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John Lancaster Spalding Scholarship Fund Grant

The John Lancaster Spalding Scholarship is an endowment fund established as a result of the Diocese of Peoria ROOTED IN FAITH Campaign and named in honor of Archbishop Spalding, the first Bishop of Peoria.

Application forms are now available. If you are intending to apply for financial aid for the 2012/2013 school year, you must complete and turn in the application forms by February 15, 2012. Tuition assistance scholarship grants will be available for the 2012- 2013 school year to students enrolled in / intending to enroll in grades kindergarten through 12 in any Catholic school located in the Diocese of Peoria whose families are members of a Catholic parish in the diocese. Grant applications are available at the PND front office or by to going to cdop.org. Please contact PND with any questions you may have.

Families of students currently receiving grants are reminded that all grants are for one year only, and anyone seeking to renew a grant for next year must reapply.

The application deadline is February 15, 2012. Notification of grant awards will be made by mid-April.

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. 

C.A.C

Dick Kelly Named Distinguished Alumnus

Peoria, October 14, 2011: Peoria Notre Dame High School announced during Homecoming festivities today that the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Distinguished Alumnus for 2011 is Dick Kelly.

The Distinguished Alumnus Award is presented to those alumni who stand out because of their exceptional service and dedication to the principles and values of Peoria Notre Dame. This is the twentieth time Peoria Notre Dame High School has had the honor of presenting The Distinguished Alumni Award.

Previously named as Distinguished Alums are:

 

 

 

  • Rev Msgr. Robert Livingston, SI ‘37

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  • Mr. Timothy Mounts, SI ‘56

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  • Mr. James Heid, SI ‘54

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  • Mr. Robert Lehnhausen, SI ‘37

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  • Mrs. Judith Hanley Carman, AOL ‘57

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  • Dr. John Carroll, SI ‘71 

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  • Brigadier General Frank Rezac, SI ‘62

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  • U. S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, SI ‘63

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  • Dr. George Best, SI ‘34

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  • Dr. Harrison C. Putman III, BHS ‘67

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  • Mr. L. David DeTrempe, SI ‘41

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  • Mr. Timothy J. Cassidy, BHS ‘73

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  • Mr. James A. Maloof, SI ‘37

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  • Mr. Richard and Mrs. Barbara Hammond, SI ’54, AOL ‘54

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  • Sister Phyllis McMurray, OSB, AOL ‘61

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  • Mr. Hylee Kemp, SI ‘55

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  • Mrs. Margery Wagner, AOL ‘53

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  • Mr. Jim Carlson, BHS ‘73

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    Dick Kelly Graduated from Spalding institute in 1972.  He is an alum of Eastern Illinois University.
     
    In introducing Dick Kelly from the podium at the Peoria Notre Dame Homecoming Mass and convocation, Dennis McGann suggested that respondents to questions about Dick Kelly had reported three principal characteristics:
    • "Do small things with great love."
    • "Spread love wherever you go; let no one come to you without being happier."
    • "A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others."
    A lifelong resident of Peoria, Dick Kelly was a St. Marks Marksman. Among his earliest childhood memories are of his father teaching and coaching at Spalding Institute. Graduating as Class President from Spalding Institute in 1939, Dick's father had played football at The University of Notre Dame.
     
    Introducing his sisters, Maureen and Kate, to Homecoming Convocation guests, Dick explained that his father had been his strongest influence.
     
    "I always wanted to teach and coach," explains Dick Kelly. "That's what my father did."
     
    Recalling his own long experience, Dick Kelly explained how proud he is of the Current Peoria Notre Dame football team. Two weeks ago, they played six quarters to defeat Peoria High School in double overtime. Last Saturday, they came from twelve points behind with less than four minutes to play to defeat the I.V.C Gray Ghosts by one point. With the reminder that Peoria Notre Dame has not been in the football playoffs since 2001, Dick Kelly ended his remarks with the admonition to "Go Irish."
     

    2011 Richard Spring Memorial Cross Country Race

    The 2011 Richard Spring Memorial Cross Country Race was run on Saturday, September 17 in Detweiller Park. Results and Race History can be found here.

    2011-2012 Athletics

    2011-2012 Athletic Passes are available now. The sale of Athletic Passes for adults is described at the foot of the Sports Schedule page. An explanation of ticket plans, along with an order form, was also mailed to each Peoria Notre Dame family in early August.

    If you have not yet placed your order but would like to buy Athletic Passes, send your order form and your check to Peoria Notre Dame.

    Peoria Notre Dame Students will be admitted to athletic events with Peoria Notre Dame ID cards. Freshmen will be admitted without tickets until ID cards are available for them.

    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.

    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.

    New Interactive Athletic Schedules

    Automated Athletic Schedules are now available here at peorianotredame.com. These full schedules for all sports at all levels will automatically update daily at 8:00 AM and additionally as necessary with cancellations, schedule changes, or venue changes. The information at these three links can be downloaded to Apple Mac i-cal calendars, Google Calendars, and Microsoft Outlook calendars.

    Click for Sports Schedule

    2011-2012 Registration
    Register at http://www.peorianotredame.com/register