BOYS’ LATIN
MAGAZINE The magazine focuses on the impact of the Charles T. Bauer Student Commons, our new dining facility and campus center. Already, this space has delivered on the promise of forging a stronger community. Through daily practice of being together, our students have deepened relationships with one another and with faculty members. Moreover, the space has provided opportunities for informal interactions across all divisions, reinforcing that connectedness of being one school, K – 12. Again, none of this would be possible without the tremendous generosity of the many benefactors who have given to phase II of the Building the Laker Legacy Campaign.
POSTINGS Welcome to the second edition of The Boys’ Latin Magazine, our community-wide source of printed news. Through various stories and vignettes, this semiannual publication features alumni and students, faculty and staff, and families and friends, providing our broad community with an overview of the good work happening on campus and beyond. This winter edition showcases both longstanding Boys’ Latin traditions along with a glimpse of some of the new offerings introduced in this 2015-16 academic year. In campus news, you will meet new teachers and staff for 2015-16, and we highlight the return of Al Freihofer. We feature new programs, such as LAUNCH in the upper school, INNOVATION in the middle school and new clubs in the lower school. You will see familiar faces and traditions in stories about Veterans & Patriot’s Days, the Bull & Oyster Roast, Fall Festival and the Fifth-Grade Tie Ceremony. In alumni and development news, we celebrate the memory of former trustee Brad Gano ’74 and long-time English chair Ab Logan ’12H, while also re-capping various events and alumni news. Other feature articles give you a chance to learn about Michael Morsberger ’16 (our student body president), BL graduates that have matriculated to Cornell University and more.
This winter edition showcases both longstanding Boys’ Latin traditions along with a glimpse of some of the new offerings introduced in this 2015-16 academic year. The magazine focuses on the impact of the Charles T. Bauer Student Commons, our new dining facility and campus center. On behalf of our school, I extend my deepest gratitude to our campaign chairs J. Duncan Smith ’73 and Warner Mason ’14 H for their stalwart leadership, our Board of Trustees for their commitment to our school, and the many donors who, through their generosity over the period of this campaign, have built a lasting legacy for generations of Lakers to come.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Gregory S. Horning, President Frank S. Jones, Jr. ’77, First Vice President Charles F. Black, Sr. ’73, Treasurer Richard H. Bagby ’82, Assistant Treasurer Georgette D. Kiser, Secretary Geoffrey H. Brent ’77, Assistant Secretary
To receive a copy, contact Lisa Anthony 410.377.5192 x1106 Editorial Team Sarah Woods Editor and Director of Strategic Communications, The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland Joyce Barnett Proofreader Creative Team James Hersick Creative Director, Native Communications Laurel Webster Designer, Native Communications Photography Team Larry Canner Annemarie Merow Don Obrecht Derrick Thomas Katie Wollman Sarah Woods BL Photography Club LifeTouch Mighty Engine Printing Team HBP Inc.
ON THE COVER
With deep appreciation,
Christopher J. Post / Headmaster New Student Commons. Photo provided by The Mullan Contracting Company
2016 ACADEMIC CALENDAR March 21-28 Friday, April 29 Thursday, May 5 May 6-7 Monday, May 30 Saturday, June 4 Thursday, June 9 Friday, June 10
Spring Break Laker Golf Outing Named Scholarship Luncheon Homecoming School Closed, Memorial Day Commencement Lower School Closing Exercises Middle School Closing Exercises
Tuesday, September 6 Wednesday, September 7 Saturday, September 17 Monday, October 3 Wednesday, October 12 Saturday, November 19 November 23-25 December 21 –30
Orientation Classes begin Fall Festival School Closed, Rosh Hashanah School Closed, Yom Kippur Bull & Oyster Roast School Closed, Thanksgiving Winter Break
James R. Brooks ’73 James A. Callahan, Jr. ’71 Herbert D. Frerichs, Jr. Brandon F. Gaines ’72 Thomas M. Gaines ’82 Kathy H. Gray G. Todd Guntner ’72 Nicholas G. King Andrew Makris Jeffrey C. Mason ’81 Warner P. Mason ’12 H William H. May ’60 James E. McDonnell II ’45 Ryan D. Mollett ’97 Jonathan P. Murray ’13 H Walker S. Mygatt Robert B. Naeny, Jr. ’73 David Oestreicher Brian H. O’Neil ’75 Robert B. Rice Stephen W. Shaw Peter B. Snyder David A. Ward William E. Wilson, Jr. ’81 Alumni Association President Alison Brennan Parents’ Association President TRUSTEES EMERITI Raleigh Brent II ’44 Robert E. Carter ’64 Philip C. Federico ’75 Henry H. Hopkins ’03 H Craig Lewis Frederick W. Meier, Jr. George M. S. Riepe ’40 J. Duncan Smith ’73 H. Mebane Turner ’08 H BOYSLATINMD.COM
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