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(New Lenox) Providence Catholic High School Theatre Club performed Grease earlier this month at the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Theater in Joliet.  Grease is based on the book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey and presented through special arrangement with Samual French.  The musical is directed by Mrs. Michele Hibbott-Urda; Mrs. Ann Waldron, Music Director; Mrs. Rosario Knezz, Choregrapher; Mr. Eric Moniger, Technical Director and Mrs. Sandra Krejci, Production Manager.

It’s the summer of 1959 in sunny California, when rebel Danny Zuko and Australian good girl Sandy Dumbrowski fall in love at the beach.  When summer ends, they say their goodbyes and think they’ll never see each other again, but plans change when Sandy’s parents decide to stay in California.  School resumes and to their surprise, both Danny and Sandy are attending Rydell High.  Danny, the leader of the T-Birds, a group of black leather-jacket greasers treats Sandy differently in front of his pals.  The Pink Ladies, a group of pink-wearing gals led by Rizzo, befriend Sandy and try to make her more like Danny so they can be together.

The cast included:  Hannah Gleason of Plainfield (Sandy), Abby Fritts of New Lenox (Rizzo), Elizabeth Phillips of Shorewood (Jan), Abby Morris of Plainfield (Marty), Katie Scott of Homer Glen (Frenchy), Caleigh Branigan of Frankfort (Patty), Abby Persicketti of Manhattan (Miss Lynch), Erin Campbell of Mokena (Blanche), Erin Moya of  Plainfield  (Cha-Cha), Gabriella Berman of Shorewood (female soloist “It’s Raining on Prom Night”), Caitlyn Quinlan of New Lenox (movie actress), Ryan Jones of Homer Glen (Danny), Kevin Phillips of Shorewood (Kenickie), Patrick Connelly of Tinley Park (Doody), Jonah Deffenbaugh of Plainfield (Roger), Gabe Costello of Monee (Sonny), Brian Daniher of Mokena (Eugene), John Narcissi of Mokena (Johnny Casino), Justin Anderson of Homer Glen (Vince Fontaine) and Eric Connelly of Tinley Park (Teen Angel).

The Ensemble included:  Elena Alvarez of Plainfield, Grace Baffoe of Orland Park, Johanna Bastas of Mokena, Sophie Bonacorda of Plainfield, Iliana Caso of Tinley Park, Carrie Cicirale of Lockport (Dance Captain), Katie Deters of Joliet, Alyssa Flanagan of Homer Glen, Gen Gerrity of Homer Glen, Rachel Gorski of Shorewood (Dance Captain), Gianna Gronowski of Lemont, Georgia Hiotis of Orland Park, Clare Huguelet of Mokena, Julia Koziol of Plainfield, Sarah Kuhlmann  Mokena, Sarah Lennon of Orland Park, Gillian Madia of Joliet, Maegan Magante of Homer Glen, Molly McManus  of Lockport, Kaitlyn McPartlan of New Lenox, Katie Monahan of New Lenox, Collette O’Connell of Mokena, Taylor Pfeiffer  of Tinley Park, Carly Prekwas of Mokena, Megan Reyes of New Lenox, Jess Skole of Joliet, Colleen Sloyan of Orland Park, Sally Smith of Minooka, Lizzy Stone of Joliet, Emma Sulski of Orland Park, Lauren Thompson of Joliet and Cailee Tylin of New Lenox.

Musical performances by:  Paul Kocsis of Orland Park (percussion), Megan Gergets of Tinley Park (saxophone), Miguel Salazar of Joliet (saxophone) and Danny MacLean of Lemont (guitar).

Crew Included:  Erin Martin of Minooka (Stage Manager), Broegan Garr of Orland Park (Assistant Stage Manager), Heather Baker of Orland Park, Gina Cammarata of Frankfort, Matt Columbus of Joliet, Eric Dobry of Minooka, Ian Harder of Channahon, Madi Jager of Mokena, Chris Koziol of Plainfield, Mary Kate Kozak of New Lenox, Colleen Martin of Minooka, Kathleen Melei of Lockport, Santiago McCain of Rockdale, Alainna Plut of Shorewood, Dan Salazar of Joliet, Ashley Stajura of Lockport, Andy Stone of Joliet, Alex Taylor of Joliet, Elisia Venegas of Crest Hill, Brittany Waldron of Plainfield, Gabe Wolcott of Joliet and Tanner Zielinski of Shorewood.

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2-28-13

Providence Catholic announces the February Students of the Month

(New Lenox) - Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce the school’s “Students of the Month” for February.  These students are recognized for achievement, improvement and/or accomplishments in school courses as well as other school-related activities.

Every month, each academic department chairperson selects one student as its “Student of the Month” from a number of students nominated by teachers.  Students of the Month receive a certificate of recognition, have their photos displayed in Providence Catholic High School’s main hallway for the following month and are invited as a group to have lunch with the Principal.

The Providence Catholic High School Students of the Month for February are standing left to right: sophomore Steve Westman of Tinley Park (Social Science & Business), freshman Joe Strick of Mokena (Science), junior Nicholas Kutsulis of Homer Glen (Physical Education) and senior Brian Younker of Tinley Park (Administration).  Sitting left to right: sophomore Mary Beattie of Wilmington (World Language), sophomore Alyssa Jurges of New Lenox (English), sophomore Micaela Niven of Lockport (Theology), freshman Talia Franchini of Joliet (Technology) and sophomore Meghan Shea of Orland Park (December - Social Science & Business).  Not Pictured:  junior Ian Harder of Channahon (Fine Arts) and freshman Emma Sulski of Orland Park (Mathematics).

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2-26-13

Providence Catholic Cheerleaders Top Off Undefeated Season with Grand National Champion Title

(New Lenox) – Providence Catholic High School’s varsity cheerleading team topped off their 2012-2013 undefeated season with leather jackets and a trophy when they were crowned Grand National Champions at the NCA Open Nationals Championship in Louisville, KY on February 23.  The Celtics took first place and were named National Champions in the Advanced Small Varsity Division. They also had the highest score of all the divisions at the competition, which earned them the Grand National Champion Title.  In addition, the Celtics received the “Best Tumbling Award” and the “Innovative Choreography Award.”  This marks the team’s fifth consecutive National Champion Title and the third Grand Champion National title overall.  This accomplishment adds to the team’s third consecutive Sectional Champion title and most recently, their IHSA State Championship Title. 

The 21 members of the 2012-2013 varsity cheerleading team are:  Seniors:  Brianna Chibe ‘13 (Homer Glen), Alyssa Gialamas ‘13 (Frankfort), Courtney McEnery ‘13 (Orland Park), Alyssa Meurer ‘13 (Homer Glen), Lauren Murphy ‘13 (Orland Park), Roslyn Parayo ‘13 (Orland Park), Gabriella Senese ‘13 (Lemont), Bailey Sineni ‘13 (Homer Glen) and Taylor Vennetti ‘13 (Orland Park).  Juniors:  Brittany Charnot ‘14 (Orland Park), Morgan Duesing ‘14 (Tinley Park), Skylar Evans ‘14 (Mokena), Meghan Marth ‘14 (Mokena) and Tori Vennetti ‘14 (Orland Park).  Sophomore:  Maryssa Presbitero ‘15 (Orland Park). Freshmen:  Allison Bebar ‘16 (Plainfield), Sera Cummings ‘16 (New Lenox), Bridget Fudala ‘16 (Homer Glen), Nicole Glynn ‘16 (Lemont), Dana Joseph ‘16 (Orland Park) and Carson Sineni ‘16 (Homer Glen).  The team is led by Mrs. Laura Duesing, Head Coach and Ms. Beth Gornick, Assistant Coach.

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2-7-13

Providence Catholic announces the January Students of the Month

(New Lenox) - Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce the school’s “Students of the Month” for January.  These students are recognized for achievement, improvement and/or accomplishments in school courses as well as other school-related activities.

Every month, each academic department chairperson selects one student as its “Student of the Month” from a number of students nominated by teachers.  Students of the Month receive a certificate of recognition, have their photos displayed in Providence Catholic High School’s main hallway for the following month and are invited as a group to have lunch with the Principal.

The Providence Catholic High School Students of the Month for January are standing left to right: freshman Brianna Mulcahy of Homer Glen (English), sophomore Morgan Greenwood of Shorewood (Technology), freshman Hunter Klein of Joliet (Theology), senior Mitch Monos of Lockport (Mathematics), freshman Jackson Stulas of Lockport (Physical Education), freshman Sarah Lennon of Orland Park (World Language) and junior Jessica Talwar of Orland Park (Social Science & Business).  Sitting left to right: sophomore Alyssa Flanagan of Homer Glen  (December - Fine Arts), freshman Beth Kavanaugh of Tinley Park (Fine Arts), senior Elaina Wiles of Plainfield (Administration) and senior Kathleen Rash of Homer Glen (Science).

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2-7-13

Four Providence Catholic Student-Athletes make College Commitments

(New Lenox) - Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce that seniors Brian Fordon, Jack Fordon, Tony Petta and Kevin Ward committed to continue their football careers at the collegiate level.  “We are extremely proud of these student-athletes who are leaders among their peers and have worked hard in the classroom and on the field.  We wish them the very best in college and in the future,” said Sebestyen.

Brian Fordon, son of Brian and Kristin Fordon of Frankfort, committed to continue his football career at Dartmouth College where he plans to major in Economics.  Brian is a graduate of Hickory Creek Middle School and is a parishioner at Infant Jesus of Prague.  The honor roll student is a member of the Student Council, Augustinian Youth Ministry (AYM), Habitat for Humanity and is a Eucharistic Minister.  Brian, a linebacker, played for the Celtic football team his entire high school career and was team co-captain his senior year.  He was named Defensive MVP, All-State Chicago Tribune Special Mention, All-State Academic and CCL All-Conference.  Furthermore, Brian was named the 4th rated linebacker in Illinois by scout.com and 77th overall.

Jack Fordon, son of John and Megan Fordon of Frankfort, committed to continue his football career at the University of Nebraska where he plans to major in Biology (Pre-Dental).  Jack is a graduate of Hickory Creek Middle School and is a parishioner at Infant Jesus of Prague.  The honor roll student has been a linebacker on the Celtic football team for the past three seasons and was team co-captain his senior year.  In 2011, Jack was named Chicago Sun-Times Top 100 Players and All-Area. 

Tony Petta, son of Tom and Cindy Petta of Frankfort, committed to continue his football career at Drake University where he plans to major in Health Science.  Petta is a graduate of Hickory Creek Middle School.  The honor roll student has played safety for the Celtic football team his entire high school career.   He was named All-State Academic, CCL All-Conference and 1st Team All-Area.

Kevin Ward, son of Brian and Laurel Ward of Homer Glen, committed to continue his football career at the University of Iowa where he is currently undecided on his major.  Ward is a graduate of Oak Prairie Junior High and is a parishioner at Our Mother of Good Counsel.  The honor roll student is a member of the National Honor Society.  He has played free safety on the Celtic football team his entire high school career and was team co-captain his senior year.  Ward was named All-State Academic, CCL All-Conference and 2nd Team All-Area.  Furthermore, Ward has been a member of the track team for the past four years and placed 5th at State in the 400m in 2012.

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2-5-13

Providence Catholic Honors State Champion Varsity Cheerleaders

(New Lenox) – Providence Catholic High School held an all-school recognition assembly on Monday, February 4 to honor its varsity cheerleading team for earning the State Championship title for their division at the Illinois High School Association’s (IHSA) State Competitive Cheerleading Tournament.  The competition took place on Saturday, February 2 at U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, Illinois.

With a score of 93.72, the cheerleaders made history by earning the school’s first Cheerleading State Championship title and giving Providence Catholic its 26th State Championship title.  The varsity cheerleaders placed second in State in 2007; third in 2011, fourth in 2012 and fifth in 2009.  In addition, the team won their IHSA Sectional Cheerleading Championship title for the third year in a row.  Furthermore, they had an undefeated season:  1st Place and named Grand Champions at the Lincoln-Way North Invitational; 1st Place, Highest Score of Competition, Best Tumbling Award and Best Stunting Award at the Joliet West Invitational; 1st Place and Grand Champions at the Oak Forest Invitational and 1st Place at the Grayslake North Invitational.  The Celtics travel to NCA Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky later this month when the team vies for their fifth consecutive national title.

During the assembly, the State Champion cheerleaders performed their award-winning routine with an amazing level of talent and precision.  The 21 members of the 2012-2013 varsity cheerleading team were awarded their 1st place medals by Mr. Doug Ternik, PCHS Athletic Director.  The members of the varsity cheerleading team are:  Seniors:  Brianna Chibe ‘13 (Homer Glen), Alyssa Gialamas ‘13 (Frankfort), Courtney McEnery ‘13 (Orland Park), Alyssa Meurer ‘13 (Homer Glen), Lauren Murphy ‘13 (Orland Park), Roslyn Parayo ‘13 (Orland Park), Gabriella Senese ‘13 (Lemont), Bailey Sineni ‘13 (Homer Glen) and Taylor Vennetti ‘13 (Orland Park).  Juniors:  Brittany Charnot ‘14 (Orland Park), Morgan Duesing ‘14 (Tinley Park), Skylar Evans ‘14 (Mokena), Meghan Marth ‘14 (Mokena) and Tori Vennetti ‘14 (Orland Park).  Sophomore:  Maryssa Presbitero ‘15 (Orland Park). Freshmen:  Allison Bebar ‘16 (Plainfield), Sera Cummings ‘16 (New Lenox), Bridget Fudala ‘16 (Homer Glen), Nicole Glynn ‘16 (Lemont), Dana Joseph ‘16 (Orland Park) and Carson Sineni ‘16 (Homer Glen).  The team is led by Mrs. Laura Duesing, Head Coach and Ms. Beth Gornick, Assistant Coach.

