Recent News

Spirit Wear Online Store

We are excited to share our new 24/7 spirit wear store. This store is officially open (CLICK HERE) and will remain open and available at all times with delivery options both to the school (free) or directly to your house (for a small delivery fee). We will continue to work to add new items as time goes on to ensure we are offering a variety of choices. This store is the same company that runs the PND spirit wear store so we expect high quality products from what we have heard from those at PND. 

Questions should be directed to the school office: 309-685-1208 or school@stphils.com

St. Philomena Items for Sale

(Dec. 2, 2022) We are happy to announce that we now offer St. Philomena branded and specialty items for sale through the parish office. Car magnets, license plate frames, umbrellas, stickers, ornaments and more. To see the list of items and prices, or to place your order, click here.

Sorry, we cannot ship items. If you are not in the Peoria area and would like to purchase something, please make arrangements for it to be picked up by someone local. Thank you.

Tiger Tales Podcast

Catching up on our podcast posts…we had a little technical difficulty, but are back on track now!

• Episode 19 
• Episode 20
• Episode 21
• Episode 22

Beauty & The Beast, Jr, Tickets

CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK TO PURCHASE TICKETS.

(February 26, 2025) — Tickets for the SPS spring musical, Beauty and the Beast Jr, will go on sale on Monday, March 3, 2025. An email will be sent to parish and school families with a link to purchase tickets online when the sale opens. The production will take place at Peoria Players Theatre (4300 N University, Peoria) with four performances:

• Friday, March 21 at 7 p.m.
• Saturday, March 22 at 1:30 p.m.
• Saturday, March 22 at 7 p.m.
• Sunday, March 23 at 1:30 p.m.

Eighth grade cast and crew members will be recognized after the Saturday 7 p.m. performance. Tickets are $10 with a $1.50 processing fee per ticket. All four shows have sold out for the past several years, so keep an eye out for the email on Monday, March 3, 2025 and don’t miss your chance to see our St. Philomena students shine on stage!

Catholic Charities Visit

(January 17, 2025) —  Sr. Clare and Sr. Merlinda came to St. Philomena School from Catholic Charities to speak about their ministry to the 8th grade class. We sent them back with about 15 bags and boxes of supplies for their clients during this cold weather!

Donations of new and gently used coats, gloves, and hats (all sizes) as well as toiletry items like chapstick, hand warmers, socks, etc. can be dropped off at 615 NE Jefferson Ave., Peoria.

Lego League Has Great Outcomes at Qualifier Tournaments

(December 21, 2024) — All four SPS Lego League teams have completed their Qualifier Tournaments and the results are as follows.

All four teams scored either 190 or 195 points on the competition table. This is the most consistent table scores amongst our teams in our many years of Lego League.

At the Dec. 7, 2024 tournament, the Rubbish Rascals, one of our 7th grade teams, earned the Rising Star Award. This award celebrates a team that the judges notice and expect great things from in the future.

In the Dec. 14 tournament, the Chickens of the Sea, the other 7th grade team, earned the Core Values Award.  This team displays extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit, knows they can accomplish more together than they could as individuals, and shows each other and other teams respect at all times.

In the Dec. 14 tournament, the 8th grade all girls team (pictured), Let’s Get Kraken, earned the Robot Design Award. To our knowledge, this is the first time we have had an all-girls Lego League team and this may be only the first or second time a team from our school has won a robot design award. This team uses outstanding programming principles and solid engineering practices to develop a robot that is mechanically sound, durable, efficient, and highly capable of performing challenge missions.

The three teams earning awards also earned slots to advance to the Sectional tournaments in January.

Special thanks to all the coaches for committing the time to coach these teams since the start of school. The Peoria area Qualifiers have been and continue to be some of the most competitive in the state so to have the teams perform as well as they did says a lot about the kids and the coaches.