Inspiring Lives of Purpose and Excellence

For more than 135 years, the Latin School of Chicago has provided an educational experience that empowers students to tinker, make mistakes, ask questions, and change how they see the world around them. We put our students at the heart of everything we do, embrace their uniqueness, and encourage their curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and empathy. We also ensure that every Latin Learner has what they need to pursue their passions and lead lives of purpose and excellence.

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The Latin Experience

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News

Latest from Latin

Upper School Project Week 2025 offers Latin students life-changing experiences

This year’s Upper School Project Week provided our students, faculty and staff with the opportunity to engage in life-changing experiences outside of the classroom that helped expand their knowledge and cultivate their interests.

These experiences included: fostering musical and artistic talents; engaging in tests of physical fitness; practicing the art of mindfulness; studying different cultures and histories; learning new skills such as crafting and metalsmithing; participating in international exchanges; and effecting positive change by providing hurricane relief and supporting the work of organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and Give Kids The World Village.

Visit our Instagram or Facebook pages to check out photos and videos from Project Week. You can also check out our P Week 2025 Highlights on our Instagram page.

Latin Middle School’s varsity Science Olympiad team headed to state

The Middle School’s varsity Science Olympiad team is headed to state following its impressive fifth-place finish at the regional tournament. We want to congratulate the members of the team on this tremendous accomplishment, and wish them the best of luck at the state competition on April 19.

Latin students win awards for stellar journalism

The following Upper School students won awards in conjunction with the annual McCormick Foundation High School Media Competition hosted by the Scholastic Press Association of Chicago.

Cece B., Sara C. and Alexa N. - Superior Achievement for Special Coverage
Ben G. - Superior Achievement for Personality Profile
Caroline M. - Superior Achievement for Community Story
Abdon V. - Superior Achievement for Non-Sports Photo
Forum Staff - Superior Achievement for Overall Website
Ellie A. - Excellent Achievement for Sports Feature Story
Lucia M. - Excellent Achievement for Opinion Piece or Column
Rohin S. - Excellent Achievement for Sports News Story and General Feature Story

We want to congratulate our students on earning these well-deserved awards.

Lower School students enjoy hands-on reptile experience

Jeremy Taulbee from Dave Dinaso’s Traveling World of Reptiles stopped by the Lower School with a few of his friends to give our second, third and fourth graders an up-close look at reptiles and amphibians from around the world.