Mrs. Laura Duesing is in her third year at PCHS as Varsity Cheerleading Coach.  “Coach Beth Gornick and I knew in our hearts that this team had the talent and potential to be State Champions.  They set their focus on one competition at a time, trying to out-do themselves and their scores with every performance.  The Celtics are known for their elite partner stunts, basket tosses, pyramids and tumbling, so it was a real crowd pleaser when they spelled out P-R-O-V-I-D-E-N-C-E with running fulls during the cheer portion of their routine.  This season, they also made vast improvements in their jump and motion skills.  It was exciting to coach such an all-around skilled team, but I’m even more grateful to coach this loving group of student-athletes and have great admiration for how the nine seniors led the team with unity,” said Duesing.

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1-29-13

Providence Catholic High School Announces First Semester Honor Roll

(New Lenox) – Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce the school’s First Semester Honor Roll.  The honor roll includes two categories; first honors recipients must obtain a 3.51 - 4.00 G.P.A., whereas second honors students receive a 3.00 - 3.50 G.P.A. 

The First Semester Honor Roll includes:

Seniors 1st Honors:  Tara Airola, Alissa Alberico, Vincent Ambrose, Nicholas Anderson, Angela Annarino, Cassidy Bannon, Robert Beattie, Patrick Bedell, Gabriella Berman, Krista Brakauskas, Nicholas Bruno, Mary Claire Burchett, Shelby Chesko, Carrie Cicirale, Matthew Columbus, Margaret Corso, Brian Daniher, Margaret Davis, Jonah Deffenbaugh, Jonathan Dennis, Marisa Dion, Conor Doyle, Alyson Duzansky, Kevin Edgeworth, Brett Ernst, Hannah Ferrill, Bridget Flaherty, Michelle Ford, Brian Fordon, Gienna Gaeta, Megan Gergets, Charles Gross, Allison Hallberg, Brian Harris, Paige Hasier, Andrew Helmin, Ana Houlis, Paul Huguelet, Molly Hyland, Jessica Jatis, Nicole Jazdzewski, Ryan Jones, Tori Joseph, Scott Jung, Alana Juodvalkis, Holly Kavanaugh, Kevin Kelly, Myungje Kim, Paul Kocsis, Taryn Kole, Jason Koth, James Krenz, Ryan Krynicki, Karli Kulhanek, Megan Kurcz, Nicole Langlois, Leah Laskowski, Jordan Leonard, Samantha Lewandowski, Alyssa Lyman, Erinn Lyons, Alyssa Maloney, Thomas Markasovic, Matthew Martensen, George McCabe, Brad McDermid, Courtney McEnery, Ryan McGinnis, Victoria McNichols, Rebecca Meskill, Michael Michalak, Maria Miller, Megan Miller, Grace Morrison, Josephine Mueller, Hannah Nichols, Jamie Noonan, John OKeefe, Matthew ONeill, Patrick Owoc, Christian Pantoja, Maeve Pell, Joshua Pericht, Max Picard, Brandon Picciolini, Erika Powers, Georgiana Presecky, Ryan Prickel, Rebecca Rachke, Molly Rademacher, Jayant Ramadurai, Kathleen Rash, Colleen Reynolds, Luke Rimkus, Nicholas Sanders, Gabriela Sanfilippo, Jacqueline Schmidt, Gabriella Senese, Stephanie Sicinski, Katherine Soprych, Kirsten Streicher, Mary Strickler, Zachary Subak, Nicholas Swanson, Madeline Utter, Madison Wall, Kevin Ward, Kristin Watkins, Marissa Wilko, Bradford Woodward, Andrew Workman, Valerie Zecca, Claire Zeeman, James Zeeman and Patrick Zeniecki.

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Juniors 1st Honors:  Leah Alles, Kathleen Andrews, Dominic Azar, Julie Baffoe, Andrew Banathy, Daniel Bedell, Brooke Bjorklund, Sarah Blackburn, Ryan Brankin, Sarah Brightmore, Matthew Bucciferro, Gina Cammarata, Erin Campbell, Erin Carroll, Eduardo Castillo, Eric Connelly, James Copenhaver, Dana Cornish, Katherine Czerwinski, Anne Danta, Justin Davis, Brandon Denler, Alyssa Dorning, Bridget Downes, John Doyle, Sara Dreyer, Lizette Duran, Elizabeth Eggen, Skylar Evans, Joseph Fekech, Melina Ferraro, Michael Ford, Patrick Francis, Abigail Fritts, Robert Fuesel, Marybeth Galick, Megan Gardner, Hannah Gleason, Paige Gorecki, Meghan Grill, Scott Hansen, Matthew Harrington, William Harton, Zachary Hernandez, Emily Hornung, Samantha Irvin, Madeleine Jager, Thomas Jeffries, Angela Jensen, David Kaminski, Jack Kelley, Alexandra Kieffer, Alexis Klotz, Kaitlyn Kman, Christopher Koziol, Brady Labuda, Dominic Lagone, Haley Lahey, Zachary Lake, Mercedes Land, Danielle Little, Kyleigh Maday, Morgan Manghera, Meghan Marth, Allison Marthaler, Emily Mayer, Sean McGrath, Christina McGuire, Kathleen Melei, Bridget Murphy, Sean Murray, Daniel Niemiec, Ava OConnor, Clare ODonnell, Margaret OGrady, Dyamond Parker, Abigail Persicketti, Noah Peterman, Carly Prekwas, Courtney Pych, Luc Quaranta, Lauren Rasmussen, Jack Redmond, Austin Regan, Taylor Reid, Courtney Rimsnider, Christopher Rocha, Collin Russell, Daniel Salazar, Benjamin Salvador, Joseph Schaefer, Katherine Scott, Danielle Sebek, Joseph Sigrist, Steven Sismelich, Colleen Sloyan, Sally Smith, Sean Smyth, Courtney Suggs, Michael Sullivan, Jessica Talwar, Tyler Tatro, Kimberly Trochuck, Margaret Turk, Cailee Tylin, Clare Urchell, Mitchell VanderWey, Elisia Venegas, Tori Vennetti, Piper Virva, Brittany Waldron, Connor Welch, Kevin Whalen, Anne Whisson, Richard Yusa, Maia Zalik, Michael Zaremba, Tanner Zielinski and Matthew Zielke.

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Sophomores 1st Honors:  Justino Alberico, Jacob Alfarah, Elena Alvarez, Grace Barrett, Tess Barrett, Sydney Bartecki, Danielle Beechy, Erin Blackburn, Matthew Bomba, Michael Bonaguro, Victoria Borrelli, Robert Brueggert, Zoe Bruni, Kyle Burke, Carter Bussey, Ryan Carp, Erik Carroll, Dominic Cascino, Matthew Cederberg, Justin Chmura, Carly Cicirale, John Colbert, Nina Columbus, Robert Connolly, Anne Corso, Michael Covelli, Kristen Crawford, Madeline Culligan, Michael Daly, Michael Davis, Margaret DeMauro, Elizabeth Dennis, Katherine Deters, Cameron DiBiaso, Matthew Diehl, Patrick Downes, Angela Duensing, Leah Duggins, John Eckenstein, Mary Fashingbauer, Regan Flaherty, Matthew Francis, Kyle Gardner, Ryan Gardner, Maeve Garvey, Morgan Greenwood, Annicka Griffith, Corynne Griffith, Emma Griffiths, Isabel Guidotti, Nicholas Hahn, Brittany Hallberg, Allison Hanson, Maggie Havlin, Brian Heidegger, Meghan Hickey, Brendan Hoffmeister, Victoria Horak, Zosia Horak, Katriona Horan, Ashley Hovorka, Troy Howat, Justin Hunniford, Thi Huynh, Andrew Jatis, Christina Jazdzewski, Brian Jensen, McKenna Kaup, Kajus Kavaliauskas, Beth Kavanaugh, Kerry Kole, Alisa Kulhanek, Matthew Long, Jacqueline Loupakos, Daniel MacLean, Matthew MacNab, Gillian Madia, Joshua Magold, Stephanie Mastorakos, Will McCabe, Kevin McEneany, Sarah Miller, Elise Morris, Adam Morrison, Theresa Murphy, Micaela Niven, Matthew OHalloran, Martin Palmasani, Jake Payton, Jack Pell, Jillian Rademacher, Srirajku Ranganathan, Nicholas Rojas, Jacob Rost, Miguel Salazar, Mikayla Sanders, Joseph Santschi, Amelia Schroeder, James Sharkey, Mitchell Sharkey, Meghan Shea, Rebecca Sidler, Jessica Skole, Christian Spesia, Robert Svidron, Jillian Sweeney, Rebecca Tompkins, Kevin Troy, Kyle Troy, Nathan Vejvoda, Brhett Vickery, Brenton Villasenor, Taylor Warfield, Shannon Washburn, Stephen Westman, Nicolas White, Helena Whitmore, Andrea Zecca, Joseph Zemen and Nicholas Zielinski.

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Freshmen 1st Honors:  Rachel Alles, Grace Baffoe, John Barrett, Johanna Bastas, Claire Baudek, Allison Bebar, Lauren Bernas, Nikolas Bertucci, Anirudh Bhatia, Emily Boggetto, Emily Bowles, Colin Brankin, Margaret Broderick, Kathleen Caruso, David Charnot, Spencer Cherry, Amanda Christianson, Jason Ciabattoni, Patrick Connelly, Alessandra Conte, Carly Cosentino, Jessica Cothern, Ryan Coyle, Connor Creed, Mary Cummings, Julia Cutler, Natalia Cutrano, Anna Czerwinski, Hannah Davis, Jeannine Diab, Kevin Diehl, Anthony DiNardi, Jacob Ditzler, Nicole Dorigan, Jonas Duncan, Liza Ellingson, Kevin Fitzgerald, Talia Franchini, Joven Garces, Kendall Gloss, Nicole Glynn, Rachel Gorski, Gianna Gronowski, Mason Heimlich, Allison Hernandez, Michael Higgins, Connor Hilty, Joshua Holm, Grace Huguelet, Brittany Jackson, Caleigh Jaskierski, Alexander Jedlicka-Kriz, Joseph Juodvalkis, Patrick Kay, Thomas Kelley, Thomas Kelly, Hunter Klein, Blake LaBelle, Emma Lagger, Jakob Lambert, Jaysen Lao, Sarah Lennon, Jamie Lopina, Gianna Lullo, Justin Lumanga, Christina MacNab, Maegan Magante, Michael Markasovic, Mia Massaro, Daniel McDonald, Olivia McGill, Michael McGuire, Gavin McKendry, Bernard ODonnell, Brendan OHara, Anna Olenek, Melanie Olson, Gianna Palumbo, Maria Papes, Ryan Pilon, Mary Poulos, Zachary Pych, Daniel Rauch, Megan Reyes, Valerie Richards, John Richardson, Margaret Ruane, John Scholl, Luke Sheppard, Anna Smagala, Catherine Spesia, Joseph Strick, Kyle Struck, Kevin Sullivan, Scott Tatro, Ryan Townsend, Matthew Trzesniewski, Garret Walter, Benjamin Wasicki, Anne Webster, John Wheeler, John Wolf, Michael Wolf, Casey Zavodny, Kaitlyn Ziska and Matthew Zubik.

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Seniors 2nd Honors:  Kylee Bandyk, Brittney Boggetto, Mary Bonaguro, Tessa Botka, George Boykin, III, Caleigh Branigan, Michael Broderick, Sean Burke, Jonathan Burns, Jordan Burns, Kevin Carlton, Brianna Chibe, Kristen Collins, Gabriel Costello, Chris Curry, Joshua Cwiertniak, Theresa Dabrowski, Gabrielle Dillman, Eric Dobry, Rachel Follenweider, John Fordon, James Frainey, Broegan Garr, Alyssa Gialamas, Connor Gilroy, Gonzalo Gonzalez, Daniel Griffin, Peter Grossmayer, Nicole Grzywacz, Mary Hickey, Jordan Houston, Austin Ibarra, Brian Jenner, Marie-Catherine Joutras, Braden Kaup, Cody Kirby, Ryan Koltes, Morgan Kulpinski, George Lullo, Jr., Amanda Mackay, Lauren Malick, Marty Maloney, Patrick McErlean, Kyle McKenzie, Alyssa Meurer, Mitchell Monos, Eamonn OConnell, Clare OMalley, Michael Ott, Alexander Owings, Megan Partilla, Kristina Patti, John Pavlopoulos, Anthony Petta, Caroline Pfeiffer, Trenton Pruitt, Michaela Puscas, William Quirke, Jennifer Raymond, Kelly Reed, Samantha Rohrer, Christian Rojas, Mary Sanchez, Rose Schultz, Drew Shemanske, Alexandra Shermulis, William Shinn, Bailey Sineni, Kevin Slade, Michael Stepuszek, Elizabeth Stone, Brendan Surane, Brianna Taylor, Sylvie Teehan, Karly Tinervia, Zachary Tortorello, Claire Trafton, Adam Trainor, Elaina Urbano, Stephanie Venegas, Taylor Vennetti, Elaina Wiles, Emily Wiles, Amanda Wilson and Brian Younker.

