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For more than 130 years we've put students at the heart of everything we do. We're committed to seeing everyone within these walls succeed and reach their full potential through an educational experience that will empower them to tinker, to make mistakes, to ask questions, to change how they see the world around them.
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Something I learned at Latin that I still use today is the importance of stories.
Being in classes that I feel engaged in, being with friends who I share passions with, this place just really makes me excited to come to school.
My favorite class so far has been Algorithms and Data Structure. It's a computer science elective.
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Freyja Brandel-Tanis '14 has been named a 2022-2023 Fulbright Scholar. Brandel-Tanis will graduate from Georgia Tech with a master's in city and regional planning and MS in civil engineering this spring.
She has been awarded a Fulbright research award at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway and will be conducting stakeholder focus groups on the role of digital twins in sustainable transportation modeling. Her work will be an early stage in long-term research at NTNU to ensure the complexity of transportation systems is considered in future digital twins.
(Digital twins have established use in manufacturing and rocketry to virtually replicate physical environments and test potential scenarios, and some modelers and officials see their potential to improve on current transportation modeling technologies)
Outside of her research, Brandel-Tanis is planning to engage with local queer organizations and ride her bike as well as exploring the Trondheim's public transit system. After her Fulbright, she plans to return to the US and work as a city planner/civil engineer before eventually pursuing a PhD.
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It's middle school Project Week, which means it's 4@45 where fourth grade students get the full middle school experience at 45 N. Dearborn!
Students got a locker for the week. They got to meet fifth grade teachers. Fifth graders gave them a tour of the middle school. And they get to have their classes in the middle school building this week.
Students were greeted by fifth grade buddies, who gave them tips on opening lockers followed by special tours of the Middle and Upper Schools. The fourth graders followed their usual schedule but they also were introduced to the fifth grade teachers and had a special RoundTable class with the middle school counselor. They loved walking independently through the buildings. The highlight was always the lunchtime choices!
Check out some photos!
Around School
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- Around School
- lower school
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Lower School Computer Science and Tech Integration Specialist Fiona Deeney, Middle School Technology Coordinator Mike Demopoulos and Upper School Innovation Studio Manager Shane Enderle offered an inside look at Latin's maker spaces for parents/guardians.
At the start of the event, the team shared information about each division's maker space and projects created in them. Then they gave a tour of the upper school maker space to show some of the equipment and supplies students can access in all three divisions.
Upper School
EQUIPMENT
3D Printers
Vinyl Cutters
Laser Cutter
CNC Router
Soldering Irons and accessories
iPad Pro’s with Apple Pencils
VR Headset
SOFTWARE
Adobe Suite
Illustrator
Photoshop
In Design
Fusion 360
Sketchbook Pro
Procreate
Silhouette Studio
Mint Studio
Middle School
EQUIPMENT
3D Printer (x3)
Vinyl Cutter (x2)
Laser Cutter
CNC Router
MacBook Air (x2)
SOFTWARE
PrusaSlicer
Silhouette Studio
Mint Studio
iMovie
Lower School
EQUIPMENT
3D Printers
Vinyl Cutter
Laser Cutter
Digital Embroidery Machine
Sewing Machines
LittleBits Pro Library and STEAM Kits
SOFTWARE
Doodle 3D
TurtleStitch
Silhouette Studio
Mint Studio
Drawing Pad
Afterward, parents/guardians got the opportunity to laser engrave on a pre-cut wood roman head. They also visited stations to make leather key chains, play with Little Bits electronics from the lower school, see embroidery and sewing machines in action, and a few physical projects that students have created.
The maker spaces at Latin aid students with designing and problem-solving, as well as develop skills, talents, thinking and mental rigor.
Academics
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- Around School
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- upper school
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After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, upper school project week is back! Students chose to spend the week on one of the 25 in-town projects or 11 out-of-town projects.
