Brooklyn Latin School

Specialized high school in New York City

The Brooklyn Latin School

Seen from Graham Avenue

Address

223 Graham Avenue

Brooklyn

New York

United States

Coordinates| 40°42′18″N 73°56′20″W﻿ / ﻿40.70500°N 73.93889°W﻿ / 40.70500; -73.93889
Information
Type| Selective school
Motto| To whom much has been given, from him much will be expected.
Established| September 2006; 18 years ago (2006-09)
Headmaster| Katrina Billy-Wilkinson
Faculty| 37
Grades| 9–12
Number of students| 807[1]
Color(s)|     Purple and white
Mascot| Titans
Nickname| TBLS
Newspaper| The Brooklyn Latineer
Website| brooklynlatin.org

The Brooklyn Latin School is a public specialized high school in New York City. It opened in September 2006.[2] The ideals governing Brooklyn Latin are borrowed largely from the Boston Latin School,[3] and popular society's ideals. The school’s founding headmaster was Jason Griffiths.[4]

The school spent its first five years at 325 Bushwick Avenue, in limited space. In 2013 it moved to 223 Graham Avenue, not far from the previous school.[5] In that same year it was named as one of New York State's top public schools.[2]

## Course of study

[edit]

### IB at TBLS

[edit]

The Brooklyn Latin School is the only specialized high school in New York City that has implemented the IB Diploma Programme.[6]

## Enrollment

[edit]

Admission to the Brooklyn Latin School is based exclusively on an entrance examination, known as the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT), open to all eighth and ninth grade New York City students. The test covers math (word problems and computation) and verbal (reading comprehension and grammar) skills. Out of the approximately 30,000 students taking the entrance examination for the September 2011 admission round (with 14,529 students listing Brooklyn Latin as a choice on their application), about 572 offers were made, making for an acceptance rate of 3.9%.[7][8]

In contrast to the other specialized high schools, Brooklyn Latin was known for its diversity in its early years.[2]

## See also

[edit]

* Roxbury Latin School
* Boston Latin School

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Brooklyn Latin School, the". Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
2. ^ a b c Blint-Welsh, Tyler (July 26, 2018). "One Elite High School Was Diverse. Then It Got Discovered". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
3. ^ GRIFFITHS, JASON (2014). "The Brooklyn Latin School". The Classical World. 107 (2): 265–268\. ISSN 0009-8418. JSTOR 24699679.
4. ^ Hoffman, Meredith (May 14, 2012). "Brooklyn Latin School Is Young, But Focused on Longtime Traditions". Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
5. ^ Hoffman, Meredith. "High-Achieving Brooklyn Latin School Relocates for Large Gym and Labs". Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
6. ^ "International Baccalaureate". brooklynlatin.org. Retrieved October 16, 2021.
7. ^ Specialized High Schools Student Handbook 2011-2012 (PDF). NYC Department of Education. 2011. p. 5.
8. ^ "Specialized High Schools Student Handbook 2011-2012" (PDF). NYC Department of Education. Retrieved March 1, 2012.

## External links

[edit]

* Official website

* v
* t
* e

Education in Brooklyn

Public schools|

* Public School 39
* Acad for Excellence in Leadership
* Acad of Urban Planning
* Benjamin Banneker Acad
* Clara Barton HS
* Boys and Girls HS
* Brooklyn Acad of Science and the Environment
* Brooklyn College Acad
* Brooklyn Democracy Acad
* Brooklyn Frontiers HS
* Brooklyn HS of the Arts
* Brooklyn Int'l HS
* Brooklyn Latin
* Brooklyn Prep HS
* Brooklyn Technical HS
* Bushwick Leaders HS for Academic Excellence
* Bushwick School for Social Justice
* Roy Campanella OTC
* Rachel Carson HS for Coastal Studies
* John Dewey HS
* El Puente Acad for Peace and Justice
* Fort Hamilton HS
* Khalil Gibran Int'l Acad
* Leon M. Goldstein HS for the Sciences
* William E. Grady CTE HS
* Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning
* HS for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow
* HS for Medical Professions
* HS of Enterprise, Business, & Tech
* HS of Telecom Arts and Tech
* Int'l HS at Prospect Heights
* John Jay Educational Campus
* Kingsborough EC SS
* Abraham Lincoln HS
* James Madison HS
* William H. Maxwell CATE HS
* Midwood HS
* Edward R. Murrow HS
* New Utrecht HS
* P-TECH HS
* Paul Robeson HS for Business and Technology
* Franklin Delano Roosevelt HS
* South Brooklyn Community HS
* Sunset Park HS
* Transit Tech HS
* Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice
* George Westinghouse CATE HS
* Williamsburg HS for Architecture and Design

