Spring Pops Concert

Peoria Notre Dame High School invites you and your family to the 2012 Spring Pops Concert. This program features performances by Concert Band, Choir, and Jazz Choir.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Peoria Notre Dame Livingston Auditorium

7:00 PM. Admission free.

Senior Fine Arts Showcase

Peoria Notre Dame High School invites you and your family to the 2012 Senior Fine Arts Showcase.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Peoria Notre Dame Commons

6:00 - 8:30. Admission free.

Incoming Freshman Christian Service

The Christian Service Program continues at Peoria Notre Dame. Thank you for your interest in doing service before you start as a freshman here in the fall.

When you have watched the video, please contact Mr Donnelly by email at j.donnelly@pndhs.org including your name and a phone number where he can contact you.

Congratulations to the 2012-2013 PND Cheerleaders!

JV Football:
1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 16, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28

Varsity Football:
29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42

JV Basketball:
6, 9, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27

Varsity Basketball:
1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 33, 34, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42

Camp Clothes fitting is on Monday May 21st at 4:00pm at Peoria Notre Dame. Please meet the coaches in the Commons. All cheerleaders must attend this fitting. Please contact the coaches if you have a conflict.

Msgr Mark Merdian Named Peoria Notre Dame President

Peoria Notre Dame High School announces the appointment of Monsignor Mark Merdian as President effective July 1, 2012.

Monsignor Merdian is currently serving as the pastor of St. Mathew Parish in Champaign Illinois and is a 1985 graduate of Spalding Institute and product of Catholic education. Monsignor Merdian has been a priest of the Diocese of Peoria since 1993 and has served as Bishop Myers’ assistant. He is currently vicar of junior clergy and vicar for health care. He will bring a great love for Catholic education to Peoria Notre Dame.

Monsignor William Watson will remain as pastor of St. Thomas Parish in Peoria Heights, Illinois and will serve the school as President Emeritus, assisting in the Capital Campaign and fundraising efforts. Monsignor Watson has served as the first President of Peoria Notre Dame High School beginning in the 2007 - 2008 school year.

Mr. Charlie Roy will remain as principal.

Summer Work, Worship, and Play

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“Honoring Our Past, Building Our Future"

On Tuesday, March 27, Peoria City Council approved a Special-Use Permit for the New Peoria Notre Dame High School. Groundbreaking for new Athletic Facilities will be celebrated in May or early June.

Phase I of the 71.5 acre project includes the following components:

  • Site prep, grading, utilities, parking and thoroughfare paving
  • Two baseball fields
  • Two softball fields
  • Six lighted tennis courts
  • Practice fields for soccer and football
  • Football/Soccer/Track Stadium
  • Concession stand, locker facilities, storage

The projected Costs for Phase I are:

  • Property preparation and utilities…………. $1.8 million
  • Sport fields, tennis courts, parking,…………$1.5 million
  • Football/Soccer Stadium Complex………...$3.1 million
  • Phase I Subtotal...................................$6.4 million

The Leadership Committee chairman is Mr. Mike Cullinan. Members include Mr. Matt Vonachen, Ms. Rita Kress, Mr. Matt Kemp, Dr. Tom Rashid, Mr. Clay Elward, Mr. Hylee Kemp, Mr. Mike Stone, Mr. Jon Micheal, Monsignor William Watson, Monsignor Jason Gray, Mr. Charlie Roy, Mrs. Beth Salmon, and Mr. Dennis McGann.

In the Leadership Phase of the Campaign to date pledges have been made/collected in excess of $3 million.

2011-2012 Athletic Schedules

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2012-2013 School Year Registration

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St. Patrick's Day at Peoria Notre Dame

“The kids love it,” laughs Pat Matarelli, patting her green apron and casting a satisfied glance across the Peoria Notre Dame Commons. “It’s their highlight day!”

On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, students at Peoria Notre Dame celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at lunch. Continuing a tradition going back more than twenty-five years, the Irish noon meal was a traditional St. Patrick’s Day feast.

