Category: School

April Dinner Out: Monical’s Pizza

Join us for our Community Day at Monical’s! Bring the flyer to the Peoria Monical’s on Knoxville/Lake any time on Tuesday, April 9 and Monical’s will donate 20% of your bill to St. Philomena School. Click here to download the flyer.

3/14 = Pi Day

Today, March 14, is when we celebrate Pi Day. Every year current eighth grader, Eddie Couri, has recited as many digits of Pi as his brain can hold. This year he was able to recite 2025 digits of Pi. WOW! It takes him about 13 minutes and he is fun to watch through this process. Congratulations, Eddie. It has been so interesting to watch you every year. Click here for the video.

Click here to see coverage by WEEK (Peoria NBC affiliate). Click here to read coverage by The Catholic Post 

Meanwhile in the lab, seventh grader Joe Ehrhart coded a program to draw the symbol Pi. Click here for the video.

Music Students Participate in Solo & Ensemble Contest

Students from St. Philomena School recently participated in the annual Illinois Grade School Music Association (IGSMA) solo and ensemble contest at Illinois Central College. Band instructor, Pam Evenson and choir director/music teacher, Mary Rose Williams worked with the students to prepare them for the competition. Both teachers expressed how hard the students worked and the courage it takes to get in front of their peers and a judge for this competition. Congratulations to all participants. A special thank you to parishioner, Maria Hercik, for accompanying our students on the piano. We are appreciative of her time and talent.

Nine instrumental students performed solo pieces receiving four scores of 1 and five scores of 2, with 1 being the highest achievable score. Students are scored by a judge who is a master of their particular instrument. Instrumental students who competed are as follows: Aidan Kenney and Joe Ehrhart – percussion; Aidan Werry – clarinet; Maddie MacGregor, Michael Carson and John Couri – saxophone; Sie Couri – trumpet; Aidan Lemons – trombone; Eddie Couri – baritone. Eddie Couri and Aidan Kennedy received perfect scores for their performances.

On the voice side of the contest, 21 students competed as solos or part of a duet or trio. Vocal students received seven scores of 1 and four scores of 2. Students who competed are as follows: solos – Ella Coulter, Grace Best, Lila Homolka, John Couri, Aidan Werry; duets – Ryanne Blasek and Eddie Couri; Marin Ruskusky and Emery Ribordy; Ranya Wright and Kelli Grow; Trey Spiller, Gabe Lewis, Maddie MacGregor and Abby Miller; trios – Peyton Jones, Natalie Navetta and Lexie Beiermann; Claire Coulter, Tyler Weaver and Merrick Maloney. Ryanne Blasek and Eddie Couri received a perfect score for their performance.

School and Activities Cancelled for Wednesday, January 30

Due to extreme temperatures and wind chill, St. Philomena School will be closed on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. All school-related activities will be cancelled as well. Please stay safe at home and warm.

Additionally, Peoria Notre Dame’s Enrollment workshop planned for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. is cancelled. If you have questions regarding the enrollment process, please reach out to Peoria Notre Dame for further information.