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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 in one regard by pioneering its Humanities interdisciplinary course. Although this course has been moderately 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 slightly 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. The Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the Stock Market Crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ... White flight is a term for the demographic trend where upper and middle class white people move away from non-white inner-city neighborhoods to predominantly white suburbs and exurbs. ...

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. Francis W. Parker School is an independent day school serving students from junior kindergarten through grade twelve of high school. ... The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools (also Lab School and abbreviated UCLS; the upper classes are nicknamed U-High) is a private, co-educational day school in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Notable alumni

• Bob Balaban - actor and producer.
• Carol Mendelsohn - television producer and writer.
• Nancy Reagan - former First Lady.
• Roger McGuinn - singer and songwriter, founding member of the Byrds.
• William Wrigley Jr. - industrialist.
• Lisa Madigan - current Illinois Attorney General.
• Laura Granville - professional tennis player.
• Bill Wirtz - businessman and Chicago Blackhawks owner.
• John Marshall Harlan II - US Supreme Court Justice.
• Claes Oldenburg - sculptor.
• Neil Strauss - journalist and author.
• Douglas Ginsburg - US Supreme Court nominee.
• Lauralee Bell - actress.
• Ike Barinholtz - comedian and actor.

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External links

• The Latin School of Chicago