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Juniors 2nd Honors:  Megan Abbott, Samuel Abraham, Rachael Ambrose, Jeff Arseneau, Sarah Austin, Zachary Biegel, Joseph Bonzani, Ben Brandau, Linda Cammarata, Daniel Caso, Jeffrey Cesario, Cody Cosentino, Niamh Costello, Noah Cralle, Anne Cummings, Randal Cybulski, Amanda DeAngelo, Marie DeCarlo, Paige DeLise, Taylor Dickason, Timothy Doughney, Christian Dvorak, Emily Eglar, Allison Errthum, Megan Falls, Quinton Fisher, Joseph Gabler, Cameron Galgano, Morgan Ganz, Austin Garwood, Liam Gilhooly, Jacob Godfrey, Ian Harder, Jacob Hopkins, Jonelle Karpen, Vincent Kesic, Nicholas Kutsulis, Matthew Lahey, Salvatore LaMotta, Stephanie Marnell, John Marron, Tyler Martinkus, Danielle Miller, Michael Monroe, Eric Mounce, Ryan Murray, Alyssa Newling, Nicole Nocera, Maggie OBrien, Nicholas Parente, Matthew Payton, Danielle Pellack, Alvin Perez, Jack Petrusha, Lauren Radecki, Kali Retzler, Dylan Rosa, Kelli Russell, Justin Salazar, Abigail Schout, Leah Schultz, Trisha Schultz, Nicholas Senese, Anthony Serafini, Gabrielle Serpico, Andrey Simon, Ashley Stajura, Lauren Sulikowski, Mary Sulikowski, Michael Talamonti, Michael Tucker, Clara Vega, Michael Vennetti, Dakota Vondrak, Charles Workman, Jonathan Zambrano and Molly Zelko.

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Sophomores 2nd Honors:  Alyssa Aiello, Luke Beamish, Mary Beattie, Nicole Beechy, Michael Beller, Jonathan Brody, Andrew Byars, Emily Cabay, Sarah Deppert, Ezekiel DeYoung, Michael DiGiovanni, Cameron Dion, John Duzansky, Tessa Fairbairn, Madison Fisher, Kerianne Fitzgerald, Miranda Garcia, Allison Garetto, Genevieve Gerrity, MacKenzie Glos, Bryan Grill, Michael Grossmayer, Nicholas Grynevich, Carly Halper, Michael Houlihan, Matthew Iaciancio, Ross Jarzembowski, Alyssa Jurges, Olivia Keegan, Minyoung Kim, Johnathan Koval, Mary Kate Kozak, Natalie Krockey, Kevin Lynch, Matthew McConnell, Kelly McDermid, Connor McGinnis, Meghan Meagher, Juozas Mikuzis, Daniel Miller, Dominic Monsivais, Meghan Murphy, Christian Nielsen, James OConnor, John OConnor, Zachary Oprzedek, Karina Pantoja, Kaitlyn Peil, Anna Pfeiffer, Kevin Phillips, Nicholas Pillish, Alainna Plut, Maryssa Presbitero, Breyana Price, Jessica Purvis, Katherine Rasmussen, Aileen Richardson, Daniel Ricker, Nicholas Santangelo, Kelly Schultz, Kirsten Schultz, Damian Simrayh, Daniel Stolarek, Jake Swenson, Lauren Thompson, Brendan Treacy, Emmet Trost, Luis Vasquez, Hannah Wagner, Patrick Walsh and Robert Watson.

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Freshmen 2nd Honors:  John Alfirevich, Taylor Amato, Theodore Azar, Bianca Barajas, Rudy Batis, Alexandra Beller, Ryan Blackburn, Connor Bowles, Jerod Burczak, Brian Carroll, Colin Chibe, John Compagno, Kathleen Compagno, Sera Cummings, Sean Daugherty, Christian Davis, Thomas Dillman, Jack Dunne, Jackson Dvorak, Gabriel Evans, Bridget Fudala, Carrie Fuesel, Edward Gomez, Samantha Gorecki, Matthew Gruszkowski, Brenna Harper, Brooke Hasier, James Havlin, Georgia Hiotis, Emily Huguelet, James Jeffries, Bradley Jenner, Dana Joseph, Kendal Judge, Eric Justice, Michael Kamowski, Oliver Kapelski, Ryan Kole, McKenzie Korhorn, Hannah Krall, Joshua Lara, Sydney Mann, Alison Marcione, Daniel Marthaler, Madisen McCarthy, Joseph McGrath, Kennadi Miller, Ryan Miller, Matthew Monahan, Danielle Mulligan, Alyssa Murphy, Athena Nakos, Adam Nichols, Noah OBrien, Collette OConnell, Harry OConnell, Ireland OConnell, Connor ONeill, Gant Orloff, Nicole Partipilo, Dominic Pascale, Taylor Pfeiffer, Aidan Rowe, Elizabeth Rush, Tyler Schiemann, Mary Schultz, Nicole Shemanske, Stephen Simowitz, Carson Sineni, Patrick Slade, Sarah Steed, Jackson Stulas, Emma Sulski, Jack Walsh, John Ward, Matthew Waznis, Samantha Wieczorek, Zachary Xydakis, Thomas Younker, Jacob Zdanowski and Christopher Zeniecki.

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1-28-13

Providence Catholic's Jason Koth Earns First Chair Saxophone in the All-State Honor Band

(New Lenox) Donald Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School is pleased to announce that senior Jason Koth of Homer Glen earned first chair saxophone in the All-State Honor Band at the 2013 Illinois Music Educators Conference in Peoria, IL, which was held in late January.  Koth was among 2,200 students in IMEA District 1 that auditioned for the District Festival in November 2012.  His outstanding performance qualified him to perform at State, where he and the other top Illinois saxophone players auditioned.  Koth is the fourth student in the school’s history to be selected to perform at the IMEA All-State Conference.

The honor roll student is a member of the National Honor Society and is an Illinois State Scholar.  Koth has been a member of the PCHS Jazz Ensemble, playing both guitar and saxophone.  In addition, he was a featured soloist for the Spirit of Providence Marching Band, lead soloist in the Concert Band and a leader of the Providence Saxophone Quartet.

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1-24-13

Providence Catholic High School Theatre Club to present Grease

(New Lenox) Providence Catholic High School Theatre Club will present Grease from Thursday February 28 through Sunday, March 3 at Billie Limacher Bicentennial Theater in Joliet.  Performances begin at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday and 3:00 p.m. matinee on Sunday.  Tickets for all performances are $8.00 for adults, $5.00 for students, children and senior citizens.  For ticket information please call (815) 485-2136 ext. 3323.

Grease is based on book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey and presented through special arrangement with Samual French.  The musical is directed by Mrs. Michele Hibbott-Urda; Mrs. Ann Waldron, Music Director; Mrs. Rosario Knezz, Choregrapher; Mr. Eric Moniger, Technical Director and Mrs. Sandra Krejci, Production Manager.

The cast includes:  Hannah Gleason of Plainfield (Sandy), Abby Fritts of New Lenox (Rizzo), Elizabeth Phillips of Shorewood (Jan), Abby Morris of Plainfield (Marty), Katie Scott of Homer Glen (Frenchy), Caleigh Branigan of Frankfort (Patty) , Abby Persicketti of Manhattan (Miss Lynch), Erin Campbell of Mokena (Blanche), Erin Moya of  Plainfield  (Cha-Cha), Gabriella Berman of Shorewood (female soloist “It’s Raining on Prom Night”), Caitlyn Quinlan of New Lenox (movie actress), Ryan Jones of Homer Glen (Danny), Kevin Phillips of Shorewood (Kenickie), Patrick Connelly of Tinley Park (Doody), Jonah Deffenbaugh of Plainfield (Roger), Gabe Costello of Monee (Sonny), Brian Daniher of Mokena (Eugene), John Narcissi of Mokena (Johnny Casino), Justin Anderson of Homer Glen (Vince Fontaine) and Eric Connelly of Tinley Park (Teen Angel).

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The Ensemble includes:  Elena Alvarez of Plainfield, Grace Baffoe of Orland Park, Johanna Bastas of Mokena, Sophie Bonacorda of Plainfield, Illiana Caso of Tinley Park, Carrie Cicirale of Lockport (Dance Captain), Katie Deters of Joliet, Alyssa Flanagan of Homer Glen, Carrie Fuesel of Orland Park, Gen Gerrity of Homer Glen, Rachel Gorski of Shorewood (Dance Captain), Gianna Gronowski of Lemont, Keri Hettinger of Joliet, Georgia Hiotis of Orland Park, Clare Huguelet of Mokena, Julia Koziol of Plainfield, Sarah Kuhlmann  Mokena, Sarah Lennon of Orland Park, Gillian Madia of Joliet, Maegan Magante of Homer Glen, Molly McManus  of Lockport, Kaitlyn McPartlan of New Lenox, Katie Monahan of New Lenox, Collette O’Connell of Mokena, Taylor Pfeiffer  of Tinley Park, Carly Prekwas of Mokena, Megan Reyes of New Lenox, Jess Skole of Joliet, Colleen Sloyan of Orland Park, Sally Smith of Minooka, Lizzy Stone of Joliet, Emma Sulski of Orland Park, Lauren Thompson of Joliet and Cailee Tylin of New Lenox.

Musical performance by:  Paul Kocsis of Orland Park (percussion), Eric Connelly of Tinley Park (saxophone), Miguel Salazar of Joliet (saxophone) and Danny MacLean of Lemont (guitar).

Crew Includes:  Erin Martin of Minooka (Stage Manager), Broegan Garr of Orland Park (Assistant Stage Manager), Heather Baker of Orland Park, Gina Cammarata of Frankfort, Matt Columbus of Joliet, Eddy Gomez of New Lenox, Ian Harder of Channahon, Madi Jager of Mokena, Chris Koziol of Plainfield, Mary Kate Kozak of New Lenox, Nick Krejci of Plainfield, Colleen Martin of Minooka, Kathleen Melei of Lockport, Santiago McCain of Rockdale, Alainna Plut of Shorewood, Dan Salazar of Joliet, Ashley Stajura of Lockport, Andy Stone of Joliet, Alex Taylor of Joliet, Brittany Waldron of Plainfield and Tanner Zielinski of Shorewood.

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1-22-13

Providence Catholic to Host Third Annual Music Step-Up Night

(New Lenox) -  Providence Catholic High School’s Music Department will host its third annual “Music Step-Up Night” for students in grades 6-8 on Tuesday, February 19.  This event is open to both students with experience or no experience at all.  Participants will have the opportunity to sing and/or play with the Providence Catholic Band and Choirs.  The band program is under the direction of Mr. Robert Sanchez, whereas the choir program is under the direction of Dr. Stacy Eckert.

There is no charge to participate in this event, however, pre-registration is required.  For more details or to register for this event, please click here. Registration ends February 15.  Questions may be directed to Mr. Robert J. Sanchez, Director of Bands at 815.717.3152 or Dr. Stacy Eckert, Director of Choirs at 815.717.3321.

Participants should enter through door # 9 (Gym Entrance); check-in begins at 4 p.m.  Dinner for student participants will be provided.  Families are invited to enjoy a combined concert in the Sacred Heart Gymnasium at 7:00 pm, where students will perform with the PCHS bands and choirs. 

The Providence Catholic Band has been involved with many local and state festivals, contests and competitions.  In the past three years, “The Spirit of Providence”  Marching Band had four 1st place awards for Best Music, Best Drumline, Best Auxiliaries and Best General Effect.  The Band Program consists of 70 band and color guard students.  They currently feature two Jazz Bands, two Concert Bands, Percussion Ensemble, Solo and Ensemble, Color Guard and Winter Drumline.  The  Band and Color Guard competed at State competition at Illinois State University for the second consecutive year.  Furthermore, PCHS hosted the Inaugural Providence Catholic Marching Band Competition at the beginning of the school year.  The event was held in Bishop Kaffer Stadium and featured an exhibition performance by Marian University and Providence Catholic.

The Singing Celtics perform at concerts, charity events, Masses and many community functions.  The Singing Celtics have received several Superior ratings at IHSA contests over the past several years. There are currently three choirs at various levels of experience at PCHS.  Alumnae of the Singing Celtics have received talent-based scholarships as well as recording contracts.

