The Latin School is committed to continuing to enhance its longstanding and valued relationship with its neighbors. Our monthly community coffees, annual larger community meetings, a traffic committee made up of Latin staff, parents, community representatives and various other outreach activities are part of the school’s efforts to engage in a rich and meaningful dialogue with the community.

To find out more about these endeavors or to provide input, please contact info@latinschool.org.

Neighborhood Open House
Latin School is hosting a neighborhood open house on Saturday, November 15. This is an opportunity for residents in the area to get to know the school, ask questions of some of our administrators and parent leadership and catch a glimpse of the many wonderful things our students and faculty are doing every day. This informal get-together will be in the middle school from 10 - 11:30 a.m. We will be offering refreshments and tours of the building for those who are interested. To find out more about this event or to participate, please contact Evelyne Girardet.

Chicago Park District Field Project
The Latin School is no longer involved in an initiative to build an artificial turf soccer field in south Lincoln Park. Please contact the Park District directly with any questions about this project.

Latin as a Good Neighbor
As a longtime member of the community, Latin also recognizes the importance of being a good neighbor. The school has introduced several initiatives to further develop communications with its neighbors. For example, to address concerns with local residents about traffic congestion, Latin formed a traffic management advisory committee, which meets at least twice a year. Learn about Latin's Lower School traffic procedures. In addition, during the last two years the school has hosted a series of informal community gatherings that served as a wonderful opportunity to get to know our neighbors.

The Latin School of Chicago has been an active participant in its community since 1888.

The School provides learning opportunities to Chicagoans of all ages. In addition to educating our students, we offer camp activities, sports, adventure, and academics for tots through teens in the Summer at Latin program. And High Jump, a tuition-free academic enrichment program housed at Latin, prepares talented middle school students with limited income for top parochial, public, and independent college preparatory schools.

While the School has a strong commitment to these outreach programs, we are equally committed to teaching our students to become contributing members of society. From the earliest age community service is an integral part of Latin's curriculum. Starting in the Lower School, through class projects or as members of the Lower School community service club, our students work with individuals and organizations to help people in need. Meanwhile, all tenth graders at Latin are required to complete 40 hours of community service as part of our Service Learning program. Many, of them choose to continue their outreach beyond tenth grade and finish their high school years with more than 100 hours of service at a single site.

Latin Middle School students work to clean up Chicago Forest Preserves in a Service Day project done in conjunction with Friends of the Park, a non-profit group.

For further information, please contact:

The Latin School of Chicago
Media/Community Liaison Contact:
Melissa Jarmel
(312) 582-6075
mjarmel@latinschool.org