A coeducational day school serving students JK-12

Mission, Vision, and Values

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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.

 

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Latin School achieves its mission by:
  • encouraging excellence in all academic and personal pursuits;
  • creating an educational environment that fosters and supports the moral, physical, psychological, and aesthetic growth and development of each student;
  • recruiting and retaining excellent faculty and staff;
  • sustaining a diverse, inclusive, and multicultural community that affirms and values each individual;
  • attracting dedicated families committed to the mission of the school;
  • promoting programs in all divisions that help our students make connections and become active citizens in our school and city; and
  • developing the financial and physical resources to support the school's needs.
 
 
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Our vision for educational excellence is to reinforce the value of an exemplary liberal arts education that makes learning inquiry-based, personal, and inclusive. Our approach expands each Latin Learner’s capacity for purposeful learning—whether in our school, our city, or our world.

 

What we strive for
  • Inquiry-based learning aims to place the student's own intellectual curiosity at the foundation of the learning process.
     
  • Personal learning recognizes that learners are valued and fully supported in the development of self-knowledge, interests, and sense of purpose.
     
  • Inclusive learning environments make space for all students to feel known, respected, and cared for regardless of race, gender, identity, religion, sexual orientation, or ability.
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Our shared values of excellence, community, and integrity affirm and define us. They serve as guideposts for all we do, and connect us — students, faculty, staff, families, trustees, and alumni — to each other and to Latin.

 

 

Excellence

  • We cultivate the skills, knowledge, and motivation to solve complex, real-world problems through a student-centered learning experience committed to high standards across all aspects of school life

  • We engage fully in the academic and co-curricular life of our School, nurturing holistic growth and development through intentional effort and a shared commitment to quality in all that we do.

  • We prioritize physical and emotional wellness because they are foundational to educational excellence, personal happiness, and lives of purpose. 

Community

  • We support and celebrate one another through a shared sense of purpose and pride in our School and broader community.

  • We foster belonging, equity, and inclusion within our School and City, recognizing that these practices deepen learning, strengthen relationships, and promote active participation in school and civic life

  • We collaborate with Latin’s extensive network to advance student growth, build enduring connections, and serve as responsible stewards of our School, city, and world.

Integrity

  • We act with honesty, fairness, and accountability, consistently fulfilling our commitments to build a culture of respect and mutual trust.

  • We give our best effort, take intellectual risks, collaborate openly, and persevere through challenges with a commitment to accountability and transparency.

  • We build lives of purpose through reflection and action, working toward goals that embody our values, interests and common commitment to our School and community.