Yesterday morning, the PND Baking Club held their second annual Muffin Madness to complement the current March Madness tournament. Members brought in their best muffin for a standoff of whose muffin was the best. Grace Yontz’s zucchini muffins and Cassie Lawless’ blueberry muffins went head to head. However, the blueberry muffins were victorious and thus...Read More

On March 11th, St. Thomas School hosted their Science Palooza! PND Student Ambassadors had a great time face-painting & doing a physics activity with the students at the event. The activity – on the conservation of angular momentum – included lots of spinning & balance from participants (and lots of laughs, too)! Thank you for...Read More

Congratulations to these future collegiate athletes as they made it official today signing their letters of intent! Dillon Stickelmaier and Nevan Libert will both continue their soccer careers at St. Ambrose University next year. And Becca Dawson will be playing volleyball at Eureka College. Congrats again to our student athletes and we wish them the best...Read More

Congratulations to Sr. Faustina Thomas, who finished up her student teaching at PND last week! Sr. Faustina Thomas is a temporary professed sister for the Dominican Sisters of Mary and will make final vows in 2 years. She is originally from California, and she has been in the process of completing her teaching certification through...Read More

PND students attended the Illinois March for Life in Springfield on Tuesday! The day included Mass with Bishop Paprocki, the march around the Capitol building, a holy hour at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, and bowling! PND also got to meet up with our other diocesan high schools: St. Thomas More, Bloomington Central Catholic,...Read More

On March 11th, St. Thomas School hosted their Science Palooza! PND Student Ambassadors had a great time face-painting & doing a physics activity with the students at the event. The activity – on the conservation of angular momentum – included lots of spinning & balance from participants (and lots of laughs, too)! Thank you for...Read More

Only a few days left to make a donation to our kitchen appliance update and receive Mrs. Matarelli’s famous chocolate chip cookies! For any donation over $40, we will send you a half dozen of the chewy, delicious cookies you know and love. Help fund this $200,000 critical need! Donate at https://pndhs.ejoinme.org/FundANeed2023. The school’s newest...Read More

Our State Soccer Champs have been very busy the last week— Last week they were recognized at the State Capitol at a House Resolution! A special thanks to State Representative Ryan Spain and his team for the invitation and the hospitality! And then last night the boys were honored at the girls’ soccer game and...Read More

Congratulations to Lauren DellaValle who signed her athletic commitment to Monmouth College to continue her soccer career! Lauren has played on the girls soccer team here at PND for four years. The Girls’ Soccer season opener is tonight at home at 5:00, against Washington. Good luck tonight, girls, and congrats again, Lauren!Read More

The U.S. Army Reserve hosted our first archery tag visit with Coach Lowder & Coach Kielion’s PE classes! Archery helps with precision, accuracy, and coordination! What a cool experience for our students. The students get a new learning opportunity each trimester when we have a visit with the Army Reserve.Read More