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SUMMERTIME, SUMMERTIME
Blue skies, warm breezes and plenty of sunshine mean another change of season is upon us. We wish you a safe and relaxing summer as the eNewsletter takes a bit of a break over the next few months. It will return in September with school and alumni news, event updates and our Points of Pride Contest.
REUNION 2008 – WHAT A WEEKEND!
BLSA's Reunion Weekend 2008, which took place on May 9 and 10, was a time of joviality, joy and jubilation for hundreds of alumni, family and friends. The weekend began on Friday with a Day at BLS when more than 100 alumni and significant others celebrated their 50th Reunion by spending time with BLS Head Master Lynne Mooney Teta '86, faculty and students. As alumni were escorted by students through the hallways, their recollections of life as they knew it 50 years ago were particularly poignant. Many alumni had not been back to BLS since graduation. The Day at BLS culminated with a memorial service to honor the deceased members of the Class of 1958. Then it was on to a Pre-Pops Buffet Reception before boarding the Bean Town Trolley to Symphony Hall. BLS alumni, more than 170 strong, were heard loud and clear when conductor Keith Lockhart announced that the music they would be enjoying was that of Leonard Bernstein '35. Our purple pride boiled over! Classmates from 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1988 gathered together on Saturday evening at The Boston Park Plaza with close to 400 fellow alumni and guests to reconnect and renew old friendships. Laughter and cheer rang out all evening. To view pictures from the weekend, please visit the Online Community photo galleries.
CAPE COD HERE WE COME
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.
ON THE LINKS FOR 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. Kindly RSVP by Wednesday, June 11.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available:
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 register, see who is attending and view sponsor listing.
MISSED AN EVENT? VISIT ONLINE PHOTO GALLERIES
Did you know that you can view the latest photos from recent BLSA events in the Online Community? It's the next best thing to being there in person. We always welcome photos from participants as well, so be sure to send us your photos at blsa@blsa.org. If you have any questions, please e-mail us and we'll be happy to assist you.
GOLDEN ALUMNI LUNCHEON
Attention classes of 1948 and prior! Please join BLS Head Master Lynne Mooney Teta '86, BLSA President David Weiner '59 and BLSA Board Chair Lewis Gack '62 for the annual Golden Alumni Luncheon on Wednesday, June 18, at 12 noon. The luncheon will take place at Boston Latin School. Cost is $20 per person. Space is limited. Kindly RSVP by Friday, June 13. Click here to register and see who is attending.
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.
CALLING ALL EXTRACURRICULAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
In conjunction with the school’s 375th anniversary in 2010, the Association is publishing a book commemorating the school’s history since its 300th anniversary in 1935. We would like to list all the teams, clubs, musical organizations and other activities of the school that garnered local, regional, state or national recognition. Please take a moment and tell us about your group. Send your remembrances to blsa@blsa.org.Thank you to those who have already taken the time to write us.
SAVE THE DATE — '93, '98, '03 YOUNG ALUMNI REUNIONS
The classes of 1993, 1998 and 2003 will be celebrating their reunions this fall on Saturday, November 29. Please contact Director of Alumni Relations Linda Glennon to schedule your reunion committee planning meeting.
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Alumni are invited to listen to the sounds of BLS' talented student-musicians from the 2008 Music Night program. Simply go to blsarts.org and click on music night MP3 files and you can hear
what your generous donations are supporting ... everything from Sixie Choir to Senior Strings. Be sure to
check out the BLS Big Band on "Cruisin' for a Bluesin'" or the Senior Band on the
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A recent NEWSWEEK ranking of the country's top high schools placed Boston Latin School in the Top 10% of America's most impressive schools with a ranking of 115 out of 1358. This ranking is achieved by dividing the total number of AP exams taken by the number of seniors, and then rank ordering the results. The NEWSWEEK equity and excellence percentage (E and E %) demonstrates seniors' success on AP exams. BLS ranks 23rd in the country and third in the state with 91.7% of BLS seniors having at least one passing grade (3 or better) on one AP exam. BLS also has the fourth highest rate of MA students receiving federally subsidized meals (free and reduced lunches) with more than 28% of today's BLS students qualifying for this subsidy. |
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, at kmarkiewicz@boston.k12.ma.us. |
Congratulations to all of the participants in the 11th Annual Seevak Facing History and Ourselves Website Competition which took place on Thursday, May 22. This year's top three honors go to: 1st place: Benjamin Hill '10, Ada Lin '10, Olivia Schwob '10 (project: Paul Farmer and Partners in Health; faculty advisor: Dr. William Carroll); 2nd place: Nicole Finn '10, Jenn Tran '10, Jinzhao Wang '10 (project: Benazir Bhutto; faculty advisor: Mr. Charles Aversa); 3rd place: Yunwei Sun '10, Tom Xu '10, Yaxi Wang '10 (project: John Rabe; faculty advisor: Mr. Charles Aversa).
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BLS inducted 22 seniors and 21 juniors into the National Honor Society on Thursday, May 29. Assistant U.S. Attorney Eugenia Carris '86 gave the keynote address. Musical selections were provided by the BLS Senior Band under the direction of Paul Pitts '73 and Ryan Snyder. |
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Andrew Viterbi '52 recently endowed a chair in Mediterranean Jewish studies at UCLA. Viterbi is currently one of six finalists for the 2008 Millennium Technology Prize given by the Technology Academy Finland. He is recognized "for the invention of the Viterbi algorithm, the key building element in modern wireless and digital communications systems, touching the lives of people everywhere." Wireless Week recently described the algorithm as a “mathematical procedure originally thought to have no commercial use … now used in every mobile phone.”
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The BLS Business Society hosted a session led by Stephen Saber '86, CEO of CrossTech Group, on Wednesday, May 21. Saber received both his M.B.A. and B.A. at Harvard University. He currently oversees CrossTech Partners and CrossTech Media, sister companies providing business and technology solutions to corporations and associations.
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Father William P. Lohan '87 was ordained in the Archdiocese of Boston on Wednesday, May 21, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Fr. Lohan celebrated his first Mass on May 25, at St. Theresa of Avila Church, West Roxbury, his childhood parish.
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The Boston Globe reports that Army Lieutenant Joshua W. Stuart-Shor ’03 graduated from officer training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. He received a bachelor's degree in 2007 from Norwich University in Vermont.
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Click here to submit news of your own. |
POINTS OF PRIDE CONTEST
Our congratulations to Guy Steele '72 for being the first to solve May's two-part question (which required answers in roman numerals). The school was founded in MDCXXXV and the Association was founded in MDCCCXLIV.
Ronaldo "Rolo" Rauseo-Ricupero '00 also came through in May with the long-awaited correct response to the December 2006 question. It was in fact Kelly Gushue '95 who gets the credit for starting the Extracurricular Activities Fair at BLS.
Visit the Points of Pride Contest webpage to see all of our proud winners and the two remaining unsolved Points of Pride mysteries.
June's question:
Which BLS alumnus is best known as the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO)?
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.
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