Peoria Notre Dame High School
| Peoria Notre Dame High School | |
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5105 North Sheridan Road Peoria, Illinois 61614 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′58″N 89°36′15″W / 40.74944°N 89.60417°WCoordinates: 40°44′58″N 89°36′15″W / 40.74944°N 89.60417°W |
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| Type | Private, Parochial, College-prep |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1863 (Academy of Our Lady) 1899 (Spalding Institute) 1964 (Bergan High School) |
| Opened | 1988 (merger) |
| Oversight | Diocese of Peoria |
| Superintendent | Dr. Sharon Weiss |
| Principal | Randy Simmons |
| Chaplain | Father Adam Stimpson |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 790 (2013–14) |
| Average class size | 20 |
| Color(s) |
Blue White Kelly Green (trim) |
| Athletics conference | Big Twelve Conference |
| Team name | Irish |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average ACT scores (2013-14) | 24.6 |
| Publication | Gael (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | Acclaim |
| Yearbook | Irish Odyssey |
| Tuition | $4,230 |
| Website | www |
Peoria Notre Dame High School is a Catholic parochial high school in Peoria, Illinois. It is the largest parochial school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria with approximately 815 students and has a college preparatory curriculum. According to the school, most of the students graduating in recent years went on to college. The school uses an academy system with a trustee committee, oversight board, pastor's board, president, and principal. The school's team name is the "Irish", like the University of Notre Dame, but uses the shamrock as its team symbol.
The school traces its roots back to 1863, when Father Abram Ryan and seven Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet founded a parochial school in Peoria. Notre Dame was created at the beginning of the 1988–1989 school year by the consolidation of the two Peoria area Catholic high schools: Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute, itself from the 1973 consolidation of two schools with histories back to 1863 (the Academy) and 1899 (Spalding); and Bergan High School, formed in 1964.
The Spalding Institute/Academy of Our Lady facility was closed at the end of the 1988–1989 academic year while the Bergan facility was expanded the summer of 1989, only the Bergan high school site used from fall 1989.
In 2006, the school's Education Commission, in conjunction with the Peoria Area Pastors' Board and the Diocesan Office of Catholic Schools, hired The Reid Group of Bellevue, Washington, to develop and conduct a campus location study. In June 2008, it was announced that the Reid Group had advised the Commission to build a new school, an athletic facility/pool, and new sports fields on a 40-acre (160,000 m2) campus north of the present Peoria Academy near the intersection of Willow Knolls Road and Allen Road in outlying Peoria. The estimated $60 million required would be funded largely through a capital campaign and private donations, the diocese, and potentially other parishes in nearby counties. As of October 2009[update], no definitive timeline was in place for construction of the new school.
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