How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself? The Epictetus quotation was displayed on the screen as boys filled the Smith Theater on September 24 for the year’s first Health and Wellness Hall. With everyone in their seats, Dr. Schaffer took to the stage to introduce Dr. Jonathan Jenkins […]
The National Merit Scholarship Program recently announced the names of Class of 2025 students across the country who earned recognition for their academic achievement. This year, 28 Roxbury Latin boys were named—seven as National Merit Scholar semifinalists and twenty-one others earning commendations from program officials, equating to 50% of the class. Juniors from across the […]
One of Roxbury Latin’s goals is to foster a community of “accomplished generalists.” In other words, it encourages boys to be passionate about and involved in many different things. A terrific example of this is Class II student Max Kesselheim, whose love of both politics and humor informed the research behind his article “How funny […]
View the Beaver Brook Photo Gallery (Photos by Marcus Miller) On the morning of September 6, Roxbury Latin’s newest cohort of 43 Sixies, nine Class I leaders, Head of School Dr. Schaffer, and several faculty members departed campus for Hollis, New Hampshire, for the annual Class VI trip to Beaver Brook. After disembarking the bus […]
Each fall, Roxbury Latin welcomes a new cohort of faculty, staff, and students to campus. This year, in addition to new Head of School Dr. Sam Schaffer, six faculty and staff from a variety of backgrounds and areas of expertise join RL’s roster of educators, coaches, advisors, and community members. Anthony D’Amato joins RL as […]
“I am so happy that you are here… and that I am here. What a great place to be as we exit the summer and merge into the school year,” began RL’s new Head of School, Dr. Sam Schaffer on Monday, August 26, during the traditional Opening of Fall Term Hall, commencing Roxbury Latin’s 380th […]
On August 23, the last Friday before the new academic year, Roxbury Latin faculty and staff—new and returning!—gathered for a series of school-wide updates and meetings. This year the schedule included a presentation and discussion on Stress, Technology, and Learning by Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd, in a continued effort to provide professional development […]
Dear Roxbury Latin community, At this time a year ago, at the announcement of my appointment as the next Head of The Roxbury Latin School, I wrote of how honored and humbled and excited I was to be joining this community. In the twelve months since, those feelings have only grown. As I have visited […]
Dear Friends: And so it comes to an end. I sit finally at my desk in the Headmaster’s Office, one that has been occupied with distinction by my predecessors—beginning with Daniel Varney Thompson, during whose administration the school moved from Kearsarge Avenue in Roxbury to its spatial digs here in West Roxbury. This perch has […]
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 […]