Pope John’s 50th Class Prepares to Graduate

Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School will hold it's commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 14th.

Despite Weather, Jr. Right to Life Group Spreading Message

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…

Students Compete Well at District Music

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…

STEM Program Benefits from Cargill Grant

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

Shavlik’s win 2017 Roncalli Award

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.…

Students learn about the gift of life

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.

Invenergy donation put to good use

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…

Pope John March for Life Participants Snowed In!

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.

Pope John One Act Team Wins NVC Competition

  Pope John's One-Act Play team placed first at the NVC One-Act Play Competition held at Elkhorn Valley High School. They performed the play titled "The Perils of Lulu." There were eight teams competing from the conference.