St. Laurence High School
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5556 West 77th Street Burbank, Illinois 60459 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°45′14″N 87°45′36″W / 41.75389°N 87.76000°WCoordinates: 41°45′14″N 87°45′36″W / 41.75389°N 87.76000°W |
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| Type | private |
| Motto | Where Leadership Begins |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1961 |
| Sister school | Queen of Peace |
| Oversight | Archdiocese of Chicago |
| President | Joseph A. Martinez |
| Principal | James Muting |
| Faculty | 60 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Gender | all-male |
| Average class size | 24 |
| Campus size | 23 acres (93,000 m2) |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Color(s) | Black and Gold |
| Fight song | Viking Fight Song |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Catholic League |
| Mascot | Igor the Viking |
| Team name | Vikings |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Publication | Gladsheim (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | The Helm |
| Yearbook | Valhallan |
| Tuition | 9,400 (2014-2015) |
| Affiliation | Congregation of Christian Brothers |
| Website | www.stlaurence.com |
St. Laurence High School is a private, co-ed 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, adjacent to Queen of Peace High School, a private all-female Catholic high school.
Due to construction delays on the Queen of Peace High School building, Queen of Peace High School classes were held in the D and E-Wings of the St. Laurence building for one school year while construction on Queen of Peace High School was completed. While teaching at St. Laurence that first year, the nuns from Queen of Peace High School were offended by the urinals in the restroom of the wing being used for the girls' school, so they asked that the urinals be removed. The urinals were instead covered by a large wooden boxes. The anchors and bolt holes where the boxes were attached can still be seen today.
Classes are divided into three levels: B Track, A Track, and Honors. 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. A 2005/06 Helm article complained that the differences between the A Track and Honors track are 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 4.0 GPA whereas all "B"s in an Honors class would only yield a 3.5 GPA. There continues to be a discussion over these issues.At the start of the 2013 school year, St. Laurence became a STEM school. For STL, STEM means Spirituality, Leadership, Science, Technology, English, and Math. STL hopes that the STEM format will become a new learning development for 21st century learners.
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