Farmers Make a Difference in Rural Communities by Directing Donations from Monsanto Fund’s America’s Farmers Grow Communities Program to Local Nonprofit Organizations The America’s Farmers Grow Communities program will provide more than $3 million in financial support to nonprofits across the US in 2017 Since 2010, the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program has given more […]
The 2016-17 school year at St. Boniface Elementary in Elgin marks Principal Betty Getzfred’s 40th year of teaching and leadership at the school. Mrs. Getzfred (as she’s known at school) began her service at St. Boniface in 1976 as a classroom teacher and in 1978 she assumed head teacher duties. She was named St. Boniface Principal in 1996 and […]
Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School will hold it’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 14th.
The weather has not been kind to the members of the Pope John XXIII Central Catholic Jr. Right to Life group, but they have been busy turning nature’s fury into positive ways to share their message. Pope John’s Jr. Right to Life group had been scheduled to attend the National March for Life in Washington […]
The Pope John XXIII Choir competed at District Music on Friday, April 21st at Norfolk Senior High School. They came away with excellent scores. Congratulations to all. Mixed Choir: Superior Women’s Choir: Superior Men’s Choir: Excellent Girls Duet, Elizabeth Selting and Jordan Mescher: Superior Freshmen Girls Group: Superior (Perfect Score) Flute Solo, Sydney Kerkman: Superior […]
Local Cargill representative, Brent Schmidt recently presented a check for $3,750 to the Environmental Science/STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program at Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School in Elgin. The funds were donated courtesy of
At the 31st Annual Pope John Development Dinner, Larry and Nancy Shavlik were presented with the 2017 Roncallli Award. The Roncalli Award is named after Guiseppe Roncalli, which is the given name of our beloved patron Saint Pope John XXIII. This prestigious award is presented each year to an individual or family in appreciation for […]
Presenters from Heart of a Child Ministries visited Pope John XXIII and St. Boniface Catholic Schools on Monday, March 6th. Heart of a Child Director, Nikki Schaefer presented four age-appropriate presentations to both the elementary and high school students. In the K-6 grade sessions, students sang songs, played games, read Bible verses and viewed fetal models.
Recently Luke Hinkle, a local representative of Invenergy, presented Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School and St. Boniface Elementary School with a donation of $2,000. The schools utilized the funds to purchase instructional equipment for their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and Art programs. Students will be able to work with items such […]
Last Wednesday morning, 20 Pope John XXIII Central Catholic students anxiously watched their phones and email. They were waiting to hear if they were going to be able to make their pilgrimage to Washington D.C. to participate in the March for Life. The students were planning on traveling to Norfolk to join with other area students on a charter bus headed east. Unfortunately, their plans to travel across the country to defend life were cancelled due to the 10+ inches of snow that fell in the area on Tuesday and Wednesday. Many of the students remembered their trip in 2016, during which they were stranded on the Pennsylvania Interstate for 20 hours due to snow.