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12-21-12

Providence Catholic Celebrates the Season of Giving and Hosts Christmas Concert

(New Lenox) – To celebrate the holiday season, Providence Catholic High School held their annual Christmas Concert in mid-December.  The talented PCHS Choir, Concert and Jazz Bands performed Christmas favorites for several hundred guests.  The concert was free to attend, however, guests had the opportunity to donate to one of the school’s gift drives.

The Augustinian Youth Ministry (AYM) held two gift drives, which benefited their peers in need.  AYM members collected hundreds of gifts for teenagers and delivered them to Morning Star Mission in Joliet.  Furthermore, the group collected gift cards that were donated to The Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation.  “It always amazes me how generous people are when it comes to helping those in need.  Thanks to the generosity of students, faculty and staff, we managed to collect three truckloads of gifts in just a few weeks and more than $1,500 in gift cards,” said Ms. Molly Duffy, AYM Moderator and PCHS Math Teacher.

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12-20-12

Providence Catholic announces the December Students of the Month

(New Lenox) - Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce the school’s “Students of the Month” for December.  These students are recognized for achievement, improvement and/or accomplishments in school courses as well as other school-related activities.

Every month, each academic department chairperson selects one student as its “Student of the Month” from a number of students nominated by teachers.  Students of the Month receive a certificate of recognition, have their photos displayed in Providence Catholic High School’s main hallway for the following month and are invited as a group to have lunch with the Principal.

The Providence Catholic High School Students of the Month for December are standing left to right: freshman Matt Waznis of Joliet (Physical Education), freshman Colin Brankin of Orland Park (Theology), senior Matt O’Neill of Lemont (Science) and senior Kevin Edgeworth of Tinley Park (English).  Sitting left to right: freshman Jack Walsh of Tinley Park (Technology), senior Jackie Schmidt of New Lenox (World Language), senior Valerie Zecca of Minooka (Mathematics) and sophomore Jacob Alfarah of Orland Park (Administration).  Not pictured are:  sophomore Alyssa Flanagan of Homer Glen  (Fine Arts) and sophomore Meghan Shea of Orland Park (Social Science & Business).

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12-14-12

Providence Catholic makes pledge that “It Can Wait”

(New Lenox) - Providence Catholic High School students, faculty and staff recently participated in AT&T’s “It Can Wait” campaign, which educates the community on the dangers of texting while driving.  “The campaign’s message is clear and very compelling,”  said Mr. Donald Sebestyen, Principal of PCHS.   “It states, no text message, email, website or video is worth the risk of endangering my life or the lives of others on the road.  I pledge to never text and drive and will take action to educate others about the dangers of texting while driving.” 

Providence Catholic students were shown “The Last Text,” an AT&T documentary that shared the real life stories of families whose lives were shattered in an instant as a result of teens that were texting while driving.  Furthermore, Illinois State Representatives Larry Walsh Jr. and Renée Kosel showed their support to Providence Catholic and joined students, faculty and staff by signing their names to the “It Can Wait” banner that was displayed in the school’s cafeteria.

For more information on the AT&T “It Can Wait” campaign, please visit www.itcanwait.com.

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12-14-12

Providence Catholic to Host Incoming Freshman Placement Exam

(New Lenox) - Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox will host its Incoming Freshman Placement Exam on Saturday, January 12, 2013, beginning at 8 a.m.  The exam is open to all eighth graders interested in attending Providence for the 2013-2014 school year.  Pre-registration is not necessary, but there is a $25 testing fee due on the day of the exam.  All testers are asked to bring two #2 pencils and calculators are not allowed to be used for the exam.

The top fifteen scorers on the Placement Exam will receive a $1,000 scholarship toward his/her freshman year tuition.  Financial Aid and Scholarship information will be provided to students the day of this exam.  Last year, more than $1.5 million in financial assistance, grants and scholarships were awarded to current students.

Providence is a Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory Augustinian high school located only minutes from I-80 and I-355.  A dedicated and caring faculty and staff integrate the core Augustinian values of truth, unity and love into all dimensions of student life.  A demanding curriculum, inclusive service programs, competitive athletics and comprehensive extracurricular offerings challenge students in a safe and nurturing environment.  The class of 2012 earned scholarships valued at nearly $25 million dollars and had a 24.4 average ACT score, the highest in the school’s history; honors students had a 28.2 ACT average.  In addition, these seniors performed in excess of 15,000 hours of community service during their high school careers. 

Please call Mrs. Rachel Ellingson at 815-717-3160 with any questions concerning Providence Catholic’s Incoming Freshman Placement Exam.  The school is located at 1800 W. Lincoln Hwy. in New Lenox. For more information about PCHS, please visit www.providencecatholic.org.

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12-6-12

Providence Catholic names 45 Illinois State Scholars

(New Lenox) - Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School is pleased to announce that 45 students have been recognized as 2013-2014 Illinois State Scholars.  This prestigious award is given annually by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) that recognizes nearly 19,000 high school students from across the state as this year’s State Scholars.

Illinois State Scholar winners rank in the top ten percent of high school seniors from 750 high schools across the state. Selection is based on SAT, ACT and/or Prairie State Achievement Exam scores along with grade point average at the end of junior year. “We are very proud of these students and their significant accomplishment.  They work hard and deserve this honor,” offered Sebestyen.

The following 45 senior students from Providence Catholic High School have been named 2013-2014 Illinois State Scholars:  Alissa Alberico (Manhattan), Angela Annarino (Lemont), Cassidy Bannon (Orland Park), Gabriella Berman (Shorewood), Anthony Bloomquist (Plainfield), Krista Brakauskas (Lemont), Shelby Chesko (Wilmington), Carrie Cicirale (Lockport), Brian Daniher (Mokena), Margaret Davis (New Lenox), Marisa Dion (Lockport), Conor Doyle (Orland Park), Alyson Duzansky (Mokena), Bridget Flaherty (Mokena), Michelle Ford (Homer Glen), Andrew Helmin (Frankfort), Austin Ibarra (Tinley Park), Jessica Jatis (Homer Glen), Ryan Jones (Homer Glen), Scott Jung (Homer Glen), Alana Juodvalkis (Plainfield), Jason Koth (Homer Glen), James Krenz (Lockport), Alyssa Lyman (Homer Glen), Matthew Martensen (Mokena), George McCabe (Mokena), Brad McDermid (Homer Glen), Courtney McEnery (Orland Park), Ryan McGinnis (Orland Park), Victoria McNichols (New Lenox), Maria Miller (Tinley Park), Megan Miller (New Lenox), Grace Morrison (Mokena), Josephine Mueller (Frankfort), Jamie Noonan (Tinley Park), Maeve Pell (Mokena), Georgiana Presecky (Lemont), Ryan Prickel (Homer Glen), Colleen Reynolds (Frankfort), Rose Schultz (Tinley Park), William Shinn (New Lenox), Katherine Soprych (Orland Park), Mary Strickler (Tinley Park), Madison Wall (Lemont) and Marissa Wilko (Orland Park).

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11-29-12

Providence Catholic announces the November Students of the Month

(New Lenox) - Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce the school’s “Students of the Month” for November.  These students are recognized for achievement, improvement and/or accomplishments in school courses as well as other school-related activities.

Every month, each academic department chairperson selects one student as its “Student of the Month” from a number of students nominated by teachers.  Students of the Month receive a certificate of recognition, have their photos displayed in Providence Catholic High School’s main hallway for the following month and are invited as a group to have lunch with the Principal.

The Providence Catholic High School Students of the Month for November are standing left to right: junior Gabrielle Serpico of Homer Glen (Technology), sophomore Kevin Lynch of Orland Park (Mathematics), senior Michelle Ford of Homer Glen (World Language), sophomore Kerry Kole of Homer Glen (English), sophomore Joe Santschi of New Lenox (Science) and senior Samantha Lewandowski of Frankfort (Social Science & Business).  Sitting left to right: junior Kyleigh Maday of Lemont (Theology), sophomore Tess Barrett of Tinley Park (Administration), junior Abby Fritts of New Lenox (Fine Arts), freshman Catherine Spesia of Joliet (Physical Education) and senior Nicole Langlois of New Lenox (October - Fine Arts).

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11-20-12

Eight Providence Catholic Student-Athletes make College Commitments 

(New Lenox) - Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce that seniors Krista Brakauskas, Lacey Hill, Alyssa Maloney, Billy Quirke, Alex Shermulis, Brendan Surane, Devin Williams and Amanda Wilson recently signed National Letters of Intent to continue playing their respective sports at the collegiate level.  “We are very proud of these young men and women who have worked hard both in and outside of the classroom.  We wish them the very best in college and in life,” said Sebestyen.

Krista Brakauskas, daughter of Sarunas and Aldona Brakauskas of Lemont, signed a National Letter of Intent to continue her volleyball career at Miami University of Ohio on a full athletic scholarship.  Brakauskas plans to major in Bioengineering.   She is a graduate of St. Alphonsus/St. Patrick School and is a parishioner at St. Alphonsus Church.  The honor roll student is a member of the National Honor Society, Habitat for Humanity and is a Student Ambassador.  Brakauskas, a setter, played volleyball all four years at Providence and was a three-year varsity starter.  During junior and senior years, she was named All-Conference, All-Area, All-Tournament, All-Tournament-MVP, Herald News Player of the Week and was a member of the All-Star Team.

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Lacey Hill, daughter of David and Lindsay Hill of Shorewood, signed a National Letter of Intent to continue playing volleyball at Truman State University on an athletic scholarship.  Hill plans to major in Business.  She is a graduate of Minooka Junior High School and attends Grace Bible Church.  She is a member of Habitat for Humanity.  Hill was an outside hitter for the Celtics.

Alyssa Maloney, daughter of Joe and Lisa Maloney of Homer Glen, signed a National Letter of Intent to continue her volleyball career at Bowling Green State University on a full athletic scholarship.  Maloney plans to major in Science.  She is a graduate of Homer Junior High and is a parishioner at St. Bernard’s Church.  The honor roll student is a member of the National Honor Society and is a Eucharistic Minister.  She was also a member of Habitat for Humanity, Augustinian Youth Ministry (AYM) and Art Club.  Maloney, a middle hitter, played volleyball all four years at Providence and was a two-year varsity starter.  During her senior year, she was named All-Conference, All Tournament, All-Tournament-MVP and All-Area.

Billy Quirke, son of Bill and Hollie Quirke of New Lenox, signed a National Letter of Intent to continue playing baseball at Bellarmine University on a combined academic and athletic scholarship.  He is currently undecided on his major.  Quirke is a graduate of St. Jude School in New Lenox where he is also a parishioner.  The honor roll student has played second base for the Celtics his entire high school career.

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Alex Shermulis, daughter of Joann and David Baker of Orland Park, signed a National Letter of Intent to continue her basketball career at Ferris State University on a NCAA Division II athletic scholarship.  She is currently undecided on her major.  Shermulis is a graduate of Jerling Junior High and is a parishioner at St. Elizabeth Seton Church.  The honor roll student played basketball all four years at Providence and was a three-year varsity starter.  Shermulis, a point guard, was varsity co-captain her senior year.

Brendan Surane, son of Brian and Diane Surane of Lockport, signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his volleyball career at Ball State University on a combined academic and athletic scholarship. He plans to major in Business Administration.  Surane is a graduate of Oak Prairie Junior High and is a parishioner at St. Alphonsus Church.  The honor roll student is a member of the National Honor Society and has played on the boys’ volleyball team his entire high school career.  As a junior, Surane was named to the All-Catholic League Blue Team and was the Team MVP.  Furthermore, he was selected to play as a member of the 2012 USA Boys Youth National Team which placed 3rd and qualified for the 2013 World Championship. 

Devin Williams, son of Tracy Cummings and David Williams of New Lenox, signed a National Letter of Intent to continue playing baseball at the University of Evansville on an athletic scholarship.  He plans to major in Physical Therapy.  Williams is a graduate of Liberty Junior High School and is a parishioner at St. Jude in New Lenox.  The honor roll student has played for the Celtic baseball team his entire high school career.

Amanda Wilson, daughter of Bob and Jackie Wilson of Minooka, signed a National Letter of Intent to continue her softball career at Florida Atlantic University on an athletic scholarship.  She is currently undecided on her major.  Wilson is a graduate of Channahon Junior High School and is a parishioner at St. Ann’s Church.  She is an honor roll student.  Wilson, who is a pitcher and plays first base, has been a varsity starter for the Celtic softball team her entire high school career.  Furthermore, she has been named MVP, All-Conference, All-Area and All-State.

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11-20-12

Providence Catholic Hosts Thanksgiving Food Drive

(New Lenox) - Providence Catholic High School’s largest student organization, the Augustinian Youth Ministry (AYM), recently held its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive.  During November, members of AYM collected nonperishable food items and delivered the donations to their local food pantries.  “Families were very generous this year and we are grateful for their continued support in helping to feed those who are less fortunate,” said Ms. Molly Duffy, AYM Moderator and PCHS Math Teacher.

