09 Jul 2014

Jordan Catholic School Welcomes new Principal effective July 1

By Janine Parr

Ms. Joan Leonard joins Jordan Catholic School as Principal Administrator. Ms. Leonard blesses Jordan with over 30 years of instructional and leadership experience as well as an amazing Christian spirit!

Ms. Leonard is happy to be joining the school this year as the 40th Anniversary of its founding is being celebrated. This year, the Rock Island Vicariate schools, which include Jordan, Seton, Our Lady of Grace grade schools, and Alleman High School, celebrate 150 years- "The Year of Father Alleman."

As always, Jordan Catholic school administration welcomes the media to call or stop by the school any time!

03 Jun 2014

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE FOURTH QUARTER HONOR ROLL STUDENTS

By Janine Parr

GRADE 6 - PRINCIPAL'S LIST

Alexandra Amacher Grace Anders Samantha Coleman Emma Cowles Tyler Estes Riley Frederick Jaylen Gore Adam Hyder Gianna Jewhurst Madilynn Klauer David Moens Tony VanDeWalle
GRADE 6
HONOR ROLL Erik Coulter Grace Moore Megan Tanghe Maggie Schaecher Michael Showalter Vanessa Verschoore Alexis Wilkens

GRADE 7
PRINCIPAL'S LIST Emma Beardsley Gabe Beardsley Chloe Boyd Anna Darrow John Do Tony Dockery-Jackson Sydney Elliott Jonathan Fernandez Grant Florence Parker Georlett Lauren Hird Hannah Luppen Olivia Manternach Aaron Mickleson Haley Mosley Paige Nimrick Mackenzie Parboosingh Taylor Parker Faith Pickslay Mary Powers Vanessa Reger Ava Reynolds Lily Schoeck Logan Swartz
GRADE 7
HONOR ROLL Ben Eder Emily Elliott Morgan Mander Natika Woods Kaitlyn Zonnevylle

GRADE 8
PRINCIPAL'S LIST
Zoe Arvanitis
Makenna Freyberger
Amber Guzzo
Brendan Hird
Mindy Hoang
Kale Hyder
Cloie Jennings
Alyssa Klauer
Benjamin Luppen
William Mihm
Rebecca Nonnenmann
Jenna Pauley
Jessica Pauley
Lauryn Praet
Collin Solorzano
Luke Trondson
Clare VanSpeybroeck
Aviana Zahara
GRADE 8
HONOR ROLL
Jonathan Berry
Justin Bost
JC Brenny
Madeline Chambers
Haley DeWitte
Bridget Ferguson
Emily Ferreyra
Erik Hoffman
Zach Larson
Isabella Milani
Daniel Powers
Caden Punkiewicz
Collin Rogiers
Claudia Ruiz
Brenon Wilson

30 Apr 2014

Jordan Catholic School Honor Roll Third Quarter

By Janine Parr

Congratulations to these THIRD Quarter Honor Roll Students

GRADE 6 - PRINCIPAL'S LIST

Erik Coulter

Emma Cowles

Tyler Estes

Riley Frederick
Jaylen Gore

Gianna Jewhurst
Madilynn Klauer

Dalton Klundt

David Moens
Tony VanDeWalle

GRADE 6 - HONOR ROLL

Grace Anders
Samantha Coleman

Grace Moore

Megan Tanghe

Alexis Wilkens

GRADE 7 - PRINCIPAL'S LIST

Emma Beardsley
Chloe Boyd
Anna Darrow
John Do

Tony Dockery-Jackson
Sydney Elliott
Jonathan Fernandez

Grant Florence

Parker Georlett
Hannah Luppen

Olivia Manternach

Haley Mosley
Mackenzie Parboosingh

Taylor Parker

Faith Pickslay

Ava Reynolds
Lily Schoeck

GRADE 7 - HONOR ROLL

Gabe Beardsley

Lauren Hird

Aaron Mickelson

Paige Nimrick

Mary Powers

Vanessa Reger

Lily Steffen

Logan Swartz

Kaitlyn Zonnevylle

GRADE 8 - PRINCIPAL'S LIST

Zoe Arvanitis

Madeline Chamberss

Bailey Estes

Amber Guzzo

Brendan Hird

Mindy Hoang

Kale Hyder

Cloie Jennings

Alyssa Klauer

Ben Luppen

Will Mihm

Rebecca Nonnenmann

Jenna Pauley

Jessica Pauley

Luke Trondson

Clare VanSpeybroeck

Aviana Zahara

GRADE 8 - HONOR ROLL

Justin Bost

John Brenny

Bridget Ferguson

Emily Ferreyra

CJ Frederick

Allison Hannah

Erik Hoffman

John Huntley

Zach Larson

Collin Rogiers

Daniel Powers

Lauryn Praet

Collin Solorzano

Luke Trondson
David Willaert

Brenon Wilson

Aviana Zahara

The Principal's List requires a GPA of 3.5 to 4.0. The Honor Roll requires a GPA of 3.0 to 3.49
17 Apr 2014

