Recent News

Track and Field Final Meet Qualifiers

St. Philomena’s track and field teams participated in the Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) sectionals on Saturday, May 4, 2019 held at Elmwood High School. The students listed below had performances which qualified them to compete at the state-wide final meet on May 10 and 11, 2019 at EastSide Centre in East Peoria. Congratulations to all of our students on a great season and your positive representation of St. Philomena School.

100M – Caroline Best and Savannah Metzger
110M Hurdles – Sam Emerson
200M – Caroline Best
4×100 – Savannah Metzger, Molly Schliepsiek, Parker Miller, Caroline Best, and Kiera Jones
4×200 – Matthew Baker, Danny Miller, Leo Day, Jackson Lonteen, and Nick Murphy
4×200 – Ben Dalbey, Cameron Williams, Dylan Varnell, Sam Emerson, and Jeffery Nosalik
800M – Mary Breitbach and Danny Miller
Long Jump – Caroline Best
High Jump – Molly Schliepsiek

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.