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The Latin School of Chicago is a private elementary, middle and high school in the Gold Coast neighborhood in Chicago. The school was founded in 1888 by Mable Slade Vicory.

The School was founded in 1888 by a small group of mothers wanting to establish a school for the education of their sons, which had until that time been primarily the provence of either private tutors or eastern boarding schools. The school grew rapidly and by the First World War had full classes for every year from kindergarten through 12th grade. In 1902 Girls Latin was founded and was subsequently merged with Boys Latin to form The Latin School of Chicago in 1948. The school nearly collapsed following the Great Depression and the migration of many families from central Chicago to the suburbs. The school has since rebounded and now boasts more than 1100 pupils in 14 grades, 440 of which are in grades 9-12. Like many modern independent schools, the Latin School has sought to increase its national presence over the last decade. It has done so by pioneering its Humanities interdisciplinary course, which has been adopted by schools across the US. Although this course has been so successful, in the 2007-2008 school year, it will be discontinued due to the worries of preparation for tenth grade English. The school has also sought to increase its scholarship funding and has consequently become far more diverse than it was even 15 years ago. The Latin School has always had the tradition of being an academically conservative school with a strong grounding in the Humanities and the Classics. At least one year of Latin is required of all pupils in 6th grade and the high school curriuculum requires four years of English and a minimum of three years of other subjects. Latin also offers the highest number of AP classes per capita and has a thriving system of Independent Studies that has been a model for other schools across the country.

The current campus was completed in 1970 when the building housing middle and upper school students was completed. The previous building was kept in use as the home for the lower grades and the old Girls Latin building was finally sold off. The school recently broke ground in February 2006 for construction of a third building to house its middle school students. The new building is currently running behind schedule due to a construction incident over the summer of 2006.

There has traditionally been some rivalry with Francis W. Parker School and The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, especially with Parker.

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