Jordan Regional Science Fair Awards 2014

By Janine Parr

2014 Science Fair Awards

The Regional Science Fair was held Saturday, March 22nd on the campus of WIU. Twenty-two of the Jordan Catholic School's seventh and eighth grade students (19 projects) attended this regional fair:

Zoe Arvanitis, Chloe Boyd, Madeline Chambers, John Do, Bailey Estes, Bridget Ferguson, Amber Guzzo, Mindy Hoang, Kale Hyder, Cloie Jennings, Alyssa Klauer, Olivia Manternach,  Paige Nimrick, Rebecca Nonnenmann, Mackenzie Parboosingh, Faith Pickslay, Lauryn Praet, Ava Reynolds, Collin Solorzano, Lily Steffan, Clare VanSpeybroeck, and Aviana Zahara.

We are so proud of each and every one of them! All of our students did very, very well, with four receiving monetary awards; one receiving a medical lab testing award; one with an invitation to compete in the Broadcam Masters with the opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. to compete and win up to $25,000 for excellence in science; and two of our 8th graders were invited to present at the Illinois State Science Fair.

Awards:

Monetary awards:

  • Zoe Arvanitis and Amber Guzzo - 1st place for the Ground Water Association Special Award

  • Rebecca Nonnenmann - 3rd place for the Ground Water Association Special Award

  • Mackenzie Parboosingh - Molecular Biology Special Award

Medical Lab Testing Award:

  • Alyssa Klauer

An invitation to compete in the Broadcam Masters:

  • Alyssa Klauer

Invitation to present at Illinois State Science Fair on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at the Northern Illinois University in Dekalb:

  • Kale Hyder

  • Alyssa Klauer

14 Apr 2014

Jordan Catholic School- Peanut Butter & Prayers

By Janine Parr

Jordan fourth grade students have collected Peanut Butter, Jelly, and Crackers for their Lenten service project "Peanut Butter & Prayers." The food will be donated to the St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry to serve as a healthy snack for children. The Jordan students pray each day for all children in our community who go to bed hungry.

Fr. Jeremy Freehill will visit Ms. Debbie Patronagio's 4th grade classroom at 9:00 a.m. this Thursday April 17th to accept the donation.

04 Mar 2014

Jordan 4th Graders Celebrate Mardi Gras!

By Janine Parr
Jordan fourth grade students will be celebrating Mardi Gras on Tuesday March 4th wear jeans and green, purple, or yellow shirts that day. The celebration will begin with a party at 2:00pm and the crowning of the King and Queen of Mardi Gras. Then the children will parade through the school with the mardi gras masks that they made. This is a fun and colorful event! The children will have a King's cake and goodies.
30 Jan 2014

Jordan Catholic Schools Week Service Project

By Janine Parr

As you know, Jordan Catholic School is celebrating Catholic Schools Week. All grade levels are giving to the community in some way through service projects this week.

Tomorrow, our Pre-K and Kindergarten students will be making blankets for the QC Animal Shelter beginning at 12:30.
22 Jan 2014

Jordan Catholic School celebrates our community with vocation and career talks

By Janine Parr

On Thursday, January 30th we will celebrate "Community of Knowledge" day as part of our Catholic Schools Week celebration. Vocation and career awareness talks will take place that afternoon for 6-8 grade students from 1:15-3:05.

The vocations will come first. Here are the participants and locations;

  • Gr. 8 Girls- Sr. Bobbi Bussan- Benedictine Sisters -- Rm. MS-4
  • Gr. 8 Boys- Fr. Schaab-Rm.- MS-2
  • Gr. 7 Girls- Sr. Roberta Brich- Humility Sisters-- Rm. MS-3
  • Gr. 7 Boys- Fr. Tony Ego- Rm. MS-1
  • Gr. 6 Girls- Sr. Kathleen Mullin-BVM- Rm. F-3
  • Gr. 6 Boys- Fr. Freehill- Rm. F-4

Careers will be from 2:00-3:05 with two sessions for each career. The speakers are:

  • Ben Meiresonne-Police Officer- Rm. MS-4
  • Dan Neises- Chiropractor- Science Lab
  • Melissa Baker- Nurse- Rm. MS-3
  • James Zahara- Meterologist- Rm. F-4
  • Margaret Ellis- Music Professor at Augie- Art Room
  • Jamie Nonnenmann- Dentist- Rm. MS-2 (He will need a chair to sit on since he can not stand that long)
  • Matt Randazzo- Sports Announcer- F-3
  • Tony Gasper- Banking Industry- MS-1
20 Jan 2014

Catholic Schools Week

By Janine Parr

Jordan Catholic School

"Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge, and Service"

Sunday--- January 26, 2014- Communities of Parish Faith

  • 8th graders are invited to visit Alleman High School for an Open House from 12:00-2:00

  • Jordan students will participate at a Sunday mass in each of our supporting parishes.