The Augustinian Youth Ministry is a service-based student organization with more than 400 members.  Through a number of drives which include blood, clothing, food and toy, the students in AYM are doing a remarkable job in giving back to the community and in living the Christian values they have learned at Providence Catholic High School.  During the 2012-2013 school year AYM members will volunteer more than 4,000 hours of service to the community.

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11-13-12

Providence Catholic to host Christmas Concert and Teen Gift Drive

(New Lenox) – To celebrate the holiday season, Providence Catholic High School invites the community to attend their annual Christmas Concert on Monday, December 17.   The talented PCHS Choir, Concert and Jazz Bands will perform at 7 PM in the school’s Sacred Heart Gymnasium (enter door 9).  The evening will be filled with traditional Christmas music so guests can sing along.  Admission is free, however, there will be a collection at the door for those who are able to make a gift card donation to the Treasure Chest Foundation.  PCHS encourages guests to purchase a gift card for local teens who are fighting cancer.  Gift card suggestions include local restaurants and stores.  There will also be a reception in the school’s cafeteria following the concert.  For more information, please call (815) 717-3152.

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11-8-12

Providence Catholic High School Announces First Quarter Honor Roll

(New Lenox) – Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce the school’s First Quarter Honor Roll.  The honor roll includes two categories; first honors recipients must obtain a 3.51 - 4.00 G.P.A., whereas second honors students receive a 3.00 - 3.50 G.P.A. 

The First Quarter Honor Roll includes:

Seniors 1st Honors:

Tara Airola, Alissa Alberico, Vincent Ambrose, Nicholas Anderson, Angela Annarino, Cassidy Bannon, Robert Beattie, Patrick Bedell, Gabriella Berman, Mary Bonaguro, Krista Brakauskas, Nicholas Bruno, Mary Claire Burchett, Jordan Burns, Shelby Chesko, Carrie Cicirale, Matthew Columbus, Margaret Corso, Theresa Dabrowski, Brian Daniher, Margaret Davis, Jonah Deffenbaugh, Jonathan Dennis, Marisa Dion, Conor Doyle, Alyson Duzansky, Kevin Edgeworth, Brett Ernst, Hannah Ferrill, Bridget Flaherty, Michelle Ford, Brian Fordon, Gienna Gaeta, Megan Gergets, Nicole Grzywacz, Allison Hallberg, Brian Harris, Andrew Helmin, Ana Houlis, Molly Hyland, Jessica Jatis, Nicole Jazdzewski, Ryan Jones, Tori Joseph, Scott Jung, Alana Juodvalkis, Holly Kavanaugh, Kevin Kelly, Myungje Kim, Paul Kocsis, Taryn Kole, Jason Koth, James Krenz, Ryan Krynicki, Karli Kulhanek, Megan Kurcz, Nicole Langlois, Leah Laskowski, Jordan Leonard, Samantha Lewandowski, Alyssa Lyman, Erinn Lyons, Amanda Mackay, Alyssa Maloney, Thomas Markasovic, Matthew Martensen, George McCabe, Brad McDermid, Courtney McEnery, Ryan McGinnis, Victoria McNichols, Rebecca Meskill, Michael Michalak, Maria Miller, Megan Miller, Grace Morrison, Josephine Mueller, Hannah Nichols, Jamie Noonan, John OKeefe, Matthew ONeill, Patrick Owoc, Christian Pantoja, Maeve Pell, Joshua Pericht, Max Picard, Brandon Picciolini, Erika Powers, Georgiana Presecky, Ryan Prickel, Trenton Pruitt, William Quirke, Rebecca Rachke, Molly Rademacher, Jayant Ramadurai, Kathleen Rash, Jennifer Raymond, Colleen Reynolds, Luke Rimkus, Christian Rojas, Nicholas Sanders, Gabriela Sanfilippo, Jacqueline Schmidt, Rose Schultz, Gabriella Senese, Stephanie Sicinski, Katherine Soprych, Elizabeth Stone, Mary Strickler, Zachary Subak, Sylvie Teehan, Karly Tinervia, Adam Trainor, Madeline Utter, Madison Wall, Kevin Ward, Kristin Watkins, Marissa Wilko, Bradford Woodward, Andrew Workman, Valerie Zecca, Claire Zeeman, James Zeeman and Patrick Zeniecki.

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Juniors 1st Honors:

Megan Abbott, Leah Alles, Kathleen Andrews, Dominic Azar, Julie Baffoe, Andrew Banathy, Daniel Bedell, Brooke Bjorklund, Sarah Blackburn, Ryan Brankin, Sarah Brightmore, Matthew Bucciferro, Gina Cammarata, Erin Campbell, Erin Carroll, Eduardo Castillo, Jeffrey Cesario, Eric Connelly, James Copenhaver, Dana Cornish, Noah Cralle, Randal Cybulski, Katherine Czerwinski, Anne Danta, Justin Davis, Brandon Denler, Alyssa Dorning, Bridget Downes, John Doyle, Sara Dreyer, Lizette Duran, Elizabeth Eggen, Emily Eglar, Allison Errthum, Skylar Evans, Megan Falls, Joseph Fekech, Melina Ferraro, Quinton Fisher, Kathleen Flanigan, Michael Ford, Abigail Fritts, Robert Fuesel, Marybeth Galick, Megan Gardner, Hannah Gleason, Paige Gorecki, Meghan Grill, Scott Hansen, Matthew Harrington, William Harton, Zachary Hernandez, Jacob Hopkins, Emily Hornung, Samantha Irvin, Madeleine Jager, Thomas Jeffries, Angela Jensen, David Kaminski, Jonelle Karpen, Jack Kelley, Alexandra Kieffer, Alexis Klotz, Kaitlyn Kman, Christopher Koziol, Brady Labuda, Dominic Lagone, Haley Lahey, Matthew Lahey, Zachary Lake, Mercedes Land, Danielle Little, Kyleigh Maday, Morgan Manghera, Stephanie Marnell, Meghan Marth, Allison Marthaler, Emily Mayer, Christina McGuire, Kathleen Melei, Michael Monroe, Bridget Murphy, Sean Murray, Daniel Niemiec, Nicole Nocera, Maggie OBrien, Ava OConnor, Clare ODonnell, Margaret OGrady, Dyamond Parker, Abigail Persicketti, Noah Peterman, Brittany Pirc, Carly Prekwas, Courtney Pych, Luc Quaranta, Lauren Rasmussen, Jack Redmond, Austin Regan, Taylor Reid, Kali Retzler, Courtney Rimsnider, Collin Russell, Daniel Salazar, Benjamin Salvador, Joseph Schaefer, Katherine Scott, Danielle Sebek, Nicholas Senese, Joseph Sigrist, Andrey Simon, Steven Sismelich, Colleen Sloyan, Sally Smith, Sean Smyth, Courtney Suggs, Lauren Sulikowski, Mary Sulikowski, Michael Sullivan, Jessica Talwar, Tyler Tatro, Kimberly Trochuck, Margaret Turk, Cailee Tylin, Clare Urchell, Mitchell VanderWey, Elisia Venegas, Tori Vennetti, Piper Virva, Brittany Waldron, Connor Welch, Kevin Whalen, Anne Whisson, Maia Zalik, Michael Zaremba, Tanner Zielinski and Matthew Zielke.

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Sophomores 1st Honors:

Justino Alberico, Jacob Alfarah, Elena Alvarez, Grace Barrett, Tess Barrett, Sydney Bartecki, Mary Beattie, Danielle Beechy, Nicole Beechy, Erin Blackburn, Matthew Bomba, Michael Bonaguro, Victoria Borrelli, Robert Brueggert, Zoe Bruni, Kyle Burke, Ryan Carp, Erik Carroll, Dominic Cascino, Matthew Cederberg, Justin Chmura, Carly Cicirale, John Colbert, Nina Columbus, Robert Connolly, Anne Corso, Michael Covelli, Kristen Crawford, Madeline Culligan, Michael Daly, Michael Davis, Margaret DeMauro, Elizabeth Dennis, Katherine Deters, Cameron DiBiaso, Matthew Diehl, Patrick Downes, Angela Duensing, Leah Duggins, John Duzansky, John Eckenstein, Mary Fashingbauer, Regan Flaherty, Matthew Francis, Kyle Gardner, Ryan Gardner, Maeve Garvey, Genevieve Gerrity, Morgan Greenwood, Annicka Griffith, Corynne Griffith, Emma Griffiths, Bryan Grill, Isabel Guidotti, Nicholas Hahn, Brittany Hallberg, Allison Hanson, Maggie Havlin, Brian Heidegger, Meghan Hickey, Brendan Hoffmeister, Victoria Horak, Zosia Horak, Michael Houlihan, Ashley Hovorka, Troy Howat, Justin Hunniford, Thi Huynh, Andrew Jatis, Christina Jazdzewski, Brian Jensen, McKenna Kaup, Kajus Kavaliauskas, Beth Kavanaugh, Kerry Kole, Mary Kate Kozak, Alisa Kulhanek, Matthew Long, Jacqueline Loupakos, Kevin Lynch, Daniel MacLean, Matthew MacNab, Gillian Madia, Joshua Magold, Stephanie Mastorakos, Matthew McConnell, Kevin McEneany, Juozas Mikuzis, Sarah Miller, Elise Morris, Adam Morrison, Theresa Murphy, Christian Nielsen, Micaela Niven, Karina Pantoja, Jake Payton, Jack Pell, Kevin Phillips, Jillian Rademacher, Srirajku Ranganathan, Nicholas Rojas, Jacob Rost, Mikayla Sanders, Joseph Santschi, Amelia Schroeder, James Sharkey, Mitchell Sharkey, Meghan Shea, Rebecca Sidler, Damian Simrayh, Jessica Skole, Christian Spesia, Robert Svidron, Jillian Sweeney, Jake Swenson, Rebecca Tompkins, Kevin Troy, Kyle Troy, Nathan Vejvoda, Brhett Vickery, Brenton Villasenor, Patrick Walsh, Taylor Warfield, Shannon Washburn, Stephen Westman, Nicolas White, Helena Whitmore, Andrea Zecca, Joseph Zemen and Nicholas Zielinski.

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Freshmen 1st Honors:

Rachel Alles, Grace Baffoe, Johanna Bastas, Rudy Batis, Claire Baudek, Allison Bebar, Alexandra Beller, Lauren Bernas, Nikolas Bertucci, Anirudh Bhatia, Emily Boggetto, Emily Bowles, Colin Brankin, Margaret Broderick, Kathleen Caruso, David Charnot, Spencer Cherry, Amanda Christianson, Jason Ciabattoni, Patrick Connelly, Alessandra Conte, Carly Cosentino, Jessica Cothern, Ryan Coyle, Connor Creed, Mary Cummings, Julia Cutler, Natalia Cutrano, Anna Czerwinski, Sean Daugherty, Hannah Davis, Jeannine Diab, Anthony DiNardi, Jacob Ditzler, Nicole Dorigan, Jonas Duncan, Jack Dunne, Jackson Dvorak, Liza Ellingson, Kevin Fitzgerald, Talia Franchini, Joven Garces, Kendall Gloss, Nicole Glynn, Rachel Gorski, Gianna Gronowski, Matthew Gruszkowski, Brenna Harper, Brooke Hasier, James Havlin, Allison Hernandez, Michael Higgins, Connor Hilty, Grace Huguelet, Brittany Jackson, Caleigh Jaskierski, Alexander Jedlicka-Kriz, Joseph Juodvalkis, Patrick Kay, Thomas Kelley, Hunter Klein, Blake LaBelle, Emma Lagger, Jakob Lambert, Jaysen Lao, Sarah Lennon, Jamie Lopina, Gianna Lullo, Justin Lumanga, Christina MacNab, Maegan Magante, Sydney Mann, Alison Marcione, Michael Markasovic, Daniel Marthaler, Mia Massaro, Madisen McCarthy, Daniel McDonald, Olivia McGill, Michael McGuire, Gavin McKendry, Kennadi Miller, Danielle Mulligan, Bernard ODonnell, Brendan OHara, Anna Olenek, Melanie Olson, Gianna Palumbo, Maria Papes, Dominic Pascale, Ryan Pilon, Mary Poulos, Zachary Pych, Daniel Rauch, Megan Reyes, Valerie Richards, John Richardson, Margaret Ruane, Tyler Schiemann, John Scholl, Luke Sheppard, Stephen Simowitz, Patrick Slade, Catherine Spesia, Joseph Strick, Kyle Struck, Kevin Sullivan, Scott Tatro, Ryan Townsend, Matthew Trzesniewski, Garret Walter, Benjamin Wasicki, Matthew Waznis, Anne Webster, John Wheeler, John Wolf, Michael Wolf, Thomas Younker, Casey Zavodny, Jacob Zdanowski and Kaitlyn Ziska. 

