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For
all BLS "snowbirds" flying south for the winter,
please contact us at blsa@blsa.org if you'd like to receive
invitations to our upcoming Florida events!
January
Events
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calendar for details
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Southern
NH Reception
6-8 p.m. hors d'oeuvres and cash bar
Starfish Grill, Manchester
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14-15
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Peter Pan
Student performance
7:30 p.m.
BLS Auditorium
78 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Tickets available at the door $7 adults, $5 students and
seniors.
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February
Events
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calendar for details
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TBA
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Hockey
Reunion
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13
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Palm
Beach Luncheon
Charley's Crab House
Palm Beach, FL
Details TBA
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March
Events
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calendar for details
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TBA
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Boston
Business Forum
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11
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Boston
Chapter Celtics Outing
7:30 p.m. Tip Off
Celtics vs. Pistons
Fleet Center, Boston
Tickets $40 and $35
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19
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BLS
Day at the Ballpark
1 p.m. First Pitch
Red Sox vs. Orioles
City of Palms Park
Ft. Myers, FL
100 tickets with pre-game event; details and prices TBA.
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COMING SOON
Reunion Weekend 2005
May 6-7
(50th Reunion Festivities begin on May 5)
For classes ending in 5 and 0
Please
click here for more information.
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HAPPY
HOLIDAYS
The Boston Latin School Association wishes you and yours a healthy,
happy and safe holiday season. Fiat omnibus pax!
A
TEST OF TRIVIA
Last month's trivia question generated quite a few quick responses,
though only a handful submitted the correct answer of Thomas
Bilodeau '34 and Thomas Bilodeau '60 as the only father-son
team to be inducted into the BLS Hall of Fame. November's lucky
T-shirt winner was Larry DiCara '67, who broke all existing
speed records as well by answering within an hour of the eNewsletter's
release! Close on his heels was Jonathan Spack '63, who
received a BLS baseball hat for his fine efforts. Congratulations
to both Larry and Jonathan!
The
competition continues as we up the challenge ante with this month's
holiday-based query, courtesy of Assistant Head Master Malcolm
Flynn:
December's
question:
Who was the class of 1851 alumnus who penned one of the world's
most popular Christmas carols? (Bonus BLS baseball hat if you
get the name of the Christmas carol as well.)
Those
in the know should send responses (with name and class year) magna
cum celeritate via e-mail to blsa@blsa.org.
BLS
PRESENTS "PETER PAN"
The drama program at Boston Latin will present the J.M. Barrie
classic "Peter Pan" on January 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. The cast,
directed by Theater Arts teacher Christa Crewdson, involves 65
students in classes IV, V and VI and will include live music created
by the Boston Latin chamber orchestra, The Wolfgang Orchestra.
"It is wonderful to see all the different ages work together to
create the magic of this story," said Crewdson. "I wanted to do
this production to generate interest in the drama program, and
to give students the experience of working on a large scale production."
Theater-loving alumni are encouraged to attend, and an event is
being planned for this occasion. For more information, watch the
calendar on www.blsa.org or e-mail Director of Alumni Relations
blsa@blsa.org.
Tickets will also be available at the door for $7 for adults,
and $5 for students and seniors.
SCHOOL
MOURNS FACULTY MEMBER
Head Master Cornelia A. Kelley H'44 was saddened to announce the
death of faculty member Kathleen Devin to the BLS community last
week. Ms. Devin, a member of the Classics department for the last
10 years, was killed in an automobile accident in Rhode Island
on December 11. She will be greatly missed by colleagues and students
alike, and our sympathy and prayers are extended to her family.
| MORE
NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL |
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With more than 24 Advanced Placement offerings at BLS - including
Music Theory, Economics and Statistics, to name but a few
- Head Master Cornelia A. Kelley H'44 was pleased to report
the following results from last spring's AP examinations:
a total of 116 students were named AP Scholars; 51 received
AP Scholars w/ Honor; 62 received AP Scholars w/ Distinction;
and six were named as AP National Scholars. Congratulations
to all. |
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Saturday
Success School is still recruiting new tutors for the new
year, with the first session starting on Saturday, January
18. Please contact McCarthy Institute for Transition and Support
Associate Director Michelle
Gallant '96 for more information at 617.635.8895, ext.
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Visual
and Performing Arts Director Paul
Pitts '73 seeks any and all instruments that alumni may
want to donate to his minions of young musical talents at
the school. Interested parties should e-mail Mr.
Pitts at pjpitts@aol.com. |
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Congratulations
to Boston Latin's cheerleaders, who were again named city
champs for their performances during the 2004 fall season. |
KUDOS
FROM CASE
The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
will award BLSA with a Bronze Medal in January for its 2003 DVD
entitled "A Celebration of Giving." The video, which premiered
at the October 2003 campaign closing gala held at Boston Latin
School, included interviews with alumni, current students and
faculty members. Congratulations are due to the film's outstanding
(and mostly alumni) production team of Susan Bear '80,
Lorraine Driscoll '94, Ken Eng '94, Andrew Guidone
and Alex Shear '94.
BOSTON
EMPLOYEES TAKE NOTE
As of this month, BLSA is an official listing on the City of Boston's
Employees' Campaign (COBEC), which enables all city workers to
include charitable deductions from their paychecks to benefit
chosen organizations. "This is an exciting opportunity for us
to provide a new way for our alumni to participate in the school's
Annual Fund while also contributing to the city's philanthropic
efforts," said BLSA Director of Individual Giving Kate DeForest.
"A special thanks is owed to Mike Lynch '76, a current
parent at the school and director of the city's Office of Cable
Communications, who helped initiate this process for us."
THE
CHALLENGE CONTINUES
To
date, more than 330 alumni have taken the Bressler Challenge by
making first-time or increased gifts to the Annual Fund that are
then matched by Lorraine and Alan Bressler ’55. To
find out more about taking the Challenge, please click here.
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Dr.
Drue King '39 was prominently featured along with another
Harvard classmate in the December 12 Boston Globe Magazine
article, "Southern Discomfort: With quiet grace, two black
men change the heart of Harvard in 1941." Click
here to view the article in its entirety. |
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In
January, Julius Babbitt '87 will begin his new post
as Director of Alumni Programs at Harvard's Kennedy School
of Government. Babbitt, who received his master's in public
administration (MPA) from the Kennedy School in 2001, has
spent more than 13 years in public service, having worked
in the administrations of four Republican governors of Massachusetts
and as an assistant secretary and adviser to five cabinet
secretaries, most recently Secretary Ellen Roy Herzfelder.
A former trustee of BLSA, Babbitt will now join his classmate,
Harvard Alumni Affairs Deputy Executive Director Charlie
Cardillo '87, on the Cambridge campus. |
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Sinead
Keegan '01 was featured in a CNN.com article titled "Some
students mull full degree overseas" on December 1. The article
delved into the reasons of why American students choose to
study abroad, and quoted Keegan, a senior at McGill University
in Montreal, as saying "For me, the final decision was I liked
two schools equally, and one of them was a quarter of the
price and that was McGill." Click
here to view the full article. |
NEXT
MONTH
The first ever online alumni survey! Details to come….
CONTACT
US
101 Huntington Avenue, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02199
Phone 617.450.0004 Fax 617.450.0284
Web www.blsa.org
E-mail blsa@blsa.org
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