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.

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.

6th Grade Stewardship

(December 21, 2024) — During this holiday season, 6th grade held two activities of stewardship for the hungry in our community. As a result of their Food Drive, they delivered more than 100 boxes of food and supplies to Sophia’s Kitchen. They also sold more than 2,600 candy canes in just five days, raising about $1,200 for Sophia’s Kitchen as well. Thank you SPS students and families for your support!

For additional photos, see the photo gallery on this website. It will be the album page on the far right in the “service” category.

BTS Used Uniform and Sports Equipment Sale

(July 10, 2024) — It’s time to dig out those school uniforms that don’t fit and that sports equipment your kiddos have outgrown for the PTO Used Uniform and Sports Equipment Sale! Drop off your items from July 20-August 4, 2024 in the marked bins in the link between the church and parish center. All items should be clean and gently used. Allowed sports donations are those which we offer here at St. Philomena School: softball, soccer, golf, wrestling, volleyball, track, cross country and basketball. Sports shoes are accepted if they are in good, usable condition.

The sale will take place on August 8 in the school cafeteria from 5 – 8 p.m.

Help is needed sorting items before the sale on August 7 from 5 – 8 p.m. and assisting at the sale August 8 from 5 – 8:30 p.m. If you would like to help with the sale, CLICK HERE for the Sign Up Genius.

Third Grade Service

For their service project, third grade helped support our fellow classmates’ annual lemonade stand that raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. To help them, we made over 80 bracelets they will sell, promoted the event with a flyer and presentations to students in grades K-2, wrote letters to reach more sponsors, and raised $200 that was then also matched by a local business.

The lemonade stand will officially take place on June 29 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in The Knolls neighborhood. Paws Up!