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Boys Latin Charter School of Philadelphia, DeSean Jackson, DeSean Jackson: The Making of a Father's Dream, Philadelphia Eagles
DeSean Jackson attended a screening of DeSean Jackson: The Making of a Father’s Dream and spoke with students directly following the film. DeSean Jackson, who has built a career on creating highlights, has lived much of his life in front of a camera. The by-product is a new documentary, DeSean Jackson: The Making of a Father’s Dream, compiled from thousands of hours of footage taken by his brother, Byron Jackson, since Jackson was a child. It is a story of his rise to fame from Pop Warner to Pro Bowl and tells the rocky journey of a family to stay together through it all, despite their differences, and in the face of mounting pressure from outside influences. It is a family story, wrapped in the fanfare of an NFL dream. The sentiment “it takes a Village to catch a break” is woven throughout-a sentiment that rings true with the Boys’ Latin community.
BOYS’ LATIN OF PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOL – PROFILE 2012-2013
David Hardy, Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Noah Tennant, Principal
The School:
Public charter school for boys, founded in 2007 and located in West Philadelphia.
Enrollment:
500 students in grades 9-12
Class of 2013: 84
Students come from all areas of Philadelphia
Approximately 78% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch
Total Faculty: 34
Faculty/Student Ratio: 14.7:1
Calendar: Trimester
Extended school day on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
Bi-monthly Saturday school
Distinctive Programs:
Four-week summer academy for entering freshmen
All students required to study Latin for four years
All students in grades 10-12 receive laptop computers
Afterschool program named “Best in Region” by Philadelphia magazine in 2009
First public school crew team in Philadelphia
College Preparatory:
96% of the members of the Class of 2011 and 99% of the members of the Class of 2012 were admitted to colleges.
College Admission and Matriculation (Classes of 2011-2012). Members of the Classes of 2011 and 2012 were admitted to the following colleges.
Albright College
Alderson-Broaddus
Allegany College of MD
Allegheny College
American International
Arcadia University
Art Institute of New York
Art Inst. of Philadelphia
Art Inst. of Pittsburgh
Assumption College
Bates College
Becker College
Benedict College
Bloomfield College
Bloomsburg University
Boston University
Bowdoin College
University of Bridgeport
California Univ. of PA
Carleton College
Cheyney University
Clarion University
Clark Atlanta Univ.
Colgate University
Colby-Sawyer College
Columbia College
Comm. Coll. of Phila.
Daemen College
Delaware Cty Comm. Coll.
Delaware State Univ.
Delaware Valley College
University of Delaware
Denison University
Dowling College
Drew University
East Stroudsburg Univ.
Embry-Riddle Univ.
Gannon University
Goucher College
Hampton University
Harris Stowe State Univ
Harrisburg Univ. of Science and Technology
University of Hartford
Hood College
Howard University
Immaculata University
Indiana Univ. of PA
Juniata College
University of Kentucky
Keystone College
Kutztown University
La Salle University
Lane College
Lebanon Valley College
Lincoln University
Lock Haven University
Long Island University
Lycoming College
Lyndon State College
Lynn University
Mansfield University
UMass-Boston
UMass-Lowell
MA College of Liberal Arts
McDaniel College
University of Miami
Miami Univ. of Ohio
Miles College
Millersville University
Misericordia University
Montgomery Cty CC.
Morgan State Univ.
Mountain State Univ.
Neumann University
Univ. of New England
Univ. of New Hampshire
Univ. of New Haven
Northampton CC
Ohio Valley University
Ohio Wesleyan Univ.
Peirce College
PA College of Technology
PSU, Abington
PSU, Altoona
PSU, Berks
PSU, Greater Allegheny
PSU, Hazleton
PSU, Schuylkill
PSU, Wilkes-Barre
Pikeville College
University of Pittsburgh
Point Park University
The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College
Robert Morris Univ. Rosemont College
Saint Augustine’s College
Saint Leo University
Sarah Lawrence College
Seton Hall University
Seton Hill University
Shippensburg Univ.
Slippery Rock Univ.
Southern NH University
St. John’s University
Stevenson University
Susquehanna Univ.
SUNY-Alfred
Temple University
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Towson University
Tufts University
Ursinus College
Valley Forge Military Coll.
Villanova University
Virginia Union Univ.
Wagner College
Wesley College
West Chester Univ.
Western New England
Wheaton College
Widener University
William Paterson Univ.
William Penn Univ.
Wilkes University
Wilmington College
Wilmington University
Wittenberg University
Worcester Polytechnic
York College of PA
Website: http://www.boyslatin.org