|
News
Online Community
BLSA Website
BLS Website
Calendar
See online calendar for specific event details
|
April |
| 18 |
BLS Asian Night |
| 29 |
New York Chapter Dinner in honor of Lee Starr '35 |
May |
| 1&2 |
BLS Music Night |
| 9&10 |
Reunion Weekend 2008 |
| 9 |
Reunion 2008
BLSA Goes Pops!
A Salute to Leonard Bernstein '35 |
| 10 |
Reunion 2008
Cocktail Reception and Class Dinners |
| 22 |
Facing History and Ourselves Seevak Website Competition |
June |
| 12 |
Cape Cod Chapter Luncheon |
| 16 |
The Fourth Annual Wolfpack Classic Brae Burn Country Club, Newton, MA |
November |
| 25 |
Alumni Dinner |
| 29 |
Young Alumni Reunions –
Classes of 1993, 1998 and 2003 |
Visit www.blsa.org for more details and up-to-date listings.
|
|
REUNION WEEKEND 2008 - MAY 9 AND 10
Classes of 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1988 - Save The Date!
BLSA Goes Pops! Join your fellow alumni as The Boston Pops pays tribute to one of our own - Leonard Bernstein '35 on Friday, May 9. A Pre-Pops Reception will be held at The Colonnade Hotel on Huntington Avenue from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $55 each. Click here to register for the reception.
The Pops performance is scheduled for 8 p.m at Boston Symphony Hall. Tickets are $80/$65 per person and seating is limited, so please register early. Click here to see who is attending the performance and to register.
Saturday evening: Cocktail reception and class dinners will be held at The Boston Park Plaza Hotel. To reserve your room at the BLSA group rate of $189 per night, please call: (800) 225-2008. You must call no later than Wednesday, April 23, to secure this rate.
See details on www.blsa.org with more information to be mailed soon.
NEW YORK EVENT TO HONOR LEE STARR '35
The New York Chapter cordially invites you to attend a cocktail reception and dinner on Tuesday, April 29, at The Torch Club (NYU). The event begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. Special keynote speaker will be BLS Head Master Lynne Mooney Teta '86. BLSA President David Weiner '59 will share updates from the Association. Join fellow New York alumni in honoring Lee Starr '35 who is entering his 25th year of dedicated and energetic service to the New York Chapter, as founder and president, now emeritus chairman and director. Tickets are $65/$55 (recent graduates from 1998 to present) per person. Click here to see who is attending and to register.
CAPE COD CHAPTER LUNCHEON
Cape Cod area alumni are encouraged to attend the Cape Cod Chapter Luncheon on Thursday, June 12, at 12 noon. The luncheon will feature BLS Head Master Lynne Mooney Teta '86 and BLSA President David Weiner '59 at the Old Yarmouth Inn in Yarmouth Port. Tickets are $24 per person. Click here to see who is attending and to register.
FORE! BLS STUDENT ATHLETES
The 4th Annual Wolfpack Classic Golf Tournament will be held at Brae Burn Country Club, Newton, MA on Monday, June 16, beginning at 12 noon.
Cost for a single golfer is $300; a foursome is $1,200 (includes golf with cart, lunch, buffet dinner, Peter Fuller's hole-in-one car and favors/prizes). The cost to attend the dinner/auction only is $50.
Sponsorship opportunities are available also:
Hole Sponsor - $200 (sign at hole and Wolfpack Classic hat)
Silver Sponsor - $500 (sign at hole and one player)
Gold Sponsor - $950 (name displayed on tenth tee and one golf twosome)
Platinum Sponsor - $1,850 (name displayed prominently at first tee and one golf foursome).
The 2007 Wolfpack Classic contributed approximately $40,000 to Latin athletics. For more information about this tournament, please contact Bruce McKinnon ’74 at brucefmckinnon@yahoo.com, Dan McCarthy ’74 at dmccarthy@eatonvance.com or Pat Daly ’74 at pdaly@alouettecapital.com. Click here to see who is attending and to register.
NEWS TO SHARE OR A NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS?
Our online alumni community maintains the latest information on classmates and happenings at BLSA. If you are a new visitor to our online community, simply click here and enter your e-mail under "Request Sign In" on the right side of the page. Please be sure to use the e-mail that BLSA has on file for you. Were you a registered member of the online community prior to July 2007? You must complete this first log in step as well to receive a new user name and password. If you have any questions, please e-mail us and we'll be happy to assist you.
GOLF IN SUPPORT OF SCHOLARSHIPS
The 8th Annual An Tain Charity Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, June 23, at the Putterham and Newton Commonwealth Golf Courses. A block party will follow at An Tain. The event is hosted by John G. Fitzgerald ’91 and Ailbe Glynn '91. Proceeds go to local scholarship funds including those in support of BLS students. For more information, contact John Fitzgerald '91 at jgriffinfitz@gmail.com.
