Category: Extracurricular

2026 Musical: Funshop

(November 25, 2025) — Is your child interested in auditioning for this year’s musical? We’d love to have him or her at one of our workshops. Workshops give students opportunities to level up their singing, dancing, and acting skills to prepare them for  auditioning. Audition songs and dances will be introduced at these workshops so students can be ready for our Newsies Jr. auditions in December. Below are the dates, times and locations for this year’s funshops. 

• Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 3:00-5:00 p.m.:  5th grade only (Parish Center basement and choir loft)
• Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 1:30-3:30 p.m.:  6th-8th grade (Parish Center basement and Primary Resource Room)
• Saturday, December 6, 2025, 2:00-4:00 p.m.: Featured Dance Audition Workshop (School Gym and Cafeteria)

Chess National Tournament

(May 29, 2025) — In May, Evan Van Ryn, Leo Van Ryn, Lawrence Van Ryn, and Ben Ibeck from the St. Philomena School Chess Club competed at the US Chess 2025 Supernationals in Orlando, FL. This tournament included 5,000 participants. In the middle school U1400 section, our Tigers placed 8th.

Lawrence placed 11th overall and Ben placed 16th overall, with 5.5 points out of 7 and 5 points out of 7 respectively. Evan and Leo contributed to the team result. 

Ben has only been competing for 1.5 years. This finish is a really big individual achievement for him at the largest tournament in the country.

A special shout out for our 4th grader, Leo, who played up in the Middle School section so our team could have a full roster of four kids.

To view the final standings, CLICK HERE.