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Latins math team after state competition with awards
Math Team Places High at State Championship
May 1, 2024
Latin Student Government campaign posters on the door to the 3rd floor.
Latin Student Government Campaign Posters are Being Poached from the Walls of the School
April 17, 2024
Posing a new set of challenges and opportunities, the exam on March 9 marked the first digital SAT.
Doing it Digital: The SAT Revamp
April 15, 2024
Last month, 13 Chicagoland schools attended a workshop targeted to help combat antisemitism within school environments.
Latin Attends Antisemitism Workshop
April 15, 2024
Protestors gather outside of Union Station where Latin held its Romans Raise and Revel fundraiser.
Protest Occurs Outside Latin’s Annual Fundraiser
April 15, 2024
With Prom right around the corner, students have begun to shop for dresses, raising questions about what constitutes a Prom dress.
Easter Prom Dresses vs. Traditional Prom Dresses: What’s the Difference?
May 1, 2024
Ranch: an underrated, under-appreciated, under-used condiment.
All About the Sauce
February 15, 2024
Senior Reeise Remmer gets creative while procrastinating.
The Art of Procrastination: Embracing the Creative Power of Delay
February 1, 2024
Madhappy hoodies and Stanley Cups are among the most popular holiday-induced trends at Latin.
5 Winter Trends Dominating Latin
February 1, 2024
The New Year brings with it time-honored traditions, but are they really all that great?
New Year, Same Old Story: Why Resolutions Don’t Serve Their Purpose
February 1, 2024
Letter to the Editors: Viewing Hoda Katebi Through a Different Lens
Letter to the Editors: Viewing Hoda Katebi Through a Different Lens
January 10, 2023
Letter to the Editors: Response to Op-Ed on Hoda Katebi
Letter to the Editors: Response to Op-Ed on Hoda Katebi
January 7, 2023
Letter to the Editors: Our Paper’s Past as a True Forum
Letter to the Editors: Our Paper’s Past as a True Forum
March 1, 2020
Letter from the Editors: 12.4.16
December 4, 2016
Letter to the Editor: Mason Hammond on Ferguson
December 1, 2014
Seated atop the Learning Commons, a Latin senior uses DraftKings to place sports bets.
Sports Betting at Latin: Tingle in the Fingers, Tangle in the Law
May 8, 2024
Dave Diaz 88 still credits his junior year history course at Latin, Americas History in Vietnam, as one of his biggest inspirations for his career.
Dave Diaz: One Alum’s Journey to the White House to Shape National Security
May 1, 2024
Gianna Miller 15 is finishing up her final year of law school, nine years after she first fell in love with the law in Nazi Mind.
Gianna Miller: From Latin to Law
May 1, 2024
Kimiko Darcy 23 is currently studying at Emory University, and her Latin education has proved to be influential throughout her first year of college.
Kimiko Darcy: Blending Music and Neuroscience in College
May 1, 2024
Reina Hardy 99 jumped into writing immediately after graduating from Latin and never stopped.
Reina Hardy: How an Alum Transformed Words into Worlds
May 1, 2024
Senior year in general, I’m looking forward to having a little bit more freedom with my course load. - junior Quinn McDonough
Student of the Week: Quinn McDonough
May 1, 2024
Never take anything for granted, freshman Myles Antelis says.
Student of the Week: Myles Antelis
April 12, 2024
Maggie and her parents at the beginning of the IHSA State Golf Final
Student of the Week: Maggie Zeiger
March 4, 2024
Senior Zuhair Alsikafi, asked how he wants to be remembered at Latin, replied, Hopefully that I brought a smile to their faces.
Student of the Week: Zuhair Alsikafi
February 15, 2024
Sophomore Grayson Anderson is this weeks Student of the Week
Student of the Week: Grayson Anderson
February 1, 2024
Letters From the Class of 2024: Eliza Lampert
Letters From the Class of 2024: Eliza Lampert
May 6, 2024
Letters from the Class of 24: Annie Hallinan
Letters from the Class of ’24: Annie Hallinan
April 12, 2024
Upper School math teacher Zach McArthur and seventh place winner Maggie Zeiger shake hands after another year of a successful Masters Pool.
Students Work to Master Mr. McArthur’s Masters Pool
May 1, 2024
Varsity Boys Basketball Coach Aubrey DeNard post game.
DeNard Resigns as Coach After Leading Latin Basketball to Historic Success
May 1, 2024
Student looking at Womens March Madness bracket.
Caitlin Clark and Her Iowa Hawkeyes Floor the Nation
April 15, 2024
Latin eighth grader Micah Weiss answers questions after his race.
Latin Eighth Grader Wins National Indoor Mile Race
March 11, 2024
The boys varsity team with the sectional champions plaque. (@latinschoolofchicago Instagram)
Latin Boys Basketball Wins Sectionals
March 4, 2024
The lettering from Taylor Swifts newest studio album, The Tortured Poets Department.
The Chairman of The Tortured Poets Department Has Done It Again
May 1, 2024
Programs of student-run play Antigone Now, directed by seniors Makenze Humphrey and Payton Rice.
Student Creativity Takes the Stage with ‘Antigone Now’
May 1, 2024
Art by seniors Payton Rice and Elsie Cohen displayed in Gallery 2.
Art with Heart: Latin Seniors Craft a Vision of Sustainability, Community, and Sparkle
May 1, 2024
Chorus members band together to relish in the joy of the new leadership in their city.
Defiance in Focus: A Photographic Exploration of ‘Antigone Now’
April 24, 2024
Beyoncé released her new album, Cowboy Carter, on March 29.
COWBOY CARTER: Is Beyoncé Going Country?
April 15, 2024
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Sofia Grimm, Digital Editor & News Editor

