Roxbury Latin’s VEX Robotics team found great success at the VEX Southern New England Regional Championship over the weekend. RL had five teams in competition (out of 80 qualifying teams in total), with three Class I teams, a Class III team, and a combined Class V & IV team. All three of the Class I […]
On March 3, Roxbury Latin students and teachers gathered in Rousmaniere Hall to celebrate a tradition that is distinctly RL: Exelauno Day dates back more than 130 years, when Classics master Clarence Willard Gleason inaugurated a celebration of the Classics, in which Greek students would be exempted from homework. Today, the event allows for the […]
Each winter, RL’s youngest, budding actors and crew—from Class VI through Class IV—come together for the production of the annual Junior Play. On February 24 and 25, The Little Prince—by Rick Cummings and John Scoullar, adapted from the beloved book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry—filled the Smith Theater, bringing the classic tale to vivid life. The […]
On February 14, famed New York Times journalist Bret Stephens spoke with students, faculty, and guests in Rousmaniere Hall about his life and work. Mr. Stephens—one of the premiere conservative journalists of our time—has been an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times since 2017, after a long career with The Wall Street Journal, where […]
On February 11, Roxbury Latin’s wrestlers headed to BB&N in Cambridge to compete in this winter’s Graves-Kelsey Tournament—the Independent School League wrestling championships, named for long-time and legendary coaches Bert Kelsey of Roxbury Latin, and Gibby Graves of Buckingham Browne & Nichols. Earning an impressive second finish overall in a field of 13 teams (falling […]
Headmaster Kerry Brennan—Roxbury Latin’s 11th headmaster, having served since 2004—has just announced his decision to retire at the conclusion of the 2023–2024 school year. After communicating his decision to the Board of Trustees during its meeting yesterday afternoon, Mr. Brennan made his announcement to the faculty, staff, and students at the start of the school […]
Após um processo de audição abrangente e altamente competitivo, Eric Zhu (II) foi convidado pelo Instituto de Música Weill do Carnegie Hall para se juntar à Orquestra Nacional da Juventude dos Estados Unidos da América (NYO-USA). Como membro da NYO-USA, Eric terá a honra de tocar com alguns dos mais talentosos jovens músicos dos Estados Unidos da América [...].
A 31 de Janeiro, a premiada arquitecta paisagista Kate Orff, directora fundadora e sócia da SCAPE, proferiu a palestra anual do RL Wyner Lecture. A série de palestras, estabelecida por Jerry Wyner, Classe de 1943, e a sua irmã Elizabeth Wyner Mark, é um memorial vivo ao seu pai Rudolph Wyner, Classe de 1912. A escola teve a honra de ter Jerry '43 e [...]
A Exposição de Arte de Inverno deste ano, actualmente em exposição no Grande Salão, apresenta o trabalho de quatro alunos que combinaram ciência, matemática e arte para criar carreiras centradas no trabalho da madeira e carpintaria, arquitectura e design. Eles e o seu trabalho tornaram-se entidades conhecidas na cena de mobiliário e construção de Boston, tendo sido apresentados em [...].
Foi apropriado que, num dia frio e cinzento de Janeiro, estudantes, professores e pessoal latino de Roxbury fossem tratados a uma actuação ensolarada e optimista do quarteto de jazz local The Late Risers - uma banda que tem sido descrita como "o equivalente musical do céu azul e do glorioso sol". The Late Risers teve o seu início em 2014, [...]