In our daily lives, we don’t think much about where our clothes come from or who made them. What most do not know nor consider is that most of the clothes you buy first hand are probably made in a factory that employs workers who are being exploited and paid unfairly. Now that you know…
Fun Times at the Kakehashi Project By BLA Participants
Our trip to Japan 2019 was made possible by the Kakehashi scholarship awarded to us. We had the utmost privilege of experience a culture so unique and distinct from our own. Upon discovery of different parts of the country, we learned that Japan can be simple in certain aspects yet bears an intricacy that is…
Opinion Piece: #MarchForOurLives
Vikiana Petit-Homme, Co’19 On February 14th 2018, in a matter of six minutes, seventeen students at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, were killed. Their lives were stolen from them just as their futures began to take shape, and the national outrage that followed guarantees that their deaths will not be in…
Junior Prom 2018
Exciting announcement, ladies and gentlemen of Boston Latin Academy! Senior and Junior class proms are right around the corner! Gather your dresses and tux, because it’s approaching soon. Junior prom will be held on Thursday, March 29th, 2018 at Granite Lakes Golf Course(Quincy, MA) Tickets will be sold during all three lunches starting after February…
Spirit Day is on its way
SPIRIT DAY! By Eve Rutstein and Katherine Nguyen Spirit Day is close and people are excited! For many this is their first Spirit day, but for others this is yet another awesome one. What is Spirit day? Spirit Day is the half day before Thanksgiving where all the clubs, sports teams, and BLA’s…
Girls’ Varsity Breast Cancer Awareness Game 2017
By Eve Rutstein’23 On October 12, 2017, the Girls’ Varsity Soccer team played the John D. O’Bryant in a game to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness. There were many good efforts to score on both sides. Boston Latin Academy ended up taking the game in a score of three to zero. There was an…
The Spirit Day Bridge
By Ben Haideri ’14 “Live as if you would die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” This quote by Mahatma Gandhi encapsulates the idea behind school spirit because school, between seventh and twelfth grade, is as much about intellectual growth through experience as it is through education; without one, the…
Spreading Spirit
Before going home to prepare, eat, and pass out over turkey, I first needed to enter a week of endless spirit. Though I am personally not a “spirit” person, I enjoyed the displays of pride, spirit and the all out effort put into these displays throughout our three-day education. So without further ado, this special…
Halloween Costume Roundup
Every Halloween and Boston Latin Academy, students, dedicated to the art of dressing up, arrive in their best Halloween attire wowing students and teachers alike. S0, we’ve rounded up our favorites in this special Halloween post.
More School Field Trips
By Sophia Dorsainvil-Johnson ’16 One thing that all students collectively look forward to during the school year are field trips. As soon as a teacher announces to their class that they have a field trip coming up, the students immediately get excited. Unfortunately, because the school lacks funds, each grade is limited to about…
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