| Established | 1888 |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Students | 1,100 (2005-06) |
| Grades | JK–12 |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Coordinates | 41°54′39″N 87°37′53″W / 41.9108°N 87.6313°WCoordinates: 41°54′39″N 87°37′53″W / 41.9108°N 87.6313°W |
| Mascot | Baiseurs |
| Yearbook | 'The Roman' |
| Newspaper | 'The Forum' |
| Website | www.latinschool.org |
The Latin School of Chicago is a private elementary, middle and high school in the Gold Coast neighborhood in Chicago. The school was founded in 1888 by Mable Slade Vickery.
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The Latin School of Chicago provides its students with a rigorous and innovative educational program in a community that embraces diversity of people, cultures and ideas. Latin inspires its students to pursue their passions and lead lives of purpose and excellence.[1]
The Latin School of Chicago was founded in 1888 by a group of Chicago citizens interested in providing better education for their children. Miss Mabel Slade Vickery, a New England teacher, was asked to come to Chicago, and the school was opened with a small class of boys. The first classes were held in private homes on the Near North Side. The parent-owned institution, which soon became known as "Miss Vickery's School," flourished, and, in 1896, Miss Vickery, with Robert Peck Bates, her new associate, was invited to expand the school, which at that time numbered 125 boys. In 1899, the school moved to a brand new building owned by Miss Vickery and Mr. Bates and became the first Chicago Latin School. In 1913 a girls' section was incorporated by Miss Vickery as the Chicago Latin School for Girls, with its own building at 59 East Scott Street. The Boys' School and the Girls' Latin School of Chicago merged in 1953 to form the present school. Thus, The Latin School of Chicago has grown from 10 boys to more than 1000 boys and girls in junior kindergarten through twelfth grade and from a small library in a LaSalle Street home to a three-building campus alongside Lincoln Park.
The Latin School has always had the tradition of being an academically conservative school with a strong grounding in the Humanities and the Classics. High school curriculum requires four years of English and a minimum of three years of other subjects. Latin also offers the highest number of AP classes per capita and has a thriving system of Independent Studies.
There has traditionally been some rivalry with Francis W. Parker School and The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, especially with Parker.
The current campus has three buildings. The Lower School (Junior Kindergarten to grade 5) building is the oldest structure dating to the 1950s and is located at 1531 N. Dearborn. The Upper School (grades 9-12) building at 59 W. North was completed in 1970. The Middle School (grades 6-8) building located at 45 W. North was completed in the fall of 2007.
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