St. Laurence High School

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St. Laurence High School
Motto Virtue
Established 1961
Type Private all-male secondary
Affiliations Catholic, Congregation of Christian Brothers
President Mr. Thomas Ondrla
Principal Mr. James Muting
Students 800
Grades 9–12
Location Burbank, Illinois, USA
Colors black and gold
Mascot Vikings
Yearbook 'Valhallan'
Newspaper 'The Helm'
Website www.stlaurence.com

St. Laurence High School is a private, all-male Catholic college preparatory high school founded in 1961. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, the school is conducted by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and is named for the Irish saint, St Laurence O'Toole. It is located in the southwest Chicago suburb of Burbank, Illinois, across the street from Queen of Peace, a private all-female Catholic high school.

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[edit] History

Classes for Queen of Peace High School were held in the St. Laurence building before their school was constructed. During the 2005-06 school year the library caught fire in the early morning and all students had to be rushed to their sister school Queen of Peace High School, which was celebrating "Harmony Day".

On March 14, 2008, at approximately 1:40 P.M., St. Laurence's cafeteria was robbed. Two black male subjects, one armed with a black semi-automatic handgun, entered the school through an unlocked rear kitchen door. The two subjects fled the area, the school was immediately put on lockdown as a precaution. Students and teachers remained in their classrooms for about 40 minutes while the Burbank Police Department searched the school. Fortunately, no one was injured, and after the police confirmed the building was safe, students proceeded to their last period classes.

[edit] Classes

Classes are divided into three levels: B Track, A Track, and Honors. There are some classes that are special to St. Laurence including: Leadership Class, Weight Lifting, Anatomy, Drafting, Journalism, Sociology, Accounting, Personal Law, and Chicago History. The majority of the students are in A Track classes. The students enrolled in the Honors level are given an extra .5 added to their GPA and additional schoolwork. In a 2005-06 Helm article explained that the differences of the A Track and Honors level is large and growing and that students believe that it wasn't fair that you can get all "A"s in an A Track class and have a 4.5 GPA whereas all "B"s in an Honors class would only yield a 4.0 GPA. There continues to be a discussion over these issues. There are very few advanced placement classes, but many of the classes that an Honors student takes will have given them enough information to take the A.P. test confidently.

[edit] Athletics

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The St. Laurence Gym proudly displays all the victories in its short history. St. Laurence's football team has won state, and most recently won their division, and moved up in their division. St. Laurence presently is giving an effort to return the school's athletic program to that of its "glory days".

The Viking used in most of the school's various spirit items is the same as the Minnesota Vikings' logo.

[edit] Baseball

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  • Catholic League Champions 1967, 79, 82, 84, 88, 90, 93, 94, 06, 07
  • I.H.S.A. Regional Champions 1978, 82, 87, 93, 06, 07
  • I.H.S.A. Sectional Champions 1987, 93
  • I.H.S.A. Sectionals-2nd Place 1978
  • I.H.S.A. State Semi-Finalists 1987
  • 3rd in State 1993
  • Summer League State Champions 1981

[edit] Basketball

  • Catholic League Champions 1967, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, ’80
  • I.H.S.A. Regional Champions 1975, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 85, 90, 98, 03
  • I.H.S.A. Sectional Champions 1977, 2003
  • I.H.S.A. Sectionals-2nd Pl. 1976, 79, 80, 82
  • 4th in State 1977

[edit] Bowling

  • Catholic League Champions 1978, 86, 88, 89, 97, 98, 99
  • I.H.S.A. Sectional Champions 2004
  • 3rd in State 1999

[edit] Cross Country

  • Catholic League Champions 1968, 83, 86, 89
  • I.H.S.A. Regional Champions 1983
  • I.H.S.A. Sectional Qualifiers 1976, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 05, 06
  • I.H.S.A. State Finalists 1983, 89

[edit] Football

  • Catholic League Champions 1972, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87
  • Chicago Prep Bowl Champions 1972, 73, 74, 78
  • I.H.S.A. Quarterfinalists 1984, 86
  • I.H.S.A. Semi-Finalists 1977
  • I.H.S.A. Runners-Up 1979
  • I.H.S.A. Class 5A State Champions 1976

[edit] Golf

  • I.H.S.A. Regional Champions 1979, 80, 82, 91
  • I.H.S.A. Sectional Champions 1982
  • I.H.S.A. State Finals-14th Place 1982

[edit] Hockey

  • Catholic League Champions 1966, 67, 88, 92
  • Kennedy Cup Champions 1967, 83
  • State Sectional Champions 1979
  • State Quarter-Finalists 1983, 86, 88
  • State Semi-Finalists 2000
  • 2nd in State 1981
  • State Champions 2004

[edit] Soccer

  • Catholic League Champions 1984
  • I.H.S.A. Regional Champions 1988, 89

[edit] Swimming

St. Laurence has no pool.

  • I.H.S.A. Sectional Champions 1986
  • I.H.S.A. Sectionals-2nd place 1984, 85

[edit] Tennis

  • Catholic League Champions 1967, 68, 69, 75, 97, 98
  • I.H.S.A. Sectional Champions 1985

[edit] Water polo

St. Laurence has no pool.

  • Catholic League Champions 1987
  • State Champs 1987
  • 3rd in State 1980

[edit] Wrestling

  • Catholic League Champions 1971, 74, 76, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 90
  • I.H.S.A. Regional Champions 1982, 83, 85, 86, 90
  • I.H.S.A. Sectional Champions 1983, 90
  • I.H.S.A. Class AA State Champions 1990
  • State Meet Team Qualifier 1983,1980

[edit] Rivalry

St. Laurence's most notable rival is Brother Rice, which is also operated by the Christian Brothers. St. Rita is also a noted rival. Though Reavis is also in Burbank, they are not in the same conference (Reavis being a public high school) and rarely face one another; when the two schools do meet in a sport, it is known as "The Battle For Burbank". The two schools have never met in varsity football; however, in the late 1980s the junior varsity teams met for a contest won by Reavis and attended by a huge huge crowd.

[edit] Notable alumni

The names of locally successful alumni are displayed on the classroom doors.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Coaches. Top Gun Wrestling Club (2007-03-28). Retrieved on 2007-11-03.
  2. ^ Hernandez, Nathaniel (2006-06-13). "Ex-Chicago City Clerk Gets 2-Year Term". Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. Retrieved on 2007-11-03.
  3. ^ Kevin J. O'Connor at the Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ Front Office. The Official Site of Chicago Cubs. MLB Advanced Media, L.P.. Retrieved on 2007-11-03.
  5. ^ Jeff Vintar at the Internet Movie Database

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