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Meet Saint Viator’s Class of 2020 Valedictorian and Salutatorian

Saint Viator High School seniors Andrew Bremner and Daniel Fecko have pushed each other since freshman year. They have participated in many of the same activities, sat in the same AP classes and were part of the Querbes Scholars Program.

Turns out their friendly rivalry paid off. The two Arlington Heights residents finished with the top two grade point averages in their class, leading Daniel to be named valedictorian and Andrew as salutatorian.

“These two young men represent the Class of 2020 so well,” said Mrs. Karen Love, Principal, “as superstars in the classroom, on the stage, in the athletic arena, and in their service.”

Take Daniel. A graduate of St. Colette School in Rolling Meadows, he competed on Saint Viator’s math team, as well as its academic team, where he earned individual medals in math and English. He’s taken nine AP courses over his four years and learned in November of his junior year that he earned a perfect ACT score.

Andrew also participated on Saint Viator’s academic team, medaling in computer science and physics, and he competed in the Academic Challenge in Engineering & Science, sponsored by Eastern Illinois University. He attended Our Lady of the Wayside School in Arlington Heights, before completing eight AP courses and being named last year as an AP Scholar with Honors.

Both seniors have been involved in the fine arts at Saint Viator. They play in the brass section of the symphonic band – The Class of 2020 Celebration Parade took the place of the annual Senior Celebration, the traditional kick-off to graduation festivities. Instead of gathering inside the school for a host of activities and giveaways, students drove around the school campus, passing through different stations to pick up their cap and gown, awards, senior issue of the “Viator Voice,” and more. To see more photos from the event, visit www.saintviator.com/about/ school-news. Look out for our next A Lion for Life Alumni Magazine for more on the Class of 2020’s achievements and end-of-the-year celebrations.

Daniel Fecko, valedictorian; Andrew Bremner, salutatorian

Daniel plays trumpet and Andrew plays tuba – while also participating in a wide variety of choral offerings, including helping to launch Saint Viator’s first show choir.

They have appeared on stage together every year, most recently in “The Sound of Music,” where Andrew portrayed Capt. Von Trapp and Daniel was the dance captain.

They do all this and compete on the athletic fields as well. Daniel played soccer and volleyball, while Andrew captained the boys’ water polo team.

Alas, they will go their separate ways in college. While both plan to major in engineering, Daniel is headed to the University of Chicago to pursue molecular engineering, while Andrew heads further north to the University of Minnesota to

Photos: Class of 2020 Celebration Parade

study computer science.

Kate Costello ’70 Takes Final Bow with “The Sound of Music”

The halls were alive with “The Sound of Music” this winter at Saint Viator High School.

After months of rehearsing, the school presented the beloved musical, featuring nearly 150 students on stage, behind the scenes, and in the orchestra. But if the excitement was tangible, so were the emotions as Mrs. Kate Schafer Costello directed her last show at the school. Sarah Conneely ’20 (Stage/Tech Crew) - (Kerry Lemke Conneely ’90) - Make-up Designer Ryan Daugherty ’23 - Friedrich (Robert ’83 and Suzanne Collins Daugherty ’83) Matt Goss ’20 - Johann (Brian Goss ’91) Henry Jochaniewicz ’23 - Villager/Guest/Nazi (Alexander Jochaniewicz ’92) Hannah Klimas ’20 - Floor Manager (James Klimas ’86) Stage/Tech Crew (Sheila Culm Klostermann ‘86) Patrick Kopp ’21 - Sound (Rita Walsh Kopp ’94) Maeve Martin ’23 - Stage/Tech Crew (Maureen Henning Martin ’92) Bryce McDonnell ’20 - Friedrich (Mark McDonnell ’86) “The Sound of Music” capped 20 years of teaching at the school, and was one of her favorites. The 1970 alumna of Sacred Heart of Mary High School who earned her master’s in theater from Northwestern University, steadily built the program, both in numbers of students involved and its

Legacy Student Cast Members:

Paige Klostermann ‘21 and Leah Klosterann ’23 - reputation. Ryan Politzki ’20 - Villager/Guest/Nazi (Stacy Romanowski Politzki ’89) Chris Rapala ’22 - Kurt (Bryan Rapala ’79) Gwen Starr ’23 - Curtain (Dominic ’91 and Caroline Avell ’91 Starr) Cecelia Whelan ’23 - Villager/Guest (Michael Whelan ’85) Rory Whetstone ‘22 - Sister Kathryn (Kerry Paulsen ‘91) Timmy Wittich ’20 - Villager/Guest/Nazi (Susan Neugebauer ’86 and Kenneth Wittich ’85) Dominic Yonkus ’20 - Stage Manager (Andrew ’92 and Maria Cinefro ’92 Yonkus)

Class Notes

Class of 1973 ▶

In September, Sr. Maria Christine Lynch, LSP, celebrated the 150th anniversary of Provincial of the Chicago province of The Little Sisters of the Poor, where she currently serves as the provincial mother. Pictured here with Dorothy Lynch at a Mass of thanksgiving in August 2019.

Class of 1987 ▼

A group of Sacred Heart of Mary alumni traveled to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, to celebrate their 50th birthdays. Pictured from left to right: Colleen Jennings Suljic, Susan Ryan, Lynda

Askew Meek, Susan Miller, Susan Tidball Noble, Kathie Beckman Dossett, Rhonda Starr, Marisa Donofrio Sattley, Colleen Flanagan-Riefenberg, Anne-Marie Predovich Taylor, and Lisa Smith Fulton.

Class of 1988 ▼

In May, Jeff Rogers debuted “Jeff’s Homemade Game Show,” a game show where he hosts family members competing in wacky challenges for the chance to win money, prizes or a piece of junk from “Jeff’s garage.” Stream all episodes on https://www.byutv.org.

Class of 1995

In April, Quin Hayes was named the new head boys basketball coach at Glenbrook North High School where he will be a physical education teacher. Quin served as an English teacher and head boys basketball coach at Saint Viator since 2014.

▶After working in media and marketing for the past twenty years, last summer, Tom Cattapan began his new role as Associate Director of Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House in Barrington, Illinois.