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The Second Quarter Honor Roll includes:

Seniors 2nd Honors:

Kylee Bandyk, Brittney Boggetto, Tessa Botka, George Boykin, III, Rebecca Burczak, Sean Burke, Jonathan Burns, Brianna Chibe, Gabriel Costello, Chris Curry, Joshua Cwiertniak, Gabrielle Dillman, Eric Dobry, Rachel Follenweider, John Fordon, James Frainey, Maura Ganser, Broegan Garr, Alyssa Gialamas, Connor Gilroy, Gonzalo Gonzalez, Charles Gross, Peter Grossmayer, Kristen Grzywacz, Paige Hasier, Mary Hickey, Jordan Houston, Austin Ibarra, Jessica Jarosz, Brian Jenner, Marie-Catherine Joutras, Braden Kaup, Cody Kirby, Ryan Koltes, Morgan Kulpinski, George Lullo, Jr., Lauren Malick, Marty Maloney, Patrick McErlean, Kyle McKenzie, Mitchell Monos, Lauren Murphy, Conor Nitchoff, Eamonn OConnell, Clare OMalley, Michael Ott, Alexander Owings, Roslyn Parayo, Megan Partilla, John Pavlopoulos, Anthony Petta, Caroline Pfeiffer, Colin Prinsen, Michaela Puscas, Kelly Reed, Mary Sanchez, Scott Schroeder, Drew Shemanske, Alexandra Shermulis, William Shinn, Kevin Slade, Michael Stepuszek, Nathaniel Stramaglia, Kirsten Streicher, Brendan Surane, Brianna Taylor, Zachary Tortorello, Claire Trafton, Daisy Urbieta, Stephanie Venegas, Viet Vo, Monica Werner, Elaina Wiles, Emily Wiles and Amanda Wilson.

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Juniors 2nd Honors:

Samuel Abraham, Rachael Ambrose, Jeff Arseneau, Iain Auld, Sarah Austin, Nicole Beaulieu, David Bell, Arianna Beller, Zachary Biegel, Joseph Bonzani, Alexis Borrelli, Ben Brandau, Linda Cammarata, Ashley Cappel, Daniel Caso, Cody Cosentino, Niamh Costello, Anne Cummings, Samantha Cunningham, Craig Dankovich, John Davis, Zachary Davis, Amanda DeAngelo, Marie DeCarlo, Paige DeLise, Taylor Dickason, Nicholas DiNardi, Timothy Doughney, Christian Dvorak, William Feithen, Patrick Francis, Joseph Gabler, Cameron Galgano, Austin Garwood, Liam Gilhooly, Jacob Godfrey, Abigail Golebiowski, Ian Harder, Clare Huguelet, Vincent Kesic, Jordan Kramer, Kara Kulpinski, Phillip Kunsa, Nicholas Kutsulis, Salvatore LaMotta, Bridget Land, John Marron, Tyler Martinkus, Sean McGrath, Danielle Miller, Katherine Monahan, Eric Mounce, Ryan Murray, Alyssa Newling, Megan OMalley, Nicholas Parente, Matthew Payton, Alvin Perez, Jack Petrusha, Lauren Radecki, Christopher Rocha, Dylan Rosa, Kelli Russell, Abigail Schout, Leah Schultz, Trisha Schultz, Blake Seals, Anthony Serafini, Gabrielle Serpico, Ryan Siegers, Jacob Sierzega, Ashley Stajura, Michael Talamonti, Joseph Tidaback, Michael Vennetti, Charles Workman, Richard Yusa, Jonathan Zambrano and Molly Zelko.

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Sophomores 2nd Honors:

Alyssa Aiello, Heather Baker, Cascidy Bandyk, Damon Bartos, Luke Beamish, Michael Beller, Myron Brick, Grace Burchett, Carter Bussey, Andrew Byars, Emily Cabay, Joseph Connolly, Sarah Deppert, Ezekiel DeYoung, Michael DiGiovanni, Cameron Dion, Jordan Ernst, Tessa Fairbairn, Madison Fisher, Kerianne Fitzgerald, Alyssa Flanagan, Allison Garetto, MacKenzie Glos, Nicholas Grynevich, Carly Halper, Katriona Horan, Matthew Iaciancio, Ross Jarzembowski, Michael Jerik, Alyssa Jurges, Benjamin Justice, Daniel Keefer, Olivia Keegan, Lauren Kilmartin, Minyoung Kim, Johnathan Koval, Natalie Krockey, Nation Kurtz, Samuel Lagger, Will McCabe, Brendan McDonnell, John McErlean, Connor McGinnis, Joseph McGuire, Daniel Miller, Emelia Misischia, Dominic Monsivais, Meghan Murphy, John Narcissi, Jordan Nitchoff, R. Anthony Nocera, James OConnor, John OConnor, Matthew OHalloran, Zachary Oprzedek, Kayla Parrish, Kaitlyn Peil, Anna Pfeiffer, Nicholas Pillish, Maryssa Presbitero, Breyana Price, Jessica Purvis, Tyler Pygon, Katherine Rasmussen, Aileen Richardson, Daniel Ricker, Miguel Salazar, Nicholas Santangelo, Kelly Schultz, Kirsten Schultz, Daniel Stolarek, Lauren Thompson, Brendan Treacy, Haley Troche, Emmet Trost and Hannah Wagner.

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Freshmen 2nd Honors:

Colin Airola, John Alfirevich, Taylor Amato, Theodore Azar, John Barrett, Jerod Burczak, Brian Carroll, John Compagno, Kathleen Compagno, Sera Cummings, Mitchell Cunningham, Christian Davis, Thomas Dillman, Griffin Duesing, Bridget Fudala, Carrie Fuesel, Edward Gomez, Samantha Gorecki, Nathaniel Griffin, Bryan Gronek, Mason Heimlich, Delaney Heller, Georgia Hiotis, Emily Huguelet, James Jeffries, Bradley Jenner, Kendal Judge, Eric Justice, Michael Kamowski, Oliver Kapelski, Thomas Kelly, McKenzie Korhorn, Patrick Kowalkowski, Julia Koziol, Hannah Krall, Joshua Lara, Santiago McCain, Joseph McGrath, Matthew Monahan, Nico Munoz, Alyssa Murphy, Athena Nakos, Benjamin Newmes, Adam Nichols, Noah OBrien, Collette OConnell, Harry OConnell, Ireland OConnell, Connor ONeill, Gant Orloff, Thomas Owoc, Nicole Partipilo, Taylor Pfeiffer, Aidan Rowe, Mary Schultz, Nicole Shemanske, Carson Sineni, Anna Smagala, Jackson Stulas, David Triche, Eric VonBorstel, Jack Walsh, Samantha Wieczorek, Alexander Wojciechowski, Stephen Xydakis, Zachary Xydakis and Matthew Zubik.

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10-30-12

Providence Catholic announces the October Students of the Month

(New Lenox) - Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce the school’s “Students of the Month” for October.  These students are recognized for achievement, improvement and/or accomplishments in school courses as well as other school-related activities.

Every month, each academic department chairperson selects one student as its “Student of the Month” from a number of students nominated by teachers.  Students of the Month receive a certificate of recognition, have their photos displayed in Providence Catholic High School’s main hallway for the following month and are invited as a group to have lunch with the Principal.

The Providence Catholic High School Students of the Month for October are standing left to right: senior Andrew Workman of Joliet (Theology), freshman Reed McCool of Plainfield (Physical Education), senior Brad McDermid of Homer Glen (Administration), junior Matt Harrington of Orland Park (English) and sophomore Alexander Taylor of Joliet (Technology).  Sitting left to right: junior Noah Peterman of New Lenox (Science), sophomore Shannon Washburn of New Lenox (Mathematics), senior Carrie Cicirale of Lockport (World Language) and senior Nick Anderson of Elwood (Social Science & Business).  Not pictured: senior Nicole Langlois of New Lenox (Fine Arts).

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10-26-12

Providence Catholic to Host Open House

(New Lenox) - Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox invites all grade school students and their families to attend their annual Open House on Sunday, November 18, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Providence is a Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory Augustinian high school located only minutes from I-80 and I-355.  A dedicated and caring faculty and staff integrate the core Augustinian values of truth, unity and love into all dimensions of student life.  A demanding curriculum, inclusive service programs, competitive athletics and comprehensive extracurricular offerings challenge students in a safe and nurturing environment.  The class of 2012 earned scholarships valued at nearly $25 million dollars and had a 24.4 average ACT score, the highest in the school’s history; honors students had a 28.2 ACT average.  In addition, these seniors performed in excess of 15,000 hours of community service during their high school careers. 

Guests will have the opportunity to learn more about the various academic, spiritual, athletic and extracurricular programs that PCHS offers.  Furthermore, school staff, parents and students will be on hand to provide tours of the school and answer all questions.  All members of the community are invited to experience Providence Catholic’s family atmosphere first-hand.

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In addition, Providence will host its Incoming Freshman Placement Exam on Saturday, January 12, 2013, beginning at 8 a.m.  The exam is open to all eighth graders interested in attending Providence for the 2013-2014 school year.  Pre-registration is not necessary, but there is a $25 testing fee due on the day of the exam.  All testers are asked to bring two #2 pencils and calculators are not allowed to be used for the exam.

The top fifteen scorers on the Placement Exam will receive a $1,000 scholarship toward his/her freshman year tuition.  Financial Aid and Scholarship information will be provided to students the day of this exam.  Last year, more than $1.5 million in financial assistance, grants and scholarships were awarded to current students.

Please call Mrs. Rachel Ellingson at 815-717-3160 with any questions concerning Providence Catholic’s Open House or the Incoming Freshman Placement Exam.  The school is located at 1800 W. Lincoln Hwy. in New Lenox. For more information about PCHS, please visit www.providencecatholic.org.

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10-25-12

Providence Catholic Hosts Bike Drive for Children in Need

Kathy Rabbers, PCHS Director of Senior “A Call to Serve” (A.C.T.S.) program and Tom Mulcrone, OCI Co-Vice President 

(New Lenox) – Providence Catholic High School hosted a bike drive on October 20 to support Our Community of Illinois (OCI), which strives to inspire hope and enrich the lives of foster children and youth throughout the Chicagoland community.  This initiative began with an email from Mallory Struck, a Class of 2001 PCHS alumna and Board Member for OCI. 

Alana Juodvalkis of Plainfield, Alyssa Maloney of Homer Gken and Scott Jung of Homer Glen volunteer at the PCHS Bike Drive in late October.

In early July, Mallory reached out to Ms. Kathy Rabbers, her former PCHS English Teacher and Director of Senior “A Call to Serve” (A.C.T.S.) program for PCHS, which requires each student to perform a minimum of 60 hours of community service throughout their high school career.  “This was a unique opportunity for students to fulfill their service hours by helping children in need.  It was extremely rewarding to see how Mallory’s experience at PCHS helped to influence her into continuing to give back to the community upon graduation,” offered Rabbers.

Above left: Brian Daniher of Mokena unloads a bike at Saturday’s Bike Drive.

Providence Catholic promoted the bike drive to faculty, staff and students.  Several PCHS student volunteers helped to unload the bikes and assess their condition.  Furthermore, Michael Young from West Town Bikes (WTB) was on hand to repair bikes in need of a little “TLC” to ensure that they are safe for donation.  Providence Catholic received 35 bikes, 22 of which will be donated to foster children.  WTB also utilizes donated bikes for their youth programs.  To learn more about WTB and how they help the youth of the community, visit www.westtownbikes.org/youthprograms.   For more information about OCI, visit www.ocillinois.org. 

Above right:  Michael Young from West Town Bikes does some repairs on a donated bike.

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10-24-12

Providence Catholic Honors National Merit Semifinalists and Commended Scholars

Left to right are National Merit Semifinalists Mary Strickler of Tinley Park, Grace Morrison of Mokena and Alyson Duzansky of Mokena and National Merit Commended Scholars Madison Wall of Lemont, Brian Daniher of Mokena and Gabriella Berman of Joliet.

(New Lenox) -  Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce that six members of the Class of 2013 have earned the distinction of being National Merit Semifinalists and Commended Scholars.  The National Merit Semifinalists include seniors Alyson Duzansky of Mokena, Grace Morrison of Mokena and Mary Strickler of Tinley Park.  The Commended students include seniors Gabriella Berman of Joliet, Brian Daniher of Mokena and Madison Wall of Lemont.  “We are very proud of these students who have demonstrated exceptional ability in this highly competitive program.  Their commitment to academic excellence is truly admirable,” said Sebestyen.

Semifinalist Alyson Duzansky, daughter of John and Lisa Duzansky of Mokena is a graduate of St. Mary School (Mokena) and a member of their parish.  The honor roll student is currently undecided on where she will attend college, but plans to major in Chemical Engineering.  Duzansky is a member of the Student Council, National Honor Society, Augustinian Youth Ministry (AYM) and a Student Ambassador.  Furthermore, she was named an AP Scholar with Distinction and received academic awards for Algebra 2 Honors, Pre-Calculus Honors, and Physics Honors.  In addition, she received the Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers Award.

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Semifinalist Grace Morrison, daughter of Tom and Annette Morrison of Mokena, is a graduate of St. Mary School (Mokena) and a member of their parish.  The honor roll student is currently undecided on where she will attend college, but plans to major in Elementary Education.  Morrison is an officer of the National Honor Society, a member of the Augustinian Youth Ministry (AYM), Habitat for Humanity, Respect Life Club and a Student Ambassador.  During her sophomore and junior years, she was a staff writer for the Proviscope school newspaper, a member of Celtic Nation and the International Club.   Furthermore, Morrison is a Sacristan.  She was nominated “Student of the Month” for Social Science and Theology and received academic awards for Geometry, Western Civilization and Economics.