The in-town offerings included:
- Ad-RAP-tation: the Latin School and Q Brothers' Collective
- Art and Anatomy
- Chicago: Walking, Food, and Art
- Code Your Own 2D Games and Build a Mini Arcade Cabinet
- Curling in Chicago
- Cycle Chicago: Riding & Wrenching
- Dancing with culture
- Design a Chicago Bike Tour
- El mundo Latino in Chicago: An Exploration of Chicago's Latinx Community
- Exploring Chicago’s Queer History
- Find Your Inner Chef
- Habitat for Humanity
- Just for Kicks
- Make Your Escape (Room)
- Making Music
- PADI Scuba Diving Certification and Training
- Sports Marketing: A Strategic Perspective
- Survivor
- Theatre in Chicago
- The Greatest City in the World Chicago Gospel
- Treemendous Forest Preserves
- Urban Agriculture
- Wellness: Mind & Body
- What Makes a Neighborhood?: Art, Advocacy, and Food
- Yarn Bombing
The out-of-town offerings included:
- Canyoneering & Rock Climbing Adventure
- Civil Rights Trail 2022
- Coral Reef Experience in Florida Keys
- Cycling Through the Sonoran Desert
- Detroit: Invention and Reinvention in a Great American City
- Exploring the Pacific: Oceanography of Southern California
- Latin Iditarod: Dogsledding
- Mountain Biking in Moab
- The Ancestral Heritage of The Land of Enchantment
- The Raw & The Cooked: A Literary Feast in Michigan
- There is No Business Like Show Business!: LA TV & Film
Check out more photos and videos from our PWeek take over on Latin's Instagram @latinschoolofchicago at #latinpweek.
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- Community & Traditions
- upper school
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Latin Changemakers
Sadaf Jaffer
Professor, Mayor of Montgomery Township, NJ
"Not only can you be informed about politics, you can actually shape politics, especially at the local level, in a very real way."
Sadaf Jaffer '01 has a prestigious day job, two day jobs in fact: teaching courses on Islam and South Asia through literature and film while also working on a book about secularism among Indian intellectuals as a post-doctoral research associate at Princteon University's Institute for International and Regional Studies. So what prompted her to add to her workload and run for public office? Read more.
Class of '01
Ezra Miller
Artist, Art Director, Web Developer
“I don’t usually start out with a specific image in mind. The final work is a result of the process.”
Ezra Miller '15 recalls a point in the summer of this year where he was stressing over a project. He was commissioned by fashion house Balenciaga to create a video for Paris Fashion Week that would be displayed on the floor and walls of a giant tunnel made up of hundreds of LED panels. The idea, a brainchild of Canadian conceptual artist Jon Rafman, was that models would walk through the tunnel for a 15-minute performance. Read more.
Photo credit: @ezzzrrra via Instagram
Class of '15
Rendel Solomon
Investor, Founder of One Stock One Future
"If I can get an 8-year-old to think about ownership from the simple act of giving her shares, then why can’t I do that with 10 more kids, a 100 more, 1,000 more?"
Latin alum Rendel Solomon '96 is on a mission to instill a sense of hope in underserved youth by turning them into empowered shareholders. Inspired by his great-grandparents' experience as sharecroppers in the early 1900s and his 8-year-old niece's interest in learning what it means to be a shareholder, Solomon founded the nonprofit organization One Stock One Future. Read more.
Class of '96
Ike Barinholtz
Actor/Writer
“There were years between jobs – very long years – when I was wondering whether I should have really gone into finance. But somehow I was able to always bluff my way into a part or a writing job. I think people realized that I was willing to do just about anything.”
Ike Barinholtz '95 is having a good year. He has his dream job playing Morgan Tookers, an ex-con male nurse with a heart of gold, on "The Mindy Project" while at the same time writing for the show with his longtime fellow alum and writing partner Dave Stassen '95. Read More.
Class of '95
Erin Hanlon
Neuroscientist
“Latin taught me from a young age how to be organized, think critically and manage a rigorous academic load.”
Erin Hanlon '95 always knew she'd be a teacher – she just imagined her students would be a bit younger.
"I've wanted to be a teacher since I was a small child," she said. "I had envisioned being a kindergarten or grade school teacher, so my current career path is somewhat different than what I thought it might be." Read More.
Class of '95
Lisa Madigan
Illinois's first female Attorney General
“I received an outstanding education at Latin.”
Even in high school, Illinois Attorney general Lisa Madigan stood out because of her political awareness and commitment to social justice issues. She was active in student government, and vocal about her opinions on topics ranging from women's rights to apartheid in South Africa. Madigan went on to study government at Georgetown University and worked for Illinois Sen. Paul Simon in Washington, D.C. After college, she spent a year volunteering as a high school teacher in South Africa.
Class of '84
Billy Dec
Entertainment Entrepreneur, Restaurateur
“Latin opened my eyes to how much could be accomplished if I took things seriously. If I want something, I know I just have to put the work in to get it. That has turned out to have a really great impact on my life.”
"You have one life. Why not give a little to make things better for yourself and those around you?"
By his early 20s, Billy Dec was known as Chicago's leading nightclub impresario. These days he is making a name for himself nationally as one of the city's most successful restaurateurs and entertainment entrepreneurs. Read More.