An extremely generous alumnus from the Class of 1964 has just donated $1 million, in one single payment, to Saint Patrick High School. The funds will be directed toward “Building a Stronger Future Together – The Campaign for Saint Patrick High School,” which aims to build an endowment, enhance STEAM offerings and sustain the vibrancy of the...Read More
Chemistry has a lot to do with the success of the 2016-17 Saint Patrick basketball team. Three of the Shamrocks top scorers – Laurence Merritt ’17, Xavier Pinson ’18 and Jalen Nelson ’17 – were starters on last year’s sectional final team, and many other core returnees earned valuable playing team a season ago. Each...Read More
Saint Patrick High School will once again be participating in Chicago’s Downtown Saint Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 11, and the Northwest Side Irish Parade, on Sunday, March 12. It will be a special year at the Northwest Side Irish Parade, as St. Pat’s President Dr. Joe Schmidt has been chosen as the Grand...Read More
The artwork of three Saint Patrick students will soon be on display at a local VFW as part of the Patriotic Art Contest. Works created by senior Michael O’Malley and juniors Kamil Prus and RJ Scimeca were chosen by fellow students as the three pieces, qualifying them for the contest. Following the local competition, a...Read More
A perfect 300 game from senior Eddie Schulthess helped the Shamrocks to a second-place finish in their regional on Saturday, Jan. 14. The Shamrocks completed the day with a team score of 5,429, finishing 269 pins behind first-place Payton. Their success allows the team to advance to the Glenbard East Sectional, which will be held...Read More
Saint Patrick senior Michael Valicento has been awarded the Chick Evans Scholarship. Valicento will receive a full college tuition and housing scholarship, renewable for four years. He has not yet decided which university he will attend, but is considering Notre Dame, Northwestern, Purdue, Illinois and Marquette. “I’m extremely honored and grateful to be able to...Read More
Saint Patrick High School has hired Adam Guerra as the new head coach of the Shamrocks football program. Guerra comes to St. Pat’s from Los Angeles, Calif., where he has seven years of experience as the head coach of Catholic high school football programs. The University of Southern California graduate has been coaching high school...Read More
The Saint Patrick basketball team continued its hot start to the season with a second-place finish in the Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament. The Shamrocks cruised past their first four opponents – winning by an average of 27.5 points per game – but were unable to keep their streak alive in the final, falling to Conant...Read More
The Saint Patrick wrestling team continued its stellar start to the season on Dec. 10, as four Shamrocks took home tournament championships at Buffalo Grove’s Rex Lewis Invite. Anthony Greco (8-3, 106 pounds), Mike Valicento (8-0, 145), Dan Baker (17-1, 152) and Pat Mullane (17-1, 160) each won their individual weight classes at the tournament....Read More
Twenty-two Saint Patrick High School students have been selected as Illinois State Scholars. The senior Shamrocks who earned the designation this year were: Daniel Baker, Jakub Bigos, Louis Cerone, Jesse Cobb, Nicholas Dattalo, Benjamin Dziechciowski, Tianyu Gai, Daniel Galante, Matthew Galvan, Erik Jachym, Colm Keane, Luke Labuz, Philip Lutkovsky, Anthony Mazzenga, John McHugh, William McNulty,...Read More
