Latin Lyceum Mission Statement

The Latin Lyceum is a selective admissions exam school within Lowell High School that engages academically promising students in a challenging college preparatory curriculum intended to broaden and deepen their knowledge, skills, understandings, and civic commitment.

The Lyceum emphasizes:

A classical education, providing an interdisciplinary foundation and context for current learning;

• A community of learners, with close, supportive connections among teachers, students and staff;
• Inquiry-based instruction which promotes careful analysis, creativity, independent problem-solving (or thought), and informed judgment;
• Aesthetic appreciation; and
• The development of individual confidence and high aspirations.

A community of learners, with close, supportive connections among teachers, students and staff;

• Teachers and students collaborate to create and sustain a learning journey; mutual respect and open discourse characterize their explorations toward new insights, understandings and problem resolution. 
• Students develop strong intellectual and personal relationships through shared classes and common curricula; working together on common projects reinforces a team approach toward critical thinking and creative problem-solving.
• Interdisciplinary connections among learning experiences and a strong and supportive learning environment are facilitated through faculty collaboration.
  Students spend extended time with core Lyceum faculty through participation in English and Mathematics courses taught by common instructors.
• Community members, administrators and the Lyceum's parent group take active roles in the Latin Lyceum's curriculum, activities, assessment, and ongoing development.

Inquiry-based instruction which promotes careful analysis, creativity, independent problem-solving (or thought), and informed judgment;

• *There is an emphasis on engagement with learning material such that students are immersed in the upper-level thinking process of synthesis, critical analysis, and evaluation. Typical assignments ask students to engage in research, reflection, argument, problem generation and thoughtful problem-solving.
• Curiosity and questioning are encouraged; independent thought is valued.
• Lyceum teachers engage in ongoing professional development to promote a continuing emphasis on high quality, intellectually stimulating teaching practice.

Aesthetic appreciation; and

• Dimension of art, music, literature, and language are integrated within English, History and Seminar Lyceum core courses, as well as within Lowell High School's Advanced Placement European History Course.
• Latin Language courses emphasize aesthetic elements of the relevant language, history, and culture.

The development of individual confidence and high aspirations.

The development of individual confidence and high aspirations is fostered in the program.