UPCOMING EVENTS AT LATIN
Hawks Herald
October 14-15 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Middle School Fall Play October 20-22 Gnit, Upper School Fall Play November 17-18 Seussical, Kids, Lower School Musical SEPTEMBER 2017 November 9 Alumni Relations sponsored Book Discussion The Illusion of Separateness Myers Park Country Club Contact ssmith@charlottelatin.org
A NEWSLETTER FOR CHARLOTTE LATIN GRANDPARENTS
Charlotte Latin welcomes Fredrik Akerblom as the new Director of Development to lead the school’s philanthropic efforts. Fredrik has a long history of service in education and the nonprofit sector in the areas of major gifts, fundraising, operations and project management. He joins Latin from Uppsala University in Sweden, where he was the Major Gifts Officer and Manager of Development. Prior to Uppsala University, he was a management consultant in Connecticut and Director of Operations for the fundraising office of a North American global nonprofit organization, also in Connecticut. While Fredrik is from Gothenburg, Sweden, his wife Tanja is from Asheville, and this move to Charlotte brings them close to family in North Carolina and Tennessee. Please help us welcome Fredrik into our Latin community, fakerblom@charlottelatin.org or 704-841-7463. Read about all of Charlotte Latin’s new hires for the 2017-2018 school year.
Convocation FOR THE CLASS OF 2018
Ann Thompson Brock ’81, parent of Lucy ’13 and Thompson Brock, and Latin’s Director of Leadership Development, was the Class of 2018’s Convocation speaker on September 1. This ceremony, a gathering of the academic community, marked the beginning of the class’ senior year. This class was described by Head of Upper School Lawrence Wall, as “kind, genuine and good together.” Wall went on to tout impressive statistics of this group of seniors. Of this class’ 122 members, ten seniors have been recognized as AP Scholars, three as AP Scholars with Honor, and one as an AP Scholar with Distinction.
Headmaster Arch McIntosh, Director of Leadership Development Ann Thompson Brock ’81, and Head of Upper School Lawrence Wall
Ann shared words of wisdom with the Class of 2018 and fellow members of the audience. Her message, Life Lessons Learned from a Rock, presented the individual then collective perspectives of a boulder, a rock, a stone and a pebble. Boulder: Stay Grounded. Rock: Try Your Hardest. Stone: Be Still. And Pebble: Find Balance. In the end, Brock used her props to create a cairn, a navigational tool, and encouraged seniors to, “Take the first step. Get lost. Seek direction. Notice the cairns guiding your path. It is sure to be an adventure.” Click to read Ann’s address in its entirety. Charlotte Latin School
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Congratulations CLASS OF 2017 At A Glance Offered nearly
$8 MILLION
in merit scholarships,
Twenty-nine students were awarded
$100K+
24
each in scholarships
Cum Laude Society
members recognized for their academic achievement
80% 41
participated in athletics Of those:
participated in more than one sport
16 will play sports at the collegiate level 11 at the Division I level
22 Regional Mid-Carolina Writing Awards 32 Regional Mid-Carolina Visual Arts Awards 1 National Scholastic Visual Arts Award Upper School Concert Choir, String Ensemble and Wind Ensemble all received a
“SUPERIOR”
at the North Carolina Music Performance Adjudication
23 inducted
into the Service Society for completing
7, 581
150+ hours of service
collective hours of service at 100+ venues
THE WELLS FARGO CUP COMES HOME Over the last four years, the Class of 2017 helped the Hawks win 21 CISAA conference titles, 17 state titles, and earlier this year — for the first time since 2010-11 — a Wells Fargo Cup Championship. The cup was presented to Charlotte Latin for the best overall interscholastic athletic program in the 3A classification.
COLLEGE MATRICULATION
The senior class (116 students) submitted 849 applications to 183 colleges from California to Scotland to France. They were admitted to 147 schools, and chose to matriculate at 61. Each senior submitted between 1 and 19 applications with an average of 7.
33% matriculated within North Carolina and 63% within the Southeastern United States. American University Appalachian State University (2) Auburn University (3) Barnard College Baylor University Boston College (2) Clemson University (8) Colorado College (2) Dartmouth College Davidson College (3) Denison University Duke University East Carolina University Emory University Hampden-Sydney College Indiana University at Bloomington King’s College London Lehigh University Marshall University McGill University Miami University, Oxford (2) North Carolina State University (5) Northeastern University (3)
Princeton University Queens University of Charlotte Rhodes College Samford University (2) Sewanee: The University of the South (3) Southern Methodist University (2) Stanford University Syracuse University Texas Christian University The George Washington University The University of Alabama (2) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (12) The University of Texas, Austin Tufts University Tulane University United States Military Academy Preparatory School - Army University of Chicago University of Kentucky University of Miami University of Missouri Columbia University of North Carolina at Charlotte (5)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro University of North Carolina at Wilmington University of Notre Dame (2) University of Pennsylvania University of Richmond University of South Carolina University of Southern California (3) University of St Andrews University of Virginia (2) Vanderbilt University (2) Villanova University Virginia Tech (3) Wake Forest University (6) Washington and Lee University Washington University in St. Louis Wesleyan University Wingate University Yale University (2)
Celebrating 198 YEARS OF SERVICE
Charlotte Latin is proud to recognize and honor eight faculty retirees who gave a collective 198 years to our community. We are grateful to these dedicated retirees and wish them well in their new journeys ahead.
Debbie Lamm
Head of Middle School 23 years
Wendy Perkins
Upper School 31 years
C.W. Stacks
Upper School 28 years
John Pardee
Upper School 18 years
Martha Owen
Lower School 45 years
Ron Payne
Director of Music 10 years
Page McEachern
Kathy Aitken
Middle School 25 years
THANK YOU FOR GOING ALL IN FOR LATIN
Upper School 18 years
1,631 donors 150 more than last year donors 293 new 146 were alumni
gifts 723 alumni 20% growth in participation
$1,200,000+ RAISED
to fund critical enhancements for the 2017-18 year
Thanks to the generosity of 1,631 donors, the Latin Fund raised more than $1.2 million supporting critical enhancements across our School community for the 2017-2018 year.
and dollars raised from grandparents
in Latin Fund history
Many enhancements were made in preparation for the start of the school year, such as:
new family participation
• campus security cameras upgraded from analog to digital, allowing a longer review of past footage, • new Patten Stadium lights, renovated Founders’ Hall kitchen and serving area, installed energy-saving LEDs (now 100% of our lights are LEDs), repaired sewer lines and replaced several HVAC units throughout campus, • a second high element, the Giant’s Ladder, added to our Hawks Quest challenge course, and • redesigned Media Center space to create a dedicated reading and teaching area for Middle School students.
It’s never too early to support the 2017-2018 Latin Fund. You’ll be hearing more from us about this year’s effort in the coming months.
www.charlottelatin.org/giving/gift
Hawks Herald LATIN STUDENT NEWS
Forensics Team News: NATIONAL RESULTS Latin’s speech and debate program has reached a level of competitive excellence not seen here since the early 90s. The 2016-2017 school year saw the largest number of participants in many years. Four seniors won individual state championships and seven qualified to compete in national championships, with four advancing to the elimination competition at NSDA Nationals earlier this summer. Two Hawks finished among the top 30 of the 273 teams in Public Forum Debate, falling in round 11 on a 2-1 decision. These two students are Latin’s first Public Forum team to advance to elimination competition in this format of debate in the national championships.
Music Students TO REPRESENT LATIN
AT ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES
During the 2016-17 school year, along with other talented music students across the United States, Latin students Lily Zheng ’18 and Veronica Leahy ’19 practiced with dedication to gain a chair or part in their local, district and state music honor ensemble. Lily and Veronica will now join the “best of the best” for the National Association for Music Education’s (NAfME) 2017 All-National Honor Ensembles. Lily will represent Charlotte Latin as one of 48 violinists from around the nation in the Honors Orchestra. Veronica has been placed as the number one alto saxophone player in the nation for the Honors Jazz band. The All-National Honor Ensembles, to be held November 26-29, 2017, at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, represent collaboration and creativity in its highest musical form. The All-National Honor Ensembles consist of a concert band, symphony orchestra, mixed choir and jazz ensemble.
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9502 Providence Road, Charlotte, NC 28277
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www.charlottelatin.org