FridaySeptember 19, 2025

New school ‘feels like home already’

Community welcomes St. Joan of Arc Catholic School
By: Dave Thompson|September 19, 2025
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    • Students gather in front of St. Joan of Arc Catholic School at 6900 Hopewell Ave., Bettendorf, on Thursday, Sept. 18, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new school. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    Sophia Fernas loves her new school – St. Joan of Arc Catholic School at 6900 Hopewell Ave., Bettendorf.

    The $38 million project – the first Catholic school built in the Quad Cities region in more than 50 years – was recently completed. Its classrooms started filling with students, teachers and staff members when the school year started in late…

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