Sofia Grimm ('25) is delighted to serve her second year as Digital Editor and her first year as News Editor. Her third year writing for The Forum, Sofia has covered both international news with a focus on its impact on Latin and highlighted student talent. Outside of The Forum, Sofia is the founder of the Physics Club and co-head of the Model UN Team.

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Students and chaperones gather for a Project Week group picture.

Building Memories on Project Week

Sofia Grimm and Caroline McHugh
April 3, 2024
Poster made by junior Lizzy Miller promoting the February 22 Blood Drive.

Latin School Blood Drive a Big Success

Sofia Grimm, Digital Editor & News Editor
April 2, 2024
Michael Gray 25 smiling and making a thumbs-up gesture while holding a voter registration form. Photographed in front of one of the drives voter registration tables. A poster reading VOTE is voice and patriotic red, white, & blue star-shaped balloons are pictured in the background.

‘We Will Vote’ Club Registers 68 Latin Students To Vote

Sofia Grimm, Digital Editor & News Editor
February 15, 2024
Poster for the HeadSpace program enclosed in an email sent out by Ms. Damaska

HeadSpace: ‘A Direct Line of Communication to the Leadership of the School’

Sofia Grimm, Digital Editor & News Editor
November 15, 2023
The survey was conducted through Northwesterns Medill School of Journalism and the Scholastic Press Association of Chicagos Mayoral Youth Forum program, which both editors participated in.

Mayoral Youth Forum: Social & Physical Safety at Latin

Sofia Grimm and Ava Tse
February 1, 2023
Iranians protest in solidarity with Mahsa Amini in Ottawa (September 25, 2022).

Brave Women of Iran Protest to Regain Human Rights

Sofia Grimm, Digital Editor
December 2, 2022
P-Week 2022 featured the project “Latin Iditarod: Dog Sledding in Minnesota.”

Organizing P-Week Proves No Easy Feat

Sofia Grimm and Ryan Rose
November 16, 2022
Dr. Diamond speaking at a press conference at the University of Chicago on October 10

Latin Alum Douglas Diamond Wins Nobel Prize

Sofia Grimm, Digital Editor
November 1, 2022
Mr. Faulkner, wearing a black suit and blue dress shirt, stands in front of a brick wall with a smile on his face.

Get to Know Mr. Faulkner!

Sofia Grimm, Digital Editor
September 15, 2022
A sign advertising the Light on Anxiety service outside Ms. Knoche’s office.

Latin Hires Outside Counselors

Sofia Grimm, Staff Writer
June 1, 2022
The Latin School as seen from North Ave

Latin Parents Embrace ‘What is Race’ Crash Course

Sofia Grimm, Staff Writer
May 16, 2022
Oh, to New York McKennzie Boyd’s Play Goes!

Oh, to New York McKennzie Boyd’s Play Goes!

Sofia Grimm, Staff Writer
March 1, 2022
Property Damage & Littering: Accountability

Property Damage & Littering: Accountability

Sofia Grimm, Staff Writer
December 1, 2021
The official poster/flyer for the Latin School of Chicago’s 2021 fall play

The Fall Play: A Hit or Miss?

Sofia Grimm, Staff Writer
November 15, 2021
Metamorphoses: Whatever the Audience Wants to Make of It

Metamorphoses: ‘Whatever the Audience Wants to Make of It’

Sofia Grimm, Staff Writer
October 15, 2021
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