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dance Orchesis Show: from Elvis to Prince
Orchesis will mount their show featuring a wide variety of styles from jazz and modern, to classical ballet and even swing. read more
   
Grim Reminder of Driving Dangers
“Grim reaper” day at the Saint Viator brings home point about the dangers of distracted driving. read more
   
Chicago River Student Congress
A group of seniors presented their findings on Chicago River watershed and its ability to sustain life. read more
   
Band Strikes All the Right Notes
At the 30th annual State of the Art competition, Saint Viator High School won best woodwinds. read more
   
Students Take Steps to Fill Food Pantries
Students launch their “Step Up to the Plate” Lenten campaign. read more
   

Cheerleaders Make A Statement
Saint Viator cheerleaders earned more state hardware at the Illinois Cheerleading Coaches’ Association championship competition. read more

   
Give Peace A Chance
Echoing the words of John Lennon, a team of “Peacebuilders” at Saint Viator set out to influence their classmates during “Peace Week.” read more
   
Senior Named Top Illinois Volunteer
A desire to provide eyeglasses for people in Third World countries has propelled Viator senior Janice Guzon into national prominence. read more
   
Saint Viator Students Reach Out to Their Counterparts in Haiti
Students participate in a weeklong “dress-down collection” to raise over $26,000 that will directly support the Viatorian missions in Haiti. read more
   
Leonardo Da Vinci Inspires Saint Viator Eagle Scout Project
Senior John Koehler knew he wanted to give back to his Catholic grammar school in searching for an Eagle Scout project. What he didn’t foresee was the role Renaissance inventor Leonardo Da Vinci would play. read more
   
Athletes Commit on Signing Day
It was a banner day for Saint Viator High School as eight of its elite student athletes signed letters of intent to play sports in college. read more
   
Math Teacher Scores Winning Shots
Math Teacher Matt Hynek accomplished something at a recent basketball game that hasn’t been done in three years. read more
   
Students compete in the French Cup
This week, three Viator students will travel to Rouen, France to compete in the French Cup synchronized team skating competition as part of Team USA. more info
   
1 Wizard of Oz Opens Jan. 29
The Merry Old Land of Oz and its Emerald City vividly come to life as Saint Viator HS mounts the classic musical, “The Wizard of Oz.” more info
   
Students Take to Slopes for Charity
More than 140 students banded together to heighten awareness for a charity focused on finding cures for serious childhood diseases read more
   
Viator Grad Pairs up for Nationals
Viator graduate Danny O’Shea makes his fourth appearance at the U.S. Figure Skating National Championships this week. read more
   
Upcoming Events Promote Safe Driving
This Friday, members of the school’s Teen Safe Driving Committee will hand out ice scrapers to the first 200 high school students, imprinted with the message: “safe driving is a scrape away.” read more
   

Entrance Exam
Saint Viator prepares for the Entrance Exam after being named among the Top 10 Chicago-area Catholic high schools in enrollment.

   

Saint Viator Students Issue Warning: Distractions, Slow Reactions
A new display case went up last week in the hallway of Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights, and it had nothing to with trophies. read story

   
Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotel manager who inspired the movie “Hotel Rwanda” when he saved the lives of more than 1,200 people during the Rwandan genocide, visited Saint Viator High School. read story
   
History repeats for soccer state champion Saint Viator
The Lions lifted the Class 2A state championship cup Saturday afternoon at North Central College in Naperville after defeating top‐rated Peoria Notre Dame 1‐0 to win the program's second state title. read more
   
Saint Viator's Annual Fashion Show Raises Money for the School
What do you get when you combine more than 150 models, backed up by jazz band and Orchesis Club performances, and fashions from nearly two dozen stores throughout the Northwest suburbs? read more
   
a Golf Team Makes History
With a runner-up finish in 2006 and two straight Class 3A titles in 2007 and 2008, the Lions were the favorites as they headed to The Den in Bloomington. read story
   
Class of '09 Scores 25.3 on ACT
School officials learned recently that the average ACT score for the Class of 2009 was 25.3, almost 5 points higher than the state average. read story
   
First National AP Scholar
Alex Grabowski of Arlington Heights earned the distinction after scoring an average of 4 or better on all the AP exams he took. Earlier, Grabowski was one of two Saint Viator students to score a perfect 36 on the ACT college entrance exam. read more
   
Students Complete Field Day Research on the Chicago River
The wooded banks of the Chicago River took Saint Viator High School students beyond their classroom walls, into the murky waters of the river’s north branch at the Linne Woods site in Morton Grove. read more
   
National Merit Commended Students Announced
Saint Viator High School announced that four northwest suburban students were named National
Merit Commended Scholars this week by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. read more