M. Students can show their school spirit by purchasing their Boston Latin Academy agendas here. We also carry some school supplies and a variety of items, for your convenience. We have pencils, pens, rulers, and batteries for those savvy TI-83 calculators. If you want to express your school spirit, we have sweatshirts, t-shirts, and fleece jackets, all with the school logo or school symbol inscribed on them. Come visit the school store!

Boston Latin Academy was founded in 1877 as Girls’ Latin School . The founding of the school was the result of citizen and parent participation and the intention to establish college preparatory training for girls. A plan to admit girls to Public Latin School was formed by the Massachusetts Society for the University Education of Women and Henry Durant, president of Wellesley College .

A committee was formed to discuss the issue. A petition with a thousand signatures was presented to the School Board in September 1877. The board referred the question to the subcommittee on high schools.

Meanwhile a group of parents met with the headmaster of Public Latin School and asked that their daughters be admitted. Although the headmaster was willing to teach the girls, he thought it best to wait for the subcommittee’s decision. Ultimately the subcommittee recommended that a separate Latin School for girls be established.

Girls’ Latin School opened on West Newton Street in Boston ’s South End in 1878. The school had only 37 pupils in its 3 classes. The first class graduated in 1880 with 6 members. The number of students grew each year. When the number of students exceeded 350 in 1898, the school committee moved the first four classes to a building in Copley Square while the fifth and sixth remained in the old building. In 1907, Girls’ Latin School moved into a new building, shared with Boston New School located on Huntington Avenue in the Fenway.

The school remained there until 1955, when Teachers’ College expanded, forcing Girls’ Latin School to relocate to the former Dorchester High School for Girls building located in Codman Square.

In 1972, the School Committee recognized a state law that ended sex discrimination in the two Latin Schools. Soon after, boys were accepted into the school and the name was changed to Boston Latin Academy.

In 1981, Latin Academy moved back into the Fenway area, this time to Ipswich Street, across from Fenway Park. It remained there until the summer of 1991, when it moved back again, this time to its present location in the former Roxbury Memorial building, located on Townsend in Dorchester.

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.

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.