| Closed|

* Bay Ridge HS
* Boys HS
* Canarsie HS
* Eastern District HS
* Girls HS
* Erasmus Hall HS
* Thomas Jefferson HS
* Lafayette HS
* Franklin K. Lane HS
* Metropolitan Corporate Acad
* Prospect HS
* Sheepshead Bay HS
* South Shore HS
* Samuel J. Tilden HS
* George W. Wingate HS

|

Private schools|

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn schools

* Bishop Loughlin Memorial HS
* Cristo Rey Brooklyn HS
* Fontbonne Hall Acad
* Nazareth Regional HS
* St. Edmund Prep HS
* Saint Saviour HS of Brooklyn
* Xaverian HS

| Closed|

* Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School
* Bishop Kearney HS
* Brooklyn Prep
* Catherine McAuley High School
* St. Joseph HS

|

Other

* Al-Madinah
* Al-Noor
* Brooklyn Waldorf
* Berkeley Carroll
* German School Brooklyn
* Packer Collegiate Institute
* Poly Prep
* Saint Ann's School
* Shulamith of Brooklyn
* Sinai Academy
* Yeshivah of Flatbush
* Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin
* Yeshivat Shaare Torah
* Yeshiva Torah Vodaas

Higher education|

* Boricua College (Brooklyn Campus)
* Brooklyn College
* College Center for Computer Music
* Long Island
* Arnold and Marie Schwartz Pharmacy
* NYU Tandon
* Pratt

Brooklyn Public Library|

* Central Library
* branches:
* Macon

| Closed|

* Business & Career Library

|

This list is incomplete.

* v
* t
* e

New York City Department of Education

* Panel for Educational Policy
* Public Schools Athletic League
* Tweed Courthouse
* New York City School Construction Authority
* Specialized High Schools Admissions Test

Schools|

* List of public elementary schools
* List of high schools in The Bronx
* List of high schools in Brooklyn
* List of high schools in Manhattan
* List of high schools in Queens
* List of high schools in Staten Island
* School of One
* Empowerment Schools

Specialized
high schools|

| The Bronx|

* Bronx HS of Science
* HS of American Studies at Lehman College

|

Brooklyn|

* Brooklyn Latin
* Brooklyn Technical HS

Manhattan|

* Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS
* HS for Math, Science and Engineering at City College
* Stuyvesant HS

Queens|

* Queens HS for the Sciences

Staten Island|

* Staten Island Tech HS

Chancellors|

* Melissa Aviles-Ramos (2024-Present)
* David C. Banks (2022–2024)
* Meisha Ross Porter (2021)
* Richard Carranza (2018–2021)
* Carmen Fariña (2014–2018)
* Dennis Walcott (2011–2013)
* Cathie Black (2011)
* Joel Klein (2002–2010)
* Harold O. Levy (2000–2002)
* Rudy Crew (1995–1999)

Unions|

| Labor unions|

* United Federation of Teachers
* Council of School Supervisors & Administrators
* American Federation of Teachers
* National Education Association
* New York State United Teachers

|

Parents union|

* New York City Parents Union

Legal cases|

* Agostini v. Felton
* Aguilar v. Felton
* Aspira v. N.Y. Board of Education
* Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State
* New York City Board of Education v. Tom F.
* Zorach v. Clauson

Events|

| Sponsored|

* New York City Science and Engineering Fair

|

Not sponsored|

* New York City school boycott (1964)
* Sing!

Systems used|

| Technology based|

* Automate the Schools

|

Non-technology based|

* Delaney card
* New York City Teaching Fellows
* Reassignment centers
* Absent Teacher Reserve

In pop culture|

* C. B. J. Snyder
* Mad Hot Ballroom

Authority control databases: Geographic |

* NCES

|

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template