375th COMMEMORATIVE BOOK
In conjunction with the school’s 375th anniversary in 2010, the Association will publish a book commemorating the school’s history since its 300th anniversary in 1935. This book will be anything but a dry history. It will be full of the stories and memories that have filled its students’ minds and hearts in the past 75 years. In conjunction with this book we want to list all the teams, clubs, musical organizations and other activities of the school that garnered local, regional, state or national recognition. If you were a member of such an organization, please let us know more about those accomplishments. We don’t want to leave anyone out, so please take a moment and tell us about your group. Send your remembrances to blsa@blsa.org.
| SCHOOL NEWS |
BLS’ Youth Climate Action Network (Youth CAN), a student-led initiative, is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Global Climate Change Summit at MIT on May 10, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Summit’s purpose is to inform about global warming; foster student activism and leadership; develop a network that will work together to take action about climate change; and form a coalition of youth and educators to promote climate change education. Alumni are encouraged to take part as well. The 2008 Summit promises an exciting day of speakers, workshops and activities. Mayor Thomas Menino P'85 will open the day, followed by MIT President, Susan Hockfield and a keynote address from Congressman Edward Markey. Morning workshops include topics ranging from environmental law, energy, sustainable living, the science of climate change and more. This year the Summit offers workshops for both students (grades 7-12) and educators (grades 7-12). There will also be an opportunity for Summit participants to pick up packets to apply for Climate Action Grants, as well as join a coalition who will be planning for and hosting a public hearing on making climate change education mandatory at the secondary level. Alumni who are interested in learning about these efforts should contact Cate Arnold, Youth CAN faculty advisor, at catebarnold@aol.com for more information. |
Boston Latin School’s drama company took top honors in the state finals at the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival. The students performed Dan Dietz’s play “Tilt Angel.” The 40-minute play is "a fairy tale about a working class Tennessee family struggling with grief and loss in the aftermath of a plane crash." The West Roxbury Transcript featured Christa Crewdson, BLS drama teacher and director, explaining, “This is like the little show that could. It shows you that you don’t need a lot of bells and whistles to get far in this competition, and the judges saw that in our piece.” The students will have another chance to perform at the New England Drama Festival in Rutledge, VT on April 17.
|
On December 6, 2007 former BLS Athletic Director and Coach Paul Costello received the President Gerald R. Ford All-American High School Coach Award for an outstanding career as a high school coach. It is a national award from the All-American Football Foundation.
|
Boston Latin School's Anartya Mandal '09 and Xiaoli Mi '08 have been selected to represent Massachusetts at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in Atlanta this May. Mandal's project is titled "A New Target of Aspirin: Unveiling a Novel Mechanism of Action." This is Mandal's second time attending the International Fair. Mi's project is titled, “A Novel Approach to Nerve Regeneration.” Mi recently claimed the top prize at the 62nd annual Citywide Science Fair at Northeastern University.
|
A recent Education Week article featured BLS physics teacher Jesse Southwick '93 who uses Highlights for High School, an online site that is an extension of MIT's OpenCourseWare initiative. Southwick helped pilot the site, along with students in his AP class, who served as reviewers of the course material and web design. The website offers free video, audio and print lectures on MIT course materials. The resources target K-12 teachers and students. |
BLS placed overall 12th out of 38 teams (high school division) in the recent Science Olympiad. The middle school division placed 2nd in Bio-Process lab and 6th in Ecology.
The Science Program at BLS is currently accepting coaches for all events for the 2008-2009 Science Olympiad Team. If any alumni are interested in volunteering as coaches, please contact Katie Markiewicz, BLS science teacher, kmarkiewicz@boston.k12.ma.us. |
The BLS Big Band earned a gold medal at the International Association For Jazz Education's Cape Cod festival and Jake Sherman '08 won the MVP award for Division One. The group has also qualified for the State Jazz Finals earning this honor for the eighth year in a row. |
ALUMNI NEWS |
Head Master Emeritus Michael Contompasis '57, who recently served as BPS superintendent, was appointed by state Interim Education Commissioner Jeffrey Nellhaus to serve on a four-member team to help the Randolph school system develop a plan for improvement. The Patriot Ledger reported that the state Board of Education, which designated the school system as “underperforming” in November, will either approve the plan or decide on a possible state takeover of the school system at its June 24 meeting. The support team was created by the state Board of Education in February to help the committee set priorities for improving the schools in the next 24 months.
|
Rachel Skerritt '95 just published her third novel, available through online booksellers and in stores nationwide. "When the Lights Go Down" (Dafina Books) follows a bored-with-life English teacher who finds herself at the center of the music industry after becoming a famous singer's love interest. Sadly, it is not autobiographical. Visit www.rachelskerritt.com for more details.
|
Jesse Naimark-Rowse '02 is pursuing a lifelong dream of racing solo across the Atlantic. According to the Miami Herald, "To earn one of 89 spots in the 16th running of the 4,400-mile race, Rowse must first qualify by accumulating a number of miles on the open ocean." He is hoping to become the seventh American to finish the Mini-Transat race from France to Brazil. |
Click here to submit news of your own. |
POINTS OF PRIDE CONTEST
Ellen Moy-Maneikis '78, P'03, '07 was our March Points of Pride winner. She was the first in with the correct answer to our question about the start of mother/daughter legacies at BLS: Donna (Walsh) Hannon '78 and Erin Hannon '98 are credited with creating this tradition. Visit the Points of Pride Contest webpage to see all of our proud winners and the two remaining unsolved Points of Pride mysteries.
April's question:
Where did the first Latin-English football game take place and why were the Latin players wearing red on that day and the English players in their traditional blue?
BLS history buffs seeking a free T-shirt should send responses — including name and class year — magna cum celeritate via e-mail. Note: Alumni may win only once during an academic year.
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
|