Semifinalist Mary Strickler, daughter of Nick Strickler and Joana Barton of Tinley Park, is a graduate of Grissom Middle School.  The honor roll student received a Merit Scholarship to attend Roosevelt University where she plans to major in Actuarial Science.  Strickler is a member of the National Honor Society, Habitat for Humanity, Scholastic Bowl and Math Team. Furthermore, she was named an AP Scholar with Honor and received academic awards for German 1 and German 2.

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Commended Scholar Gabriella Berman, daughter of Ted and Norma Berman of Shorewood, is a graduate of St. Jude School (Joliet) and a member of their parish.  The honor roll student is currently undecided on her major and the college that she will attend.  Berman is a member of the National Honor Society, National French Honor Society and International Thespian Society.  Furthermore, she is a member of the Augustinian Youth Ministry (AYM), Habitat for Humanity, International Club, Theatre Club, Law Club, Respect Life Club and a Staff Writer for the Proviscope school newspaper.  Berman was named an AP Scholar with Honor and was nominated for “Student of the Month” five times.  She received academic awards for Biology Honors, English 1 Honors, French 1, Introduction to Catholicism, Chemistry Honors, AP US History, Old Testament, French 2, Church History, AP English 3, AP Statistics, AP European History and French 3 Honors.  In addition, she received a Certificate of Success and two Certificates of Honor from the National French Contest.

Commended Scholar Brian Daniher, son of Pat and Tara Daniher of Mokena, is a graduate of St. Mary School (Mokena) and a member of their parish.  The honor roll student is currently undecided on his major and the college that he will attend.  Daniher is a member of the National Honor Society, Augustinian Youth Ministry (AYM), Habitat for Humanity, International Club, International Thespian Society, Spanish Conversation Group, Law Club, Philosophy Club and Theatre Club.  In addition, he is an AP Scholar.      

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Commended Scholar Madison Wall, daughter of Timothy and Rae Lyn Wall of Lemont is a graduate of St. Alphonsus/St. Patrick School and a parishioner at St. Alphonsus.  The honor roll student is currently undecided on where she will attend college, but plans to major in Biochemistry.  Wall is a member of the National Honor Society, Habitat for Humanity and Yearbook Club.  Furthermore, she is a Student Ambassador and a Eucharistic Minister.

The National Merit Scholarship Program is an annual academic competition for recognition and college undergraduate scholarships that began in 1955.  Currently, more than 1.5 million students in about 22,000 high schools enter the National Merit Scholarship Program each year. Commended students are in the 96th percentile of college-bound juniors who took the test. Semi-Finalist students represent less than 1% of the nation's high school graduating seniors.

Providence is a Catholic, co-educational, college preparatory Augustinian high school.  A dedicated and caring faculty and staff integrate the core Augustinian values of truth, unity and love into all dimensions of student life.  A demanding curriculum, inclusive service programs, competitive athletics and comprehensive extracurricular offerings challenge students in a safe and nurturing environment.  The class of 2012 earned scholarships valued at nearly $25 million dollars.  In addition, these seniors performed in excess of 16,000 hours of community service during their high school careers.  Providence Catholic is located in New Lenox, IL.  For more information about PCHS, please visit www.providencecatholic.org.

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10-19-12

Providence Catholic Names Sixty-Eight AP Scholar Award Recipients

(New Lenox) - Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce that 68 students have earned AP Scholar Awards by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) Exams.

The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.7 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of an AP Scholar Award.  The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.

At Providence Catholic:

One student qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of 4 or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. This student is Logan Springgate ‘12 of New Lenox.

Twenty-Three students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Margarita Angel '12 of Frankfort, William Baker '12 of Orland Park, Kelly Brightmore '12 of Lockport, Alexander Campbell '12 of Mokena, Courtney Cleveland '12 of Palos Heights, Sean Connelly '12 of Tinley Park, Alyson Duzansky '13 of Mokena, Katherine Formentini '12 of New Lenox, Samuel Giglio '12 of Mokena, Michael Jacus '12 of New Lenox, Luke Jager '12 of Mokena, Brandon Labelle '12 of Orland Park, Jeffrey Marini '12 of Tinley Park, Erin Martin '12 of Minooka, Meaghan Mormann '12 of New Lenox, Sara Quaranta '12 of Homer Glen, Dominic Sanfilippo '12 of Tinley Park, Daniel Santschi '12 of New Lenox, Logan Springgate '12 of New Lenox, Mia Teehan '12 of Tinley Park, Mariah Villasenor '12 of Lemont, Kathleen Walsh '12 of Homer Glen and Brady Wilkin '12 of Orland Park.

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Sixteen students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Alissa Alberico '13 of Manhattan, Rachel Andrews '12 of New Lenox, Nicholas Beller '12 of Homer Glen, Gabriella Berman '13 of Shorewood, Margaret Blackburn '12 of Plainfield, Michelle Ford '13 of Homer Glen, Brittany Garrett '12 of Tinley Park, Nicholas Holy '12 of Lemont, Scott Jung '13 of Homer Glen, Meghan Lake '12 of Manhattan, George Mastorakos '12 of Homer Glen, Stephanie Mattingly '13 of Homer Glen, George McCabe '13 of Mokena, Emily Persicketti '12 of Manhattan, Erin Shea '12 of Orland Park and Mary Strickler '13 of Tinley Park.

Twenty-Nine students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams, with grades of 3 or higher.  These students are Angela Annarino '13 of Lemont, Langdon Auld '12 of Plainfield, Claire Baffoe '12 of Orland Park, Patrick Bedell '13 of Tinley Park, Xaverie Benedict '12  of Lockport, Brian Daniher '13 of Mokena, Corey Diab '12 of Mokena, Stephanie Dinardi '12 of Homer Glen, Patrick Falls '12 of Orland Park, Sean Fitzgerald '12 of New Lenox, Miranda Griffith '12 of Lemont, Calvin Hoff '12 of Tinley Park, James Krenz '13 of Lockport,  Michael Lahey '12 of Homer Glen, Jordan Magold '12 of Orland Hills, Nicholas Matuszewski '12 of New Lenox, Maria Miller '13 of Tinley Park, Josephine Mueller '13 of Frankfort, Maeve Pell '13 of Mokena, Tarah Plut '12 of Plainfield, James Richert '12 of Tinley Park, Madeline Sebastian '12 of New Lenox, Kristen Sharkey '12 of Mokena, Katherine Soprych '13 of Orland Park, Kathryn Urchell '12 of Tinley Park, Ryan Utter '12 of New Lenox, Ryan Ward '12 of Homer Glen, Zachary White '12 of Channahon and Marissa Wilko '13 of Orland Park.

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Through more than 30 different college-level courses and exams, AP provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admissions process. Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring that AP exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts and research institutions. More than 3,600 colleges and universities annually receive AP grades. Over 90 percent of four-year colleges in the United States provide credit and/or placement for qualifying exam grades. Research consistently shows that AP students who score a 3 or higher on AP Exams (based on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest) typically experience greater academic success in college and higher graduation rates than students who do not participate in AP.

The College Board is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 5,600 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. Each year, the College Board serves seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,800 colleges through major programs and services in college readiness, college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT®, the PSAT/NMSQT®, and the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®). The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities, and concerns.

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10-18-12

Providence Catholic Hosts Semi-Annual Blood Drive

(New Lenox) - Providence Catholic High School’s largest student organization, the Augustinian Youth Ministry (AYM), recently held its semi-annual Blood Drive.  The students, faculty members and even alumni and parents at Providence Catholic donated 40 units of blood, which may help nearly 120 people in need.  “We are thankful to all who supported this blood drive.  It is a great cause that makes a big difference in our community,” said Ms. Molly Duffy, AYM Moderator and PCHS Math Teacher.

The Augustinian Youth Ministry is a service-based student organization with more than 400 members.  Through a number of drives which include blood, clothing, food and toy, the students in AYM are doing a remarkable job in giving back to the community and in living the Christian values they have learned at Providence Catholic High School.  During the 2012-2013 school year AYM members will volunteer more than 4,000 hours of service to the community.

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10-10-12

Providence Catholic High School Theatre Club to present Godspell

(New Lenox) Providence Catholic High School Theatre will present Godspell from Thursday November 1 through Sunday, November 4 at Billie Limacher Bicentennial Theater in Joliet.  Performances begin at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday and 2:00 p.m. matinee on Saturday and Sunday.  Tickets for all performances are $8.00 for adults, $5.00 for students, children and senior citizens.  For ticket information please call (815) 485-2136 ext. 3323.

Godspell follows the religious journeys of several individuals who are learning the parables of the Bible from Jesus.  Godspell is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). The play is directed by Ms. Michele Hibbott, Mrs. Ann Waldron, Music Director; Mrs. Rosario Knezz, Choregrapher; Mr. Eric Moniger, Technical Director and Mrs. Sandra Krejci, Production Manager.

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The cast includes:  Caleigh Branigan of Frankfort, Joe Calderone of Orland Park, Erin Campbell of Mokena, Eric Connelly of Tinley Park (Jesus), Brian Daniher of Mokena, Jonah Deffenbaugh of Plainfield (John the Baptist/Judas), Alyssa Flanagan of Homer Glen, Abby Fritts of Tinley Park, Hannah Gleason of Plainfield, Keri Hettinger of Joliet, Clare Huguelet of Mokena, Ryan Jones of Homer Glen (Jesus), John Narcissi of Mokena, Liz Phillips of Shorewood, Tony Pratl of Joliet, Miguel Salazar of Joliet, Lizzy Stone of Joliet and Cailee Tylin of New Lenox.

The Ensemble includes:  Johanna Bastas of Mokena, Gabe Costello of Monee, Christian Davis of Mokena, Rachel Gorski of Shorewood, Georgia Hiotis of Orland Park, Andreas Korallus of Lemont, Abby Morris of Plainfield, Abby Persicketti of Manhattan,  Kevin Phillips of Shorewood, Carly Prekwas of Mokena, Caitlyn Quinlan of New Lenox, Katie Scott of Homer Glen, Tessa Vecchi of Frankfort and Anne Webster of Homer Glen.

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Musical performance by: Paul Kocsis of Orland Park (percussion), Jason Koth of Homer Glen (guitar) and Erin Martin of Minooka (flute).

Cast & Stage Crew Manager:  Erin Martin of Minooka 

Assistant Managers:  Broegan Garr of Orland Park and Ian Harder of Channahon. 

Crew Includes: Heather Baker of Orland Park, Ben Bernecker of Orland Park, Nick Bratcher of Homer Glen, Matt Columbus of Joliet, Patrick Connelly of Tinley Park, Katie Deters of Joliet, Emily Hornung of Shorewood, Madi Jager of Mokena, Nick Krejci of Plainfield, Sarah Lennon of Orland Park, Colleen Martin of Minooka, Kathleen Melei of Lockport, Alainna Plut of Shorewood, Dan Salazar of Joliet, Ashley Stajura of Lockport, Andrew Stone of Joliet, Elisia Venegas of Crest Hill, Brittany Waldron of Plainfield, Gabe Wolcott of Joliet and Tanner Zielinski of Shorewood.

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10-5-12

Providence Catholic Women’s Club to host “Magical Mystery Tour” Annual Social and Auction

(New Lenox) - Providence Catholic High School Women’s Club will host “Magical Mystery Tour" Annual Social and Auction on Saturday, October 20, 2012 in the school's Sacred Heart Gymnasium (enter Door #9).  The evening will begin with cocktails and dinner at 6:30 p.m. and conclude at 11:30 p.m. Tickets are $60.00 per person, which includes a buffet dinner and two complimentary drinks.  There will also be a cash bar.  In addition to the live and silent auctions, entertainment will be provided by American English, a Beatles Tribute Band.

To purchase tickets, donate an auction item or for more information, please visit Providence Catholic Women’s Club on Facebook or call Corey Weaver at  (708) 979-8505.  Due to a limited number of seats, please RSVP by October 15, 2012.  Proceeds from this event will benefit the students of Providence Catholic High School.

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10-4-12

Providence Catholic Hosts Twelfth Annual Academic Bowl 

(New Lenox)  Providence Catholic High School recently hosted their Twelfth Annual Academic Bowl on Saturday, September 29.  The spectacular competition attracted nearly 260 seventh and eighth graders along with their families.  Students competed in several subject areas that included Language Arts, Social Science, Science, Mathematics and Geography.  Students earned personal scores in each subject area, which were tabulated and compared to students from other elementary schools at their same grade level, both as a teams and individuals.

Trophies were awarded to the top four teams at both grade levels, as well as to the top five individuals in each subject area.  All participants received an Academic Bowl ribbon recognizing them for being named to their school’s team.  All awards were presented at a ceremony immediately following the competition.

