This holiday season, Boston Latin School’s clubs, faculty and sports teams are hosting a wide variety of ways to spread and celebrate the holiday spirit.
In this season of giving, Unity Provisions (BLS FEEDS) invites all who are able to combat food insecurity by donating non-perishable food items. Their drive will run from December 1 to 20, with drop-off locations at the front and back exits of the School.
On December 10, the Topol Fellows hosted a gingerbread house creation event with students and friends to raise money for the Boston Public Schools Alternative Program, whose guidance department creates holiday food baskets for students and families who are part of the program. Cookies for a Cause, a BLS student-run club which sells homemade baked goods and donates profits towards charities, also sold cookies at the event.
Hot off three superb pep day rallies, BLS Step Squad brought their spirit and talents to a performance at Northeastern University on December 11. This performance, which took place during the Boston Public Schools’ Principal Professional Development, was for all BPS principals and featured new steps that encompassed the spirit of Boston and Massachusetts as a whole, rather than just BLS.
BLS CARE, a club committed to supporting cancer research, is hosting a fundraiser for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s yearlong Jimmy Fund. On December 3, in honor of the holiday season, Arbella Insurance matched all donations up to $50,000.
In addition, BLS Black Leaders Aspiring for Change and Knowledge will be hosting a Kwanzaa Extravaganza on December 19. The event is looking for student entrepreneurs and leaders to celebrate the fourth principle of Kwanzaa, Ujamaa, which calls for economic togetherness for the African-American community.
Before break, the Class of 2025 officers have organized two spirit days. On Thursday, December 19, students will wear their ugly holiday sweaters, and on December 20, students will wear their pajamas in celebration of the upcoming break.
BLS Asian Students In Action (A.S.I.A.) will also be holding their 25th annual Holiday Sing-Off event on Friday, December 20, in the Black Box Theatre. Buy tickets from any A.S.I.A. officer for five dollars to see this exciting event, in which a dozen BLS singers and bands will perform and compete for various prizes.
The Michael Giordano Christmas Hockey Tournament will also be held at the Murphy Skating rink in South Boston between December 26 and January 1. The tournament is for both the boys’ and girls’ hockey teams and is held in honor of Michael “Gio” Giordano, an alumnus of BLS who spent many years working at BLS overseeing Saturday Success School, serving as director of the Exam School Initiative, and coaching both the football and boys’ hockey team.