The Leo Alumni Community is saddened by the loss of Tom Hopkins at an early age. Tom was a Leo supporter through both his presence and his deeds, a loyal attendee of the School basketball games and other School and Alumni functions, he also gave to the School in many ways. His obituary … [Read more...]
Alumni Groups Invest In Their Old Schools
As borrowed from chicagotribune.com Former graduates reach across economic divide to lend assist to today's students By Bonnie Miller Rubin, Tribune reporter February 14, 2014 There is a lot of hand-wringing these days, in the media and elsewhere, about the state of America's … [Read more...]
Cutting Along the Color Line by Quincy T. Mills ’93
Class of 1993 graduate Quincy Mills has had a busy life since he received his diploma from Leo High School. He followed Leo by earning his B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his M.B.A. from DePaul, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He … [Read more...]
Alumni Basketball Night 1/31/14 Leo V Gordon Tech
The Alumni turnout was great and the game was fun! Four years ago we started having "Alumni Night" basketball games at which we are spectators not participants. What started out as 75 alumni in our our spacious gym has grown and has been a very positive item in our very strong Alumni … [Read more...]
Leo High School Makes the Cover of the Journal of IL History
Although Leo Alumni of all ages have long considered the storied school to be a wellspring of History of a variety of types, it is always nice when an authority recognizes some particular event the school has been involved in in its historic context. In this case the Authority is the Journal of … [Read more...]
Facta non Verba Demonstrated!
Lions Track Team Assists St. James for Christmas as borrowed from catholicnewworld.com By Marcus Pass 12/30/13 The Leo High School track team visited St. James Parish Dec. 21 for the fourth consecutive year on Christmas morning to help pass out food and gifts to the … [Read more...]
LEO HIGH SCHOOL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 1930
This year the Leo Alumni Association Vice President, John Gardner (Class of 1975) delivered a box of documents he received from Joan Howard (a Member of the Leo High Hall of Fame) to the website administrators. The box included papers which her late husband, the former Alumni President, John … [Read more...]
New teacher thinks outside boxing by Lisa Black borrowed from The Chicago Tribune 12/29/13
By Lisa Black, Chicago Tribune reporterDecember 29, 2013 New teacher thinks outside boxing She also helps coach sport at all-male school Leo Catholic High School officials admit they were skeptical when Kimberly Hickey showed up last summer to apply for a job teaching math. At 24, … [Read more...]