The Wednesday meal was centered around 100 lbs of corned beef, first slowly roasted from scratch on Monday, March 12. Allowed to cool overnight, the meat was sliced on Tuesday and then carefully warmed to melded spice perfection for Wednesday’s lunch.

On Tuesday, preparations accelerated with the boiling of 100 lbs of Irish new potatoes, their flavor enhanced by the addition of the meat drippings to the water. Sliced and seasoned, the potatoes were slathered with seven lbs of butter and sprinkled with 1½ lbs of parsley.

Early Wednesday morning, 50 lbs of cabbage was boiled to accompany the meat and potatoes.

As the hour arrived, food lines were prepared to dish up the Peoria Notre Dame St Patrick’s Day Irish meal. More than 450 helpings were served, topped off with the final addition of 3 lbs of horseradish.

Standing proudly from her place at the table, moving quickly toward growing food lines, Pat Matarelli called back over her shoulder, an Irish lilt of satisfaction in her voice, “They’re all waiting for it.”

 

Christmas Food Basket Drives Set Record

The Peoria Notre Dame food basket drive traditionally involves the entire Peoria Notre Dame community in providing food for needy families. This year, we continued our tradition of sacrifice, generosity, and cooperation in the preparation of over 475 fifty-pound baskets, surpassing last year's record of 300 baskets.

We sponsored approximately twenty Neighborhood Basket Drives. Parishes included were St. Monica, St. Sharbel, Holy Family, St. Thomas, St Jude, St. Mary of Kickapoo, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Mark, St. Joseph, St. Mary of Lourdes, and others.

Peoria Notre Dame students canvassed neighborhoods for a combined total of one thousand student hours. Others spent about two hundred hours preparing the food for distribution.

A group of students journeyed to a nearby packing plant to load and return to Peoria Notre Dame more than a ton of canned food. Approximately fifty additional student hours were spent in preparing these cans.

The Peoria Notre Dame Christmas Basket Drive Committee prepared and place notes of Christmas greeting for the recipient family in each box of food.

The Packing and Sorting Committee worked for some two hours per day all during the drive.

All Peoria Notre Dame students were expected to participate in Advisory and House drives which resulted in the contribution of almost 6,000 more items.

The extra-ordinary contributions committee solicited food from area businesses which have contributed generously in the past. These have included Meister Brothers, Proctor Hospital, Aldi, Save-a-Lot, and our neighbors Potter and Anderson and Schnuck's.

The extended Peoria Notre Dame community also supports the project in important ways. For example, St. Vincent DePaul Societies have again distributed the food throughout the parishes.

WMBD Radio and WEEK Television have interviewed students, teachers, and parents on the air to give the Peoria Notre Dame Christmas Basket Drive community-wide publicity.

Last year, over three hundred baskets were packed in the largest such effort in Central Illinois. This year, a basket drive record was set at over 475 baskets with an average weight of over fifty pounds.

No family wanting a Peoria Notre Dame food basket has ever been turned away. 

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House Councils and Student Government

In an effort to develop leadership skill among students at a house level, Peoria Notre Dame adopted a House Council system in the 2010-2011 school year. The House Councils are comprised of three freshman, three sophomores, three juniors, and three seniors who have been elected by the members of the house. The head teachers of each house lead the House Council.

The House Council meets primarily during advisory and is responsible for tasks within the house. Sophomore, junior, and senior representatives are elected for a one-year term each spring. Candidates must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5, have a petition signed by 50 members of their house, and give a speech before members of their house in order to run.

The Peoria Notre Dame High School Student Government operates at an all-school level. It is comprised of six freshman, six sophomores, six juniors, and six seniors. Each of the six houses has one freshman, one sophomore, one junior, and one senior representative.

Student Government members are elected from within their House Council; the members of the House Council elect representatives from their House Council to serve on Student Government. They serve one-year terms. Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 and serve on their House Council in order to serve on Student Government.

Ms. Curtis and Mrs. Madison are the moderators of Student Government. They meet weekly during the school year, primarily before school.

Students interested in serving on Student Government or House Councils for school year 2011-2012 should see Mrs. Madison or Ms. Curtis for petitions and instructions.