Queen of Peace High School is a Roman Catholic high school for girls located in Burbank, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
Queen of Peace was established in 1962 by the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters. It used St. Laurence High School for the 1962-63 school year, and began classes in its own newly-built facility in September 1963.
Since its establishment in 1962, Queen of Peace has been on the leading edge for innovation in educating young women. They have also embraced the emotional and spiritual aspects of the learning experience. The following include significant events in Peace's history:
1977- Pioneered interdisciplinary instruction
1996-99- Significant renovations made to the Mazzuchelli science labs, fitness center, softball field, and a CAD lab
2000-Created Peace Park in remembrance of the Columbine tragedy
2001- Established St. Catherine of Sienna Scholars program
2002- Planted the Peace Pole in recognition of the first anniversary of 9/11
2006- Established "Teacher's for Peace Program." Instituted by Alum C. Dennehy prior to graduation. Dennehy also went on develop "Dancers against Domestic Violence" at Western Illinois University.
2007- Instated the 1:1 laptop program and infrastructure
2007- Established the Infinity Project- The only pre-engineering program in an all-girls school in Illinois
(Events taken from queen of peace's official website at www.queenofpeacehs.org)
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“The Queen had one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. “Off with his head!” she said without even looking around.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point they can become wit, but unlike the French and the English, we have not been much good at wit since the days of Benjamin Franklin.”
—James Thurber (1894–1961)
“Green, green is El Aghir. It has a railway station,
And the wealth of its soil has borne many another fruit:
A mairie, a school and an elegant Salle de Fetes.
Such blessings, as I remarked, in effect, to the waiter,
Are added unto them that have plenty of water.”
—Norman Cameron (b. 1905)