St. Viator High School

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Coordinates: 42°05′44″N 87°58′02″W / 42.095454, -87.967257

St. Viator High School

Established	1961
Type	Private coeducational secondary
Affiliations	Catholic, Viatorian
President	Fr. Mick Egan, C.S.V.
Principal	Ms. Eileen Manno
Grades	9–12
Location	Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA
Colors	White and navy blue
Mascot	Lions
Yearbook	'Viatome'
Newspaper	'The Viator Voice'
Website	www.saintviator.com

St. Viator High School is a Catholic co-educational secondary school in Arlington Heights, Illinois. It serves as a college preparatory school with approximately one-thousand students from the mid- and outer-northwest suburbs of Chicago. Part of the Archdiocese of Chicago, the school is run by the clerics of Saint Viator.

1 History
2 Academics
3 Extra-curricular activities
4 Athletics
- 4.1 Illinois state championships
5 Famous alumni
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

The Archdiocese of Chicago reallocated some land it had already owned — tentatively designated for a future cemetery — for educational purposes, and assigned the Clerics of St. Viator to build and run a boys' secondary school. It opened in 1961 to a small class of freshmen and a few sophomores, graduating its first class in 1965.

Enrollments waxed and waned over the next few decades. Faced with declining numbers in 1987^[1], the choice was made to merge with Sacred Heart of Mary High School of Rolling Meadows, with which St. Viator already had a sister-school relationship. The merger was effected in the summer of 1987; St. Viator absorbed the faculty, staff, and student body of Sacred Heart beginning with the 1987–88 school year, and admitted a co-educational freshman class (the class of 1991).

The physical plant remained largely unchanged from its original 1961 footprint. A co-educational student population required the construction of a girls' locker room. This kicked off a string of renovations to occur throughout the 1990s, including a renovation of the boys' locker room, the chapel, and science labs. After a major capital campaign, the school constructed a multipurpose athletic addition, and the Boler Center was dedicated in summer of 2005. \

[edit] Academics

St. Viator follows a college preparatory curriculum. Students are required to take classes from a breadth of areas, including math, English, fine arts, science, social science, and religion; a foreign language is required for a minimum of two years. Instruction in the Spanish, French, German, and Italian languages is offered, as is Mandarin Chinese.

The school requires students to complete a fixed number of community service hours in order to graduate. The classes of 2008 and 2009 were required to complete 75 hours, while the 2010 and 2011 had to complete 100 hours. Also, all students are required to be drug tested.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Extra-curricular activities

The Fine Arts have had recent growth and success. The St. Viator Symphonic Band received 3rd place at the State of the Art Band Competition, held last year at Brother Rice High School in Chicago. This year the combined Concert and Symphonic Bands received 3rd as well. The St. Viator Jazz Band competes every year at Jazz in the Meadows. St. Viator has also added the new "Voices of Viator" show choir. The 2008 schedule includes productions of Godspell and Arsenic and Old Lace (play). ^[2]

Saint Viator offers various academic and leadership societies, such as the National Honor Society, Anime Club, Ambassador Club, Viatribe, Computer Club, Ski Team, Student Action Tribe, Math Club, Chess Club, Outdoor Adventure Club, SADD-Students Against Destructive Decisions, recycling Corp, link crew and Student Council; student activism groups, like the Student Action Tribe; and foreign language clubs.

Aspiring writers and journalists contribute to Viatome, the yearbook; Viator Voice, the newspaper; and ROAR, a literary magazine.

The Scholastic Bowl Team is one of the most successful teams at the school. ^[3]

2004–2005 — North Metro Scholastic Bowl League Frosh/Soph Fourth Place
2005–2006 — North Metro Scholastic Bowl League Frosh/Soph Champion (16-1 record)
2006–2007 — North Metro Scholastic Bowl League Frosh/Soph Champion (16-1 record)
2006–2007 — North Metro Scholastic Bowl "B" League Frosh/Soph Champion (undefeated)
2007 — Kaneland High School Scholastic Bowl Frosh/Soph Tournament Runner-up
2007 — Carmel Catholic High School Scholastic Bowl Tournament Frosh/Soph Fourth Place
2008 — Kaneland High School Scholastic Bowl Frosh/Soph Champion
2007-2008 — North Metro Scholastic Bowl League Frosh/Soph Champion (14-2 record)
2007-2008 — North Metro Scholastic Bowl League Varsity Third Place (12-4 record)

[edit] Athletics

For most sports, St. Viator plays in the East Suburban Catholic Conference; for swimming and water polo, the Metro Catholic Aquatic Conference; and for lacrosse, the Mid-Suburban Conference of the Illinois High School Lacrosse Association.

[edit] Illinois state championships

St. Viator's Paul Ducato won the State Championship in wrestling (98 lbs. class) in 1986.
St. Viator's 1991 Junior Varsity Cheerleading Squad (Class of 1994) won the Illinois State Cheerleading Championship.
St. Viator's Junior Varsity and Varsity squads both won the Illinois State Cheerleading Championship in 2001.
St. Viator won the 2003 Class A Boys Soccer State Title with a record of 23-2-4.
Girls’ soccer won the Class A State Championship in 2002, 2003, and 2005.
Boys' golf won the Class AAA State Championship in 2007 after a second place finish the year before.
Tim Phillips- 2 state championships
Danny Sabatello- Frosh/Soph Wrestling State Champ

[edit] Famous alumni

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