Huge thank you to Fr. Chase Hilgenbrinck & Maryjeanne Gilbert (PND Class of 2016) who spoke at our Spring Sports Retreat on Sunday! Fr. Chase gave an awesome Homily at Mass connecting the Gospel on Jesus’s temptations in the desert to temptations teams can face and how we are called to be good teammates and...Read More

Congratulations to the PND Music Department who competed in the IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest on Saturday at Monmouth-Roseville High School! Seventeen of our students competed with two solos and five different ensembles. They had wonderful showings and all received high scores from judges on their performances! Way to go! We are so proud of...Read More

We are so proud of our girls basketball team who are SECOND in the STATE!!! Come cheer on the team and welcome them home back at PND! 7-ish start-time— we’ll update as we get closer! Congratulations on another amazing season! We are so proud of you!!Read More

The girls are playing in the STATE FINAL tomorrow!!! Come root on the Irish!! Saturday, March 8th 3:00 PM CEFCU Arena in Normal Tickets can be purchased for $13 online at this link [https://goredbirds.evenue.net/event/IGB25/GB07] or $11 in-person Check out awesome photos from the STATE semi-final yesterday from the Peoria Journal Star at this link [bit.ly/3FlpyF1]...Read More

Mr. Eichholz’s classes were busy this past Tuesday! Third-period Pre-Calculus students were graphing polar curves, including cardioids (heart curves), while sixth-period Calculus students learned the L’Hôpital’s Rule, applying derivatives to limits—a concept developed by Johann Bernoulli.Read More

Reminder to families amongst the exciting events: PND Offices will be closed beginning tomorrow Thursday, 3/6 at 12:30 PM due to the girls basketball state semi-final game. (Commons after-care will remain open until 1:30 PM on Thursday.) Students will return to school on Monday, 3/10 while our faculty and staff participate in a Region 1...Read More

This morning during Ash Wednesday Mass, Fr. McShane offered a powerful homily on reclaiming our “interior life” or the hidden part of us that only God sees. He encouraged and outlined methods to make God our foundation through prayer, almsgiving, and fasting. He mentioned that just as trees live a hidden life in winter, preparing...Read More

Congratulations to Autumne Williams for finishing 3rd at the IHSA girls STATE tournament for the second year in a row! To quote her coaches, “Bigger than her results, Autumne served a pioneer for our girls wrestling team, breaking down barriers and opening the door for what we hope is many more girls wrestlers for many...Read More

The PND Counseling Office is excited to offer an optional field trip opportunity for juniors to attend the Illinois Regional College Fair hosted at Bradley University on Tuesday, March 18th. Representatives from over 60 colleges and universities from across the country will be available to talk with students about their college search. Be sure to...Read More

Jackson is a senior at PND and is a member of St. Philomena Parish. Jackson is part of the baseball team, Student Ambassadors, St. Jude Club, and Lumen Christi. Jackson is described by his teachers as “a leader by example, hardworking, very thoughtful, inquisitive, an excellent writer who is able to think about things from...Read More