Saint Viator High School
Saint Viator High School
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 School News
EKG
Saint Viator Takes Proactive Approach to Detecting Heart Defects
This fall, Saint Viator will make electrocardiograms (EKGs) available to all students as part of their proactive stance on detecting undiagnosed heart ailments. read more
   
Dan Hall
Saint Viator Loses Social Studies Chair and Football Coach
The Rev. Daniel Hall, C.S.V., returns next month to the Viatorian mission in Belize he helped start more than a dozen years ago. read more
   
Crest
Graduating with Honors
Over 100 seniors graduated with honors, high honors or highest honors. read more
   
Class of 2011

Saint Viator Honors Class of 2011
The faculty and administration honor seniors who have displayed outstanding achievement in the academic disciplines and many activities offered by Saint Viator High School. read more

   
Certificates

Saint Viator Underclass Honors Awards 2011
This May, faculty, staff, and parents gathered to recognize outstanding students at Saint Viator. read more

   
Math problems
Math Students Bring Home the Hardware
Math students win heavy metal at state competitions. read more
   
art Art Students Take a Bow
Several students won awards for their work in the visual arts. read more
   
Fish Saint Viator Freshmen Pays Forward his Love of Fishing
A freshman bass fisherman has taken his passion for the sport from the lake to area nursing homes. read more
   
Lacrosse Girls With Sticks
Girls’ lacrosse makes its debut this season. read more
   
Newspaper Newspaper Staff Nets Big Awards
The senior edition of the Viator Voice was a record 72-pages. Find out about the awards the staff won this year. read more
   
Newspaper Quick Hits from the Classroom
Students visit an Islamic Center, freshmen English students take in Shakespeare, Spanish students meet with a Madrid resident, a math teacher retires and French students dine on French cuisine. It’s all part of learning beyond the classroom walls. read more
   
Athletic Logo Saint Viator Athletic Honors 2011
Several students received athletic awards at this year’s awards ceremony read more
   
Million Dollar Classic
Saint Viator Supporters Go the Distance With Golf Team Members
Golfers got a real bang for their buck at the Million Dollar Classic. read more
   
Relay for Life
Saint Viator Students Rally for Relay for Life
Saint Viator’s Relay for Life team was one of the largest, with 87 students and adult volunteers. read more
   
Lacrosse
Saint Viator Lacrosse Coach Nets Prestigious State Honor
Saint Viator Lacrosse Coach Bill Sanford earned “Coach of the Year” honors by the Illinois High School Lacrosse Association. read more
   
Howland
Saint Viator Announces New Boys Head Basketball Coach
After an exhaustive search, Saint Viator officials announced that Mike Howland '98 will take over as head basketball coach. read more
   
Graduation
Saint Viator Graduation is One for the Record Book
The largest graduating class in recent memory matriculated on Sunday at Saint Viator , as 286 students received their diplomas. read more
   
Graduation
Saint Viator Senior Earns School’s Most Prestigious Awards
For only the third time in Saint Viator’s history, one graduating senior earned both of the school’s most prestigious awards. read more
   
Valedictorian
Valedictorian and Salutatorians Have More Than Book Smarts
Saint Viator's valedictorian, Anthony Pensa, salutatorians, Robert Moynihan and Gregory Perkowski, bring more to the role than academic excellence. read more
   
Willer
Speaker Series at Saint Viator Featured Former Google Exec
Kevin Willer, former head of the Chicago office for Google, headlined a panel of innovators and leaders aimed at inspiring students. read more
   
Bass Fishing
Saint Viator Anglers Earn Bid to State Bass Fishing Finals
One year after they formed a bass fishing team at Saint Viator High School, a pair of juniors now find themselves heading to the state tournament. read more
   
 Parent News
Booster
Athletic Booster Club
Find out about that latest news and events from the Athletic Booster Club. read more
   
Parent Club
Parents’ Club
The new twist on the floral show met with rave reviews. read more
   
Patrons of the Arts
Patrons of the Arts
Look back at results from Fine Arts Week and the musical. read more
   
 Lion's Pride

Congratulations to...

