Bulletin for February 9, 2012
All 8Th graders should have turned in their permission slips and $4 for the March 12th Shakespeare Now! production of Romeo and Juliet taking place in Carroll Hall. Attendance is for course credit and is mandatory. Stop by 233 to ask Ms. Wagner questions or to thank her for bringing this wonderful production to BLA.
Grade 7-12 students: Join the BoomWriter.com Online Writing Club and get a boost for your fun, skills, resume, and college application! In this club you compete to write the best next chapters of an original book, and students from around the world participate. The more points you get, the more accessories for your cartoon character you can get! The whole club is conducted online. Contact: Email Ms. Marshall before 2/9/12 for instructions to get in:Marshall@latinacademy.org .
Barcelona 2012: All students traveling to Barcelona must see Mr. Maguire this week. Please stop by room 306 as soon as possible. Thank you.
The Student Forum: The Student Forum will meet this Thursday, February 9, with Dr. Properzio in room 225. We will be making cards for the cafeteria staff appreciation day. Please attend. Contact: Dr. Properzio
Come watch us compete:
*Girl’s Hockey @ Matthews Arena Mon, February 13, 4pm – 5pm
*Girls’ Basketball Home Tue, February 14, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
*Boys’ Basketball Home Thu, February 16, 4:30pm – 5:30pm
BLACC Certamen Forum
Congratulations to Joana Jankulla for planning and carrying out an excellent first Certamen Tournament attended by 9 other schools last Saturday, Jan 28. Congratulations also to the Advanced Level Team who placed 1st, the Novice Team who placed 2nd and the Intermediate Team who placed 3rd. Thank you to all the teachers who wrote questions and the students and college students who helped Joana run the show. A special thanks to Michael Howard, class of 2010, for writing all the finals questions and for his constant support of the teams.
Contact: Ms. Fillion
Care Packages to the Armed Services Overseas:
The Classics Club invites you to donate to the USO for soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen who are serving overseas. Bring in items such as Travel Size Toiletries (Disposable Razors and Shaving Cream, Deodorant, Tooth Paste and Tooth Brushes) and Instant Snacks (Instant Oatmeal, Mini boxes of Cereal, Ramen Instant Noodle Cups, Plastic Utensils). All Items must be TRAVEL SIZE and INDIVIDUAL SERVING SIZE. Bring Supplies to Room 211. Contact: Ms Fillion
Keep this paper and read the announcements again tomorrow!
BLA in The News!
Latin Academy runs off again
Boston Herald
(https://expost.mybps.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/high_school/general/view/20220208latin_academy_runs_off_again/srvc=sports%26position=recent_bullet)
After eight years of dominance by O’Bryant, Latin Academy won the boys and girls titles for the second straight year at the Boston City Championship at the ...
It’s a repeat for Latin Academy
Boston.com
(https://expost.mybps.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.boston.com/sports/schools/articles/2012/02/08/its_a_repeat_for_latin_academy/)
By Hannah Becker Latin Academy swept the Boston City indoor track championship for the second straight year, taking home the girls’ and boys’ titles ...
Boston Latin Academy Certamen Forum Saturday, January 28th
(https://expost.mybps.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.massjcl.org/documents/certamen/BostonLatinAcademyCertamenForum-1.pdf)
This year Boston Latin Academy is hosting the Certamen Forum: a full Certamen tournament. Latin teachers interested in signing up teams should email Joana ...
Dragons earn 21st swim title: The Latin Academy co-ed swim team cruised to its fifth straight Boston City League title yesterday at Madison Park. The Dragons swept the top three spots in four of the 11 events and racked up 141 points en route to their 21st championship in the event’s 22-year history. (Boston.com)
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Welcome back to BLA 2011 - 2012
Welcome back to the BLA school year 2011 - 2012!
A few things before we get to the first bulletin of the year:
As you may know, BLA has been in the news recently as the BPS system explores options for locations. This is not a done deal and parents, students, faculty and alumni have been out in force making their thoughts known. As we receive more information, I’ll post it on the BLA Parent site but you’ll also find the most current information at https://sites.google.com/site/205townsendaction/
I encourage you to check in frequently and get involved.
As some of you know, my son has graduated (yay). I’ll be adjusting the system for the Bulletin delivery so that it can go on without me...although I will miss it. I am also in the process of updating the parent site itself. So, stay tuned for more on that later.
If you know other parents of students at BLA who do not receive the bulletin and would like to, please have them contact me at
Special thanks to Ms. Grace Campia at BLA for her continuing help in getting the Daily Bulletin out to me each day.
Thanks and here’s to a great school year!
Carole Carter
Some Helpful Links:
BLA School Site
BLA Calendar
BLA FAQs for Parents
BLAGLS Alumni Site
Coming Events:
