"在罗克斯伯里拉丁学校的品质中,没有哪一种品质能比我们的男孩的背景和天性更有力地促进我们学校的生活"。- 校长布伦南

  • About Headmaster Kerry Brennan

    Kerry Brennan has spent all of his professional life teaching in and leading schools. The 11th Headmaster of Roxbury Latin, Kerry is in his 19th year in that role. Headmaster of New York City’s venerable K-12 Collegiate School prior to that, Kerry spent 14 years as a principal at Cleveland’s University School, first as Head of the Shaker Campus (K-8), and then as Head of the Hunting Valley Campus (9-12). His first secondary school position was as Director of Music, English teacher, basketball coach, class dean, Chair of the Arts Department, and member of the Admission Committee at Roxbury Latin. In anticipation of that appointment, he served at Amherst College as Associate in Music, founder and director of the Amherst College Chorus (the school’s first co-ed chorus for underclassmen), director of the Amherst Freshman Glee Club, and director of the Amherst College Glee Club. He also worked at Harvard University as assistant dean of the Summer School.

    A native of Schenectady, New York, and a graduate of its public schools, Kerry went on to Amherst College from which he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in music and political science. At Amherst, he was deeply involved in music and theatre, including directing the Amherst Zumbyes and several musical productions; he was also an elected college-wide representative. Named a Klingenstein Fellow in 1982, he earned his master’s in philosophy and education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

    Kerry’s contributions to education and the arts beyond the schools in which he has worked are significant. He has served as a trustee of the Civic Symphony of Boston, Lyric Opera Cleveland (president), the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses, Nightingale Bamford School, George Jackson Academy (founding trustee), Winsor School, and as a founding member of the day school executive committee for the University of Pennsylvania Graduate Program in Independent School Teaching. He has also participated in and led school evaluation teams in the Central States, New York, and New England. A longtime member of the Board of Trustees of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition (200 schools, 250,000 students), Kerry was named its president in 2015. A member of the Heads Collegiate Forum (formerly Country Day School Headmasters Association), Kerry currently serves as President of the Heads and Principals Association (formerly the Headmasters Association).

    A lifelong musician, Kerry is musical director of Mastersingers USA, a 25-year-old, 80 member men’s chorus that has traveled abroad extensively. He is also the founder and director of The Sly Voxes, a Boston-based, men’s a cappella group.

    During his time as Headmaster of Roxbury Latin, the school has expanded its programs in international education, social sciences, STEM, the arts, public speaking, student leadership, community and culture, and service. In addition to modernizing existing buildings, in 2016 the school opened its Indoor Athletic Facility, a state-of-the-art hockey rink, turf surface, and training and wellness space, as well as synthetic surface playing fields and 12-tennis courts. Kerry led efforts to join with other independent schools in support of a two-year teachers’ education program offered in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania. Four fellows are on campus each year thanks to that program. Kerry has emphasized access and affordability and broad representation in the student body from all Greater Boston demographics. Impressive fundraising has largely been in service to realizing those goals, as well as attracting, developing, and retaining a world-class faculty. Currently, Kerry also teaches a civics course for eighth graders (an effort he spawned), assists with the direction of the 100-voice Glee Club, and advises ten students.

校长的欢迎词

罗克斯伯里拉丁学校由约翰-艾略特牧师创建于1645年,它不仅是北美地区持续存在的最古老的学校,而且据我估计,它也是北美大陆最古老的男子学校。在我们所有的377年中,我们提供了一个明确为我们所照顾的男孩设计的课程。我们的工作一直很稳定,也很有把握。然而,在罗克斯伯里拉丁学校的独特品质中,没有一种品质比我们的男孩的背景和性质更有力地促进了我们学校的生活。

早在其他学校试图表现出某种形式的多样性之前,罗克斯伯里拉丁学校就已经追求并欢迎反映大波士顿地区广泛人口的学生群体了。我们在录取学生时不考虑家庭的支付能力,并提供任何必要的财政援助,以使家庭能够将其儿子送到这里。在过去的几年里,我们已经成功地扩大了我们的财政援助,包括了学校项目的所有补充功能--活动、旅行、咨询。这种模式使学生群体变得非常民主,男孩们的才能、性格、对学校生活的贡献以及他们充满活力、不拘一格的个性得到了衡量和赞赏。

由于罗克斯伯里拉丁学校以这种方式重新定义了可及性和可负担性,来自所有社会经济群体的男孩都在这里找到了一个温馨的教育家园。毕业生们会欣然断言,各种观点的代表,认识不同背景男孩的机会,因共同经历激烈的学术挑战而建立的纽带,以及定期提醒的可能性和责任--所有这些都有助于形成一种氛围,使男孩们彼此相爱并相互尊重。他们是一帮兄弟。

无论您是已经熟悉罗克斯伯里拉丁学校,还是刚到我们社区,我都邀请您进一步了解我们。我希望您能看到我们学校真正与众不同的特点。

Kerry P. Brennan
校长