The new Leo High School Calendar for the upcoming year has been added. Click on the Calendar link. All scheduled games are in the calendar! … [Read more...]
The Class of ’42 by Paul M. Somers ’46
I graduated from Leo High School on a warm Sunday afternoon in June of 1946. At the end of the festivities, I got into our luggage-laden 1939 Plymouth, and Dad, Mom, Jean and I drove to Champaign, where I was left to matriculate myself into the University of Illinois. For the next 40 years, I … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday to Leo’s Oldest Alumnus
Michael McDermott turned 99 years old on June 14, 2013. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL MCDERMOTT!! … [Read more...]
Leo HS student Miles Turner paralyzed in shooting attends prom
By Paul Meincke and Diane Pathieu May 3, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A young victim of violence on Chicago's streets is making a big step in his recovery tonight: He is attending prom. It's been a long time since Miles Turner has seen his high school classmates, but he made it here, and is making … [Read more...]
Leo Boxers
Leo Boxer and future Captain of Team USA Lamar Fenner Defeated the Chechen Terrorist Tamerlan Tzarnaev in 2009; The Link Below is to the Celtic Boxing Club and includes photos of Leo's 2010 Man of the Year Mike Joyce Training many of our Leo Boxers Boxers. The Link includes photographs of … [Read more...]
Leo High School Initiates a New Tuition Program – “THE LEO ADVANTAGE”
The Administrators of Leo high School is Always Making Moves. The link below tells lots about the costs of running Leo and how well it's being handled. It's an article of interest to all Leo High Alumni. Thank you to Pat Hickey forkeeping us informed and The Staff at the Beverly Review (Susan) … [Read more...]
Behind Britton, Leo looks to hurdle over competition
04/19/2013, 9:24pm CDT By Mike Clark mclark@suntimes.com Marlon Britton was the Class 1A runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles last season for state champion Leo. This season, Britton and the Lions have good shots at state titles. Marlon Britton didn’t get an opinion about what events he’d run when … [Read more...]
Brother Jim Glos, One More Alumnus following our Motto “Facta Non Verba”
Dear Friends, This is an interesting and, in many ways, critical time for the Catholic Church. We now have a new leader, Pope Francis. Judging from his history as a bishop in Argentina and from his first actions and pronouncements, he seems to have a mind similar to that of Francis of Assisi. … [Read more...]
Leo High School Teacher, Aurora Latifi
Leo High School Teacher Makes Her Mark in Adopted Country March 18, 2013 7:29am | By Wendell Hutson, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer AUBURN GRESHAM — Aurora Latifi grew up wanting to be an engineer in her native Albania, but the government wouldn't allow her to, so she settled on … [Read more...]
“Another Leo Man Making All Of Us Proud”
Mahoney Book Collection to bring more than 1,400 books to SXU library Dedication was held on Mon., March 11 at 10 a.m. Saint Xavier University hosted the dedication of the Mahoney Book Collection at 10 a.m. on Mon., March 11 in the Bishop Quarter Room of the Robert and Mary Rita Murphy Stump … [Read more...]