This year’s top awards are as follows:

8th Grade 1st Place Team Competition

St. Mary Immaculate, Plainfield

7th Grade 1st Place Team Competition
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Orland Hills

8th Grade 1st Place Individual Competition
Language Arts – Meghan Howat from St. Mary Immaculate (Plainfield)
Social Science  – Frank Baffoe from Cardinal Joseph Bernardin (Orland Hills)
Science – Jalyn Baumgartner from St. Mary (Mokena)
Math – Michael O’Grady from St. Mary Immaculate (Plainfield)
Geography – Ryan Cunnea from Incarnation Jr. High (Palos Heights)

7th Grade 1st Place Individual Competition
Language Arts – Juliana Lynch from Noonan Academy (Mokena)
Social Science – Stephen Viz from Cardinal Joseph Bernardin (Orland Hills)
Science – Mike Kohler from Cardinal Joseph Bernardin (Orland Hills)
Math – Samantha Reidy from Independence Jr. High (Palos Heights)
Geography – Walter Osterberger from St. Jude (Joliet)

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9-28-12

Providence Catholic announces the September Students of the Month

(New Lenox) - Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce the school’s “Students of the Month” for September.  These students are recognized for achievement, improvement and/or accomplishments in school courses as well as other school-related activities.

Every month, each academic department chairperson selects one student as its “Student of the Month” from a number of students nominated by teachers.  Students of the Month receive a certificate of recognition, have their photos displayed in Providence Catholic High School’s main hallway for the following month and are invited as a group to have lunch with the Principal.

The Providence Catholic High School Students of the Month for September are standing left to right: senior Patrick Bedell of Tinley Park (Administration), sophomore Daniel Ricker of Tinley Park (World Language), junior Jake Hopkins of Mokena (Social Science & Business), senior Brian McNamee of Lockport (Science), sophomore Stephen Westman of Tinley Park (Mathematics) and senior Andrew Tanrikula of Homer Glen (Physical Education).  Sitting left to right: freshman Johnathan Botka of Elwood (English), junior Emily Guidarelli of Plainfield (Fine Arts), junior Danielle Sebek of Joliet (Theology) and junior Quinton Fisher of Channahon (Technology).

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9-28-12

Providence Catholic to Host Basketball Coaching Clinic Wednesday October 24

(New Lenox) – Providence Catholic’s Tim Trendel, Head Boys’ Varsity Basketball Coach and Eileen Copenhaver, Head Girls’ Varsity Basketball Coach, will host a “Coaching Clinic” for boys and girls grammar school, youth team and travel coaches on Wednesday, October 24.  The clinic will take place in the school’s Sacred Heart Gymnasium (enter through door #9) from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)  Presentation topics will include “Zone Offense,” “Fast Break Concepts,” “Building Man to Man Defense with Levels” and “Full-Court Team Drills.”   Following the clinic, there will be refreshments.  Please RSVP to Tim Trendel at (815) 717-3395 or Eileen Copenhaver at (815) 717-3151.  There is no cost to attend this clinic. 

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9-28-12

Providence Catholic Honors the Recipients of the 2012 Cor Unum Award

(New Lenox) - Providence Catholic High School held their annual President’s Mass of Thanksgiving and Cor Unum award ceremony on September 23.  Nearly 100 guests gathered to honor this year’s Cor Unum recipients, Wayne and Barbara Klasing and the family of Joyce and the late Donald (Buck) Reynolds, all of New Lenox.

The Cor Unum medallion, the school’s most prestigious honor, is awarded annually to persons who exemplify its inscription of "One Heart...in Ministry...in Mission...in Family."  Rev. Richard J. McGrath, O.S.A. presented the Cor Unum medallions.  “These delightful people personify the meaning of ‘Cor Unum’ through their generosity and tireless efforts to help Providence Catholic become the school it is today; a community of believers working toward the common goals of providing a safe and healthy environment for students to grow spiritually, academically and socially,” offered Rev. Richard McGrath, O.S.A., President of Providence Catholic High School.

“To highlight the importance of this award, a $5,000 endowed scholarship was established in the name of each of the recipients.  These scholarships will be awarded on the basis of financial need.  Last year the school awarded thirteen Cor Unum Scholarships to students.   It is our hope that the Providence community will continue to contribute toward these scholarships to increase the financial assistance available to students in need,” offered Ed Barrett, Director of Institutional Advancement at PCHS.  If you would like to support the Cor Unum Scholarship, please call Ed Barrett at (815) 717-3164 or email ebarrett@providencecatholic.org.

Fr. Richard McGrath with Barbara and Wayne Klasing
 

Fr. Richard McGrath with Joyce Reynolds

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9-7-12

Providence Catholic’s Annual Harvest Drive Kicks Off

(New Lenox) - Providence Catholic High School’s annual Fall Harvest Drive officially kicked off on August 29 and will conclude with the grand prize raffle drawing and “Olympic” celebration for students on September 21.  Through the hard work of students, parents, teachers and patrons who supported the school, last year’s drive generated more than $410,000.   “The Harvest Drive is among the most successful student fundraising programs in the nation for Catholic high schools,” said Ed Barrett the school’s Advancement Director.  “Our families understand the importance of its success to the financial well-being of the school.” 

All Providence Catholic students are required to participate in this fundraiser.  Their obligation is met by selling advertisement listing space and/or raffle tickets to businesses, community members, family and friends.  Advertisement listings will be featured in the newly introduced Harvest Drive E-Directory, which will be accessed through the school’s website.

Raffle tickets are $10 each and will give the purchaser a chance to win the $10,000 Harvest Drive Grand Prize, which will be drawn on Friday, September 21. There will be additional raffle prizes drawn for 1st through 10th prizes, which range from $100 to $2,000. Winners need not be present.

For more information or to support Harvest Drive, please contact Ms. Jamie O’Brien, Harvest Drive Coordinator at (815) 717-3163.

Visit the Harvest Drive Webpage 

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7-12-12

Providence Catholic Alumnus Eric Steinbach Visits Youth Football Camp

(New Lenox) - Providence Catholic High School had a special visitor at its annual Youth Football Camp, which took place in early July.  Eric Steinbach, a 1998 alumnus of Providence Catholic, spent the day at the camp where he signed autographs and worked with campers on their techniques.

In high school, Steinbach assisted the Providence Catholic Celtics with a 50-game winning streak and three consecutive state championships in 1995, 1996 and 1997. As a senior, he had 46 tackles, 55 assists, set the school record with 26 quarterback sacks and was named Most Valuable Player in the Conference and First-Team All-State.  Steinbach played college football for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes where he earned All-American honors as an offensive lineman.  He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the second round of the 2003 NFL draft.  Most recently, Steinbach played guard for the NFL’s Cleveland Browns.  He is currently a free agent.

The Providence Catholic football team will kick off the 2012 season on ESPN.  The exciting matchup between the Providence Catholic Celtics and their rivals the Joliet Catholic Hilltoppers, will take place on Friday, August 24, 2012 at 7 pm (PCHS Bishop Kaffer Stadium/Matt Senffner Field).  The Providence Catholic Football program has an outstanding tradition of excellence as evidenced by nine state championships. 

6-14-12

Providence Catholic High School Announces Second Semester Honor Roll

(New Lenox) – Don Sebestyen, Principal of Providence Catholic High School, is pleased to announce the school’s Second Semester Honor Roll.  The honor roll includes two categories; first honors recipients must obtain a 3.51 - 4.00 G.P.A., whereas second honors students receive a 3.00 - 3.50 G.P.A.  The Second Semester Honor Roll includes:

Seniors 1st Honors:

Rachel Andrews, Wayne Andrews, Margarita Angel, Langdon Auld, William Baker, Joseph Batis, Nicholas Beller, Xaverie Benedict, Emily Binder, Taylor Black, Margaret Blackburn, James Bonaguro, Elizabeth Bosko, Kelly Brightmore, Alexander Campbell, Caden Canavan, Courtney Cleveland, Sean Connelly, Elaine Danahy, Irene DelRio, Lauren Denler, Stephanie DiNardi, Ann Draksler, Claire Dugard, Maura Durkin, Kaitlyn Eisenberg, Patrick Falls, Sean Fitzgerald, Katherine Formentini, Theodore Francis, Kevin Gardner, Brittany Garrett, Samuel Giglio, Matthew Gill, Breanna Glos, Miranda Griffith, Sarah Halper, Daniel Healy, David Hearne, Nicholas Holy, Kevin Izquierdo, Michael Jacus, Michelle Kavanaugh, Telemahos Korbakes, Casey Labuda, Michael Lahey, Meghan Lake, Lauren Lindbloom, Adam Mackay, Josiah Mackay, Jordan Magold, Hannah Malovan, Michael Marietti, Jeffrey Marini, Erin Martin, George Mastorakos, Megan Melaniphy, Ashley Morgan, Zachary Morgan, Meaghan Mormann, Ryan Motykowski, Michael Norville, Erin ODonnell, Cayla ODowd, Katelyn OGrady, Julia Patzin, Emily Persicketti, Matthew Powell, Brittany Prunsky, Matthew Pytlewski, Sara Quaranta, James Radecki, James Richert, Daniel Rigoni, Abby Rimsnider, Robert Ross, Dominic Sanfilippo, Daniel Santschi, Madeline Sebastian, Amanda Sharkey, Kristen Sharkey, Erin Shea, Martin Silic, Justin Slattery, Abby Smith, Lindsay Smoljan, Logan Springgate, Jennifer Stachovic, Matthew Suenkens, Nicole Tatro, Mia Teehan, Sam Tidaback, Matthew Tucker, Kevin Tully, Kathryn Urchell, Michael Valentino, Mitchell Vejvoda, Mariah Villasenor, Kathleen Walsh, Ryan Ward, Rebecca Weinberger, Zachary White, Daniel Whitehead, Nicholas Whitmore and Brady Wilkin.

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Seniors 2nd Honors:

Stephanie Antoniolli, Lauren Arseneau, Cristina Barkowski, Francis Barnes, Tony Batson, Timothy Becker, Taylor Boyne, Anthony Brazzale, Anthony Cammarata, Daniel Cederberg, Audrey Connolly, Brittany DalCorobbo, Matthew Davis, Corey Diab, Andrea DiCola, Stephanie DiNolfo, Monica Dubiel, Keegan Duda, Devin Duesing, Carly Feldmeier, David Follenweider, Brien Garvey, Cassidy Glenn, Amber Goldman, Kristina Graefen, Madeline Guidarelli, Michael Guidotti, Rachel Harrington, Samantha Havlicek, Calvin Hoff, Kathleen Huguelet, Marisa Istad, Luke Jager, Brendan Jenner, Thomas Kaysen, Sara-Michelle Kezerle, Amanda Klotz, Ryan Koziol, Joseph Kunst, James Land, Benjamin Lembke, Matthew Lulinski, Alexandria Lynch, Peter Maloney, Jillian Marron, Maeve McDonnell, Kristen McManus, Katherine Morrissette, Douglas Murdaugh, Brendan Nielsen, Eugenia Nosal, Brian Oddo, Alec Pierson, Abigail Pluth, Nicholas Quinlan, Nicole Rodighiero, Martin Ross, Christopher Salazar, Elizabeth Sanchez, Zachary Sheffer, Troy Sheppard, Kelly Sloyan, Erica Strick, Paige Surico, Emma Sweeney, Greg Temofeew, Taylor Topolski, Ryan Utter, Sara Vonborstel, Katie Wallace, Molly Whatley and Samantha Widdows.

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Juniors 1st Honors:

Tara Airola, Alissa Alberico, Angela Annarino, Cassidy Bannon, Robert Beattie, Patrick Bedell, Gabriella Berman, Krista Brakauskas, Nicholas Bruno, Mary Claire Burchett, Rebecca Burczak, Shelby Chesko, Carrie Cicirale, Margaret Corso, Gabriel Costello, Theresa Dabrowski, Brian Daniher, Margaret Davis, Marisa Dion, Conor Doyle, Alyson Duzansky, Kevin Edgeworth, Brett Ernst, Hannah Ferrill, Bridget Flaherty, Michelle Ford, Gienna Gaeta, Megan Gergets, Brent Gerlock, Connor Gilroy, Peter Grossmayer, Steven Gruszkowski, Allison Hallberg, Brian Harris, Paige Hasier, Andrew Helmin, Jordan Houston, Paul Huguelet, Molly Hyland, Austin Ibarra, Jessica Jatis, Nicole Jazdzewski, Ryan Jones, Tori Joseph, Marie-Catherine Joutras, Scott Jung, Alana Juodvalkis, Holly Kavanaugh, Kevin Kelly, Myungje Kim, Paul Kocsis, Taryn Kole, James Krenz, Ryan Krynicki, Karli Kulhanek, Megan Kurcz, Nicole Langlois, Samantha Lewandowski, Alyssa Lyman, Matthew Martensen, Stephanie Mattingly, George McCabe, Brad McDermid, Courtney McEnery, Ryan McGinnis, Kyle McKenzie, Victoria McNichols, Rebecca Meskill, Michael Michalak, Maria Miller, Megan Miller, Grace Morrison, Josephine Mueller, Hannah Nichols, Jamie Noonan, Matthew ONeill, Michael Ott, Christian