“Technology is neither good nor bad—it all depends on how we use it,” Dr. Jill Walsh reminded faculty during opening meetings. Dr. Walsh is a sociologist, researcher, and lecturer at Boston University, focused on adolescent development and social media use. She aims to help parents and educators establish healthy parameters around teen social media use […]
Peter Cahill ’15, Ryan Sweeney, and Tim Galvin will drop the puck for their 5th annual the Dot Pot Street Hockey Tournament Fundraiser this weekend.The tournament benefits a Dorchester resident and families who’ve experienced a loss or difficult situation. Tournament creator and friend of Peter, Ryan Sweeney, comments on the start of annual Dot […]
Beginning with the coming academic year, Roxbury Latin is launching an innovative teaching fellows program. Partnering with the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, RL is offering new, aspiring middle- and upper-school teachers the opportunity to earn a Master’s degree in education while completing two-year teaching fellowships on our West Roxbury campus. The program […]
We have not only reached, but exceeded, our goal of $3,450,000 for the 2016-2017 Annual Fund. Annual Fund donations total $3,711,081, setting another record. Amazing! Annual Fund Chairman Bill Maffie ’88, ALGC Co-Chairs Bryan Anderson ’88, Jay Mitchell ’96, Andy McElaney ’96 along with Parent Fund Co-Chairs Michael and Ellen Berk and Vice Co-Chairs […]
On June 29 and 30 at Roxbury Latin, fifty teachers from Boston’s public schools attended professional development workshops led by instructors from i2 Learning. Why were these teachers here right after the end of the school year? To prepare to lead STEM projects with their sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students next fall during the […]
Headmaster Kerry Brennan was re-elected President of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition at its recent conference at Baltimore’s Boys’ Latin School. The IBSC, founded in 1995, includes 266 schools representing 250,000 boys in twenty countries.
On 18 June, RL’s 2017 valedictorian, Siva Emani, was presented with his Presidential Scholarship Medallion at a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C. He was accompanied by his RL sponsor, Dr. Peter Hyde. Since the United States Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, Siva is the fourth RL boy to receive this […]
A message from Headmaster BrennanDear Friends: I am sorry to share the sad news that David Frank died today. He had been battling cancer and various complications over the past several weeks. David gave thirty-four years of his life to RL, its mission, and the fortunate boys who were in his various English classes and […]
