On Sunday, our spring sport teams attended our Spring Sports Retreat! The student-athletes and their coaches participated in Mass together, heard from our guest speaker Jim DeRose, and then had break-out sessions to plan out goals for their seasons. Special thank you to Monsignor Ward for celebrating Mass! Mr. DeRose currently serves as the President of Peoria City Soccer after retiring from coaching soccer at Bradley University Soccer for 28...Read More
PND’s Dance Team & Cheer Teams have clinics and tryouts coming up in March and April for the 2026-2027 school year! Registration for tryouts can be completed at these links: For Dance Team: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSchYspB1MyPzn…/viewform For Cheer Team: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSd2hRkOTASmZQ…/viewformRead More
On Saturday, seventeen of our PND music students competed at IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest. The students prepared vocal and instrumental solos and small ensembles and performed in front of various judges and peers from around central Illinois. All of the students received Superior (I) or Excellent (II) ratings, with Henry Olsen’s solo and Risa Ice and Ava Aaron’s duet both receiving perfect scores! Way to go!Read More
Our faculty and staff enjoyed our PD sessions today. The main topic was Artificial Intelligence (AI) and explicit instruction in how to teach students to appropriately use AI. Teachers reviewed by department the skills they should model and teach for students so that they do not default to AI. Some examples of skills were revision, critical thinking, and peer review. We are so thankful for such amazing faculty collaboration and...Read More
NEW IRISH INSIGHT PODCAST EPISODE Ms. Santen’s Podcasting: Advanced Digital Media class interviewed our very own Mr. Brad Boeker for their second episode. Watch now at the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hq8P8u4OAU&feature=youtu.be Congratulations as well to the talented students behind every podcast: Kiefer Bradshaw, Zach Dixon, Jacqueline Joos, Matthew Kilian, Jack Logan, Ethan Maloof, Maeve McParland, Jolie Mingus, Maddy Timmerman, Noah Tockes, Effie Williams, and Tommy Williams.Read More
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