  • Steven Jensen ’12, Steven Kohn ’12, Kyle Metler ’11, Anthony Pensa ’11 and Joseph Taddeo ’12 and for receiving the 2011 Physics Awards through the American Association of Physics Teachers. This award is given annual to students for their outstanding work in physics over the last year.
  • Joe Gerak ’11 who received the Barrington Chamber of Commerce scholarship.
  • … the students in Spanish 1, 2 and 3, who earned honors in the National Spanish Exam. Rachel Ruddick ’11 earned a gold medal for her 98 percent score, while Francisco Scaramuzza ’14, Cathryn Rooney ’14 and Molly Ziegler ’14 all earned silver medals for their scores of 90 percent and above. Mary Kate DelGhingaro ’14, Alexandra Glinos ’14, Jack McNamara ’14, Lillian Miossi ’14 and Samantha Fiscal ’14 all earned bronze medals. Additionally, 33 freshmen earned honorable mention, including: Ryan Abuel, Mikhaela Correa, Laura Dziubyk, Tara Kane, Kyle Knox, Dominique LoVerde, Sara Lopez, Ksenia Mack, Lauren Madden, Matthew Prazuch, Anthony Riedel, Caitlin Roberts, Kyle Robinson, Megan Schreuder, Katharine Sexton, Flynn Sirrell, Arie Taylor, Rosemary Thomas, Steven VanStedum, Jason Ziolkowski, Ethan Wolf, Sergio Hernandez, Colleen Drolet, Kristen Hackel, Madeline Johnson, Kaley Joyce, Patrick Kerstetter, Kate Kouvelis, Brittany Lynn, Anna Nagle, Rachel Neubauer, Parker Simonaitis and Kimberly Whalen.
  • … the students who earned honors in the National Italian Exam. They include: Sara Fecko ’13, who earned a 1st place in Level 2, while Julia MacKendrick ’13 and Clare Koehler ’13 both earned honorable mention. Michael DeStefano ’12 and Christopher Santucci ’12 both earned honorable mention for Level 3, while Kristen Zermatten ’12 earned honorable mention in Level 4.
  • … the students who achieved honors in the National French Exam. They include: Kara Mlynski ’13, who earned a certificate of honor for placing in the top 20th percentile in Level 2 for the Chicago Chapter. Sophomores Elizabeth Meehan, Emily Nolan, Katie Novak and Ciara Gaffney all scored in the top 30 percentile in Level 2, while freshmen Mary Hanisch and Paulette Matuk also scored in the top 30 percentile in Level 1.
  • … the students in the visual arts who won honors at the Spring Arts Festival. They included Louis Capozzoli ’11 who took 1st, 2nd and 3rd for his works in the 2-D, black and white division. In 2-D color, Erin O’Connell ’11 took 1st place, while Christine McKee ’11 took second and Katy Augustyn ’11 placed third. In photography, Torey Lenart ’11 took 1st and 3rd for her photos, while Cory Saunders ’11 won 2nd place. In ceramics, Quinn Olender ’11 won 1st place, followed by Patrick McConnell ’11 who took 2nd and Emily Depner ’11 who placed 3rd. Among sculpture works, Paul Lewis ’11, took first and second place for his pieces, while Megan Goerth ’12 placed third. In digital design, Paul Bartek ’11 earned 1st place, while George Cwiak ’11 won 2nd and Katy Augustyn ’11 placed 3rd. Read about the ‘Best in Show’ and other major winners in the “Quick Hits from the Classroom” section of LionLines.
  • … Saint Viator hockey team members named to the Metro North All-Star Varsity team: Robert Schmidt ’12, Ricky Gattone ’11, Christian DiVito ’11, Jeremy Linzing ’12, Anthony Skinner ’11 and Michael Santorsola ’11. Junior varsity players named Metro North All-Stars, included: David Kellner ’14, Michael Haubner ’13, John Joyce ’13, Sam Deihs ’14 and Jimmy Murphy ’13.
  • …the spring sports MVP & Lion award winners. Click here to see the complete list.
  • …the spring All-Conference selections. Click here to see the complete list.
 School Calendar

August

Aug. 2-5 Fall sports registration
Sunday, Aug. 7 Fall sports physicals
Wednesday, Aug. 10 Fall sports tryouts
Tuesday, Aug. 16 Fall sport parent meeting
Wednesday, Aug. 17 Freshman Class LINK orientation
Thursday, Aug. 18 Book Day
Friday, Aug. 19 First day of class
Saturday, Aug. 20 Fall sports pictures
Sunday, Aug. 21 Student Council workshop
Aug 23-25 Fall Play auditions
Thursday, Aug. 25 Meeting for parents of freshmen and transfer students
Friday, Aug. 26 Chamber Singers auditions
Sunday, Aug. 28 Freshmen Class & Family Mass
Aug. 30, 31 and Sept. 1 Orchesis auditions

September

Saturday, Sept. 1 Fashion Show Parent Meeting
Monday, Sept. 5 Labor Day, no school
Thursday, Sept. 8 Meet the Faculty Night
Saturday, Sept. 10 Freshmen/Sophomore dance and pizza party
Sunday, Sept. 11 Saint Viator Open golf outing
Tuesday, Sept. 20 Saint Viator 50th Anniversary Speaker Series
Sept. 24-25 Freshman retreats
Monday, Sept. 26 Faculty Retreat, no school
Friday, Sept. 30 Lions’ Pride raffle kickoff

Click here to see the complete school calendar.

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