Each year, The Boston Globe honors 18 seniors from seven Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association districts, the city of Boston, and Eastern Massachusetts private schools, recognizing excellence in athletic achievement, academics, and community service. In addition to this recognition, several additional awards are bestowed on select students from this group. This year, Noah Abdur Rahim ‘25 […]
Mere hours after Roxbury Latin celebrated the year’s Closing Exercises, dozens of students and faculty members departed for Europe to partake in RL’s long-standing—and often transformative—cultural immersion programs. Students in French and Spanish courses are testing their language skills and experiencing life, language, and learning in France and Spain. This experience involves month-long stays in […]
The National Merit Scholarship Program has recently announced its selection of 2,500 scholarship winners, chosen from a pool of 15,000 talented high school senior finalists nationwide. Raj Saha, a recent graduate in the Class of 2025, earned a $2,500 scholarship toward college next year, representing less than 1% of the initial entrants. Raj will be […]
On May 31, the 380th year of The Roxbury Latin School culminated with Closing Exercises and the graduation of the Class of 2025. The traditional and intimate ceremony—which includes the seniors, their families, the faculty and trustees—took place in Rousmaniere Hall. Immediately after the ceremony, the 56 newest alumni of The Roxbury Latin School celebrated […]
Roxbury Latin’s Varsity Tennis team won its last regular season match against St. Mark’s School on May 16 to finish undefeated in the ISL (15-0) for the third year in a row. Their success this season also earned the team its tenth ISL title since 2011. Cole Oberg ’25 captain), Daniel Stepanyan ’25 (captain), Xavier Martin […]
Roxbury Latin’s inaugural Night of Scenes, showing in the Smith Theater on May 16 and 17, had the audience laughing, thinking, and rooting for the characters on stage. This spring’s production came about conceptually from Director of Dramatics Matt Phillips, to provide more students access to the theater program at RL. While fall and winter […]
Roxbury Latin’s Varsity Track and Field team arrived at the ISL Championship on May 11, hoping to improve upon last year’s 5th place overall finish. Not only did they do this, securing a 2nd place overall finish, but the day also included new school records, top-ten placements in the school’s history, and a group of […]
“Climate change is two words, climate and change,” began Stephanie Pollack in Hall on April 22, Earth Day. “We’re going to talk a little bit about climate, but we’re going to talk a lot about change—specifically the important role that every one of you can play.” Ms. Pollack most recently served as Senior Advisor to […]
On April 14, Mrs. Carroll and Zach Heaton (I), Ameer Hasan (III), Aspen Johnson (II), and Eliot Park (I) attended the James Tufts Pener Conference at Thayer Academy. The boys who attended are all members of RL’s Environmentally Concerned Organization of Students (ECOS) Club, with Zach serving as president and Eliot as vice president. The […]
On April 17, Roxbury Latin celebrated in Hall the 12 members of Class I whose efforts and accomplishments have earned them membership in the Cum Laude Society. Each spring, the all-school Cum Laude ceremony honors the life of the mind—affirming that at the heart of a good school is scholarly engagement. “This special event is […]