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The Boston Latin School is a public "magnet"/"exam school" in Boston, Massachusetts. Established on April 23, 1635, it is considered both the first public school and oldest existing public school in the United States, along with the oldest public high school in America (which it shares with the later English High School of Boston of 1821, followed by the Central High School of Philadelphia, (), and The Baltimore City College, ())〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Boston Latin School )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First Public School Site and Ben Franklin Statue )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nndb.com/edu/712/000068508/ )〕 The Public Latin School was a bastion for educating the sons of the Boston "Brahmin" elite, resulting in the School claiming many prominent Bostonians, Msssachusetts citizens and New Englanders as alumni. Its curriculum follows that of the 18th century Latin-school movement, which holds the "classics" to be the basis of an educated mind. Four years of Latin are mandatory for all pupils who enter the School in the 7th grade, three years for those who enter in the 9th. In 2007, the School was named one of the top twenty high schools in the United States by ''U.S. News & World Report'' magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Best High Schools 2008 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The First-Class State—Two examples of how Massachusetts gets it right )〕 As of 2012, the School is listed under the "gold medal" list, ranking 62 out of the top 100 high schools in the United States (21,776 public high schools from 48 states and the District of Columbia were analyzed) by ''U.S. News & World Report'' magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Best High Schools 2012 )〕 The School was named a 2011 "Blue Ribbon School of Excellence", the U.S. Department of Education's highest award.〔(2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools ), accessed April 3, 2012〕 ==History== The School's first class was in single figures, but it now has 2,400 pupils drawn from all parts of the City of Boston and some additional tuition-paying students throughout the metro area. It has produced four Harvard presidents, four Massachusetts governors, and five signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.exodusbooks.com/Author.asp?aut=F&author=Franklin%2C+Benjamin&authorID=781&count=0&list=6 )〕 and Louis Farrakhan are among its well-known dropouts. The School was modeled after the Boston Grammar School in Lincolnshire, England, from where many of Boston's original settlers derived. Current students assert with pride that Harvard College, founded a year later in 1636, was created for Boston Latin's first graduates to attend and continue their education. Whether or not that is true, Boston Latin has been a top feeder school for Harvard, and has consistently sent large numbers of its graduates to Harvard, recently averaging about twenty-five students per year. More than 99% of Boston Latin's approximately 400 annual graduates are accepted by at least one four-year college. The Latin School admitted only male students and hired only male teachers from its founding in 1635. The School's first female student was not until the 19th century, with Helen Magill White as the school's first female graduate and first American woman to earn a doctorate. However, soon after White's graduation in 1877, the Girls' Latin School (later the co-ed Boston Latin Academy), was founded. For nearly a century, all qualified female students would attend that all-girls institution. It was not until 1972 that Boston Latin would admit its first co-educational class. Female teachers predated female students at Boston Latin. In 1967 the school appointed Marie Frisardi Cleary〔 Letter to the editor.〕 and Juanita Ponte as the first two women in its academic faculty. Cornelia Kelley, the school's first female headmaster, served from 1998 until her retirement in 2007, after which Lynne Mooney Teta was selected to become the school's 28th headmaster. Mooney Teta is a 1986 graduate of Boston Latin and was formerly an assistant headmaster at the school. Under Teta, Boston Latin School removed all honor classes within its curriculum. However, there is an option to take accelerated courses of Algebra 2; Geometry; Pre-Calculus; and Latin 4 that do not give the 1.0 GPA boost. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boston Latin School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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