Monday---January 27, 2014-Our Heritage

  • Students in Grades 6, 7, & 8 are invited to Alleman High School for Mass at 9:40

  • Former Jordan students will be invited to visit classes during the day to share their school experiences with the students.

  • Students may wear "Comfy/Cozy" clothes of sweatpants and sweatshirts

Tuesday----January 28, 2014-Community of Service

  • Living Rosary in gym at 8:30 for all grades

  • Each grade level will donate items to community organizations and facilities, such as the animal shelter, homeless and battered women shelters. In addition, all students will bring cans of food for the St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry.

  • Home and School Book Fair- 2:45-3:45pm

Wednesday-----January 29, 2014-Community of School Faith

  • Dress up day- Students will dress in "Colors of the Faith"- Gr. PS, K, &1- yellow (for God's perfect light), Gr. 2 & 3- white (for purity), Gr. 4- green (for new life in Jesus), Gr. 5 & 6- blue (for baptism into God's family), Gr. 7 & 8- red (for the blood Jesus shed)

  • 1:30 Mass with Fr. Freehill at St. Pius Church. Parishioners are invited.

  • Home and School Book Fair-1:00-3:00pm

Thursday-----January 30, 2014- Community of Knowledge

  • Open House for parents and prospective families from 10:00-11:00

  • Parents may take their children to lunch from 11:00-12:15

  • Parents invited to classrooms to speak on their careers

  • Gr. 6, 7, & 8 will have speakers on religious life and career topics from 1:15-3:00

  • Open House for parents of preschoolers 4 Yr.-AM & PM- 5 day & 3 Yr. AM & PM-10:00 and 2:00

  • Home and School Book Fair

Friday-------January 31, 2014- Community of Believers

  • Open House for parents of preschoolers 4 Yr. AM- 3 day-10:00

  • Movie afternoon- Each teacher or grade level will select a movie to share with their class. Treats will be provided by the teachers.

  • Students may wear jeans and non-uniform shirts

  • Home and School Book Fair-8:30-1:30 and 2:30-3:30pm

Saturday---February 1, 2014

  • Home and School Basket Raffle will be held this evening from 5:00-9:00pm at Farrell Hall. Basket Raffle drawing begins at 7:30pm.

19 Dec 2013

Jordan Catholic School 1st Quarter Honor Roll

By Janine Parr

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE FIRST QUARTER HONOR ROLL STUDENTS

GRADE 6 PRINCIPAL'S LIST

  • Erik Coulter
  • Emma Cowles
  • Tyler Estes
  • Riley Frederick
  • Jaylen Gore
  • Gianna Jewhurst
  • Madilynn Klauer
  • Dalton Klundt
  • David Moens
  • Tony VanDeWalle
GRADE 6 HONOR ROLL
  • Grace Anders
  • Samantha Coleman
  • Grace Moore
  • Megan Tanghe
  • Alexis Wilkens
GRADE 7 PRINCIPAL'S LIST
  • Emma Beardsley
  • Chloe Boyd
  • Anna Darrow
  • John Do
  • Tony Dockery-Jackson
  • Sydney Elliott
  • Jonathan Fernandez
  • Grant Florence
  • Parker Georlett
  • Hannah Luppen
  • Olivia Manternach
  • Haley Mosley
  • Mackenzie Parboosingh
  • Taylor Parker
  • Faith Pickslay
  • Ava Reynolds
  • Lily Schoeck
GRADE 7 HONOR ROLL
  • Gabe Beardsley
  • Lauren Hird
  • Aaron Mickelson
  • Paige Nimrick
  • Mary Powers
  • Vanessa Reger
  • Lily Steffen
  • Logan Swartz
  • Kaitlyn Zonnevylle
GRADE 8 PRINCIPAL'S LIST
  • Zoe Arvanitis
  • Bailey Estes
  • Amber Guzzo
  • Brendan Hird
  • Mindy Hoang
  • Cloie Jennings
  • Alyssa Klauer
  • Ben Luppen
  • Will Mihm
  • Rebecca Nonnenmann
  • Jenna Pauley
  • Jessica Pauley
  • Luke Trondson
  • Clare VanSpeybroeck
GRADE 8 HONOR ROLL
  • Justin Bost
  • Molly Chambers
  • Emily Ferreyra
  • CJ Frederick
  • Erik Hoffman
  • John Huntley
  • Zach Larson
  • Collin Rogiers
  • Daniel Powers
  • Lauryn Praet
  • Collin Solorzano
  • David Willaert
  • Brenon Wilson
  • Aviana Zahara

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