Leo Catholic High School
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Leo Catholic High School is an all-male Catholic high school located on the Southwest Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It has approximately 300 students.
Leo High School |
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Established | 1926 |
Type | Private secondary |
Students | approx 250-300 |
Grades | 9–12 |
Location | Chicago, Illinois USA |
Oversight | Archdiocese of Chicago |
Mascot | Lions |
Newspaper | The Oriole |
Website | www.leohighschool.org |
Established in 1926, Leo Catholic High School has educated thousands of boys on Chicago's Southside and suburbs. Until the 1990s, Leo had majorities of Irish-American students. Today it is a predominately African American population. In 1996, the crew Naupohilics (consisting of the Founding Fathers DeShon Boynes and Corey Lewis) became the first and ONLY group of individuals to successfully excel in the Arts as well as pulling the honeys! 10 Years later, DeShon Boynes has become the very influential and highly acclaimed Music CEO / Producer for Cool Tone Records. Last year proved to be great for him as his artist SAM I AM the MC, which has sold more than 20,000 copies of the CD The TASTE, and won many awards at the '07 Chicago Independent Music Awards. He is great!
Leo while educating and producing many fine "Leo Men" also is renowned for its athletic achievements. Achieveing Illinois High School State titles in Track and Field and Basketball. Leo has a long standing history of success not only in athleticts but in the busniess world as well. While Leo only occupies one city block it has msde its prescence known across the entire state.70.225.72.51 17:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)chris "02"