St. Rita of Cascia High School

I attended this school (when it was on 63^rd and Western) from 1971 through 1973 (Freshmen and Sophomore years).
This was back in the day when when you got he paddle for talking or chewing gum in class. Or you got «Saturday Jug». You came to school on Saturday for detention. That was worse then the paddle. I was there when future Bears NFL player Dennis Lick was there. Emanule Williams (in my class 1-​K and 2-​N) set the city or state records for some track events.
Teachers I remember were, Mr. Igo, Mr. Eckert, Mr. Erb, Mr. Szot, Mr. Gasiki, Mr. Boro, Mr. Laskey and Mr. Jeffery. Discipline were key to your survival.
I still have nightmares to this day.
HOWEVER, I did learn to respected authority. You just towed the line.

ehhhh… get your education on

I am not sure why but I have been very nostalgic lately. I have been going through old pictures, revisiting places from my childhood and my youth and going through my high school yearbooks. I have been going back to the simple care-​free times. Start of a midlife crisis maybe? I doubt it but I get like this from time to time.
Anyway I digress…
I attended all four years here and I still go to football games, alumni events and made some lifelong friends here. I am happy I made the decision. I am not going to go into detail about the academics, athletics, staff and faculty. They are all top notch. They do set out and successfully obtain the preparation of the whole person to survive in the real world regardless of if they choose a vocation or to go on to college. If I have a son, I would at least strongly encourage him to look into St. Rita. Maybe some day he would turn out just like me. Ohhh… Ummm… Errr… Wait a second… On second thought…

Obviously, as St. Rita is an all guys school, I can’t speak to the experience of attending St. Rita as a student.
However, I was a full-​fledged band nerd in high school, so I think I’m qualified to write a review. Our all girl’s school partnered with the band program at St. Rita, so I spent many an afternoon on the premises.
St Rita is one of the few private schools in that area that’s been able to stay alive. I know of guys who came from the far suburbs to attend St. Rita, and various guys in my family have been proud graduates from there as well.
And it’s right down the street from Fat Johnnie’s – what more could you want out of a high school?