This years 2013 All Leo High School Alumni Cookout was a great success! This past August 200 Leo men and guests gathered at Dan Ryan Woods to reconnect with old classmates, connect with older alum, and raise funds to donate to the Leo High School’s new buses purchased this past summer. I like to give […]
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Lee Memorial Scholarship Foundation Fundraiser July 27, 2013
For over a decade Mark Lee ’85, President of the Eric and Steven Lee Memorial Scholarship Foundation, has been part of an effort to raise money to provide educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth in Chicago. The foundation has sponsored students in the past at both Leo and Maria High. It has also donated money to […]
Continue reading...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 […]
Continue reading...Happy Birthday to Leo’s Oldest Alumnus
Michael McDermott turned 99 years old on June 14, 2013. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL MCDERMOTT!!
Continue reading...3rd Annual SMA Charity Golf Event – May 18, 2013
Like many other people, we had not heard of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) until our grandson, Ryan, was diagnosed at the age of 26 months. Our family was devastated because SMA is a genetic neuromuscular disease with no treatment or cure. Together with the help of family and many friends, as well as the Lemont, IL community, we […]
Continue reading...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 the […]
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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 President Obama meeting with […]
Continue reading...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) for waiving “the […]
Continue reading...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 he got to Leo, but that’s OK. […]
Continue reading...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. Perhaps he […]
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