Happy Catholic Schools Week! Our faculty and staff are wishing our school community and everyone a joyful Catholic Schools Week. We kick off the week, showcasing our awesome faculty and staff. We couldn’t be PND without you. Thank you for all you do. We’re grateful to serve, teach, and grow in faith together each day.Read More

Yesterday, our student ambassadors & scholastic bowl team hosted 6th Grade Day for tours and several rounds of trivia over a variety of topics! St. Jude and St. Phil’s held the top three team spots in a very close competition. We can’t wait to have all these students at PND in a few short years!...Read More

PND will be open and in person for classes tomorrow Friday, 1/23. Our buses will run as scheduled and will pick up and drop off bus riders at their doors. Our Commons will be open as usual at 6:45 AM and close at 4:30 PM for pre-care and after-care. Looking forward to seeing our students...Read More

Please welcome Kaiti Burgess, our new Art Teacher & Yearbook Moderator! Mrs. Burgess grew up in Peoria and originally thought she would go into journalism, but many twists and turns along the way led her to education. Teaching art is truly in her blood, as her mom is a teacher and her dad is an...Read More

The NFL match-ups this Sunday will determine which teams will play in Super Bowl LX, and we can’t wait to see who will be in the final showdown! Join our Super Bowl Squares competition for a chance to win cash in more than 15 different ways. Each square is $100 and benefits the FAN Club...Read More

Congratulations to our 17 seniors who have been named Illinois State Scholars! These students are in the top 10% of graduating seniors in Illinois. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission awards this honor to “graduating seniors who possess superior academic potential” and take into account students’ standardized test scores and sixth semester class rank. These 17...Read More

Friendly reminder! There is no school today, January 19th, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Let us remember the the timeless values that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught us – a man of faith, courage, truth, justice, compassion, dignity, humility, & service.Read More

Spotlight on 2021 PND Alum Eddie Saunders! Eddie is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University where he ran the 100m and 200m and the respective relays for the track team. While at IWU, Eddie studied advertising and marketing and was a member and eventually president of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He has recently joined Peoria...Read More

Recently we hosted our first Winter Sports Showcase to recognize our winter athletes in boys and girls basketball, cheer, dance, boys swimming, and boys and girls wrestling. We are grateful to our FAN Club committee for putting on the evening which included a spaghetti dinner. In addition, the boys and girls basketball teams played against...Read More

Students in the Winterim psychology sessions have been active and engaged. Mr. Best’s Psychology of High Performers class students explored habits of high performers through movement and activity while playing football, hanging from rails, and taking regular walks to support focus, mindset, and performance. In Dean Rudolph’s Psychology of Personality class students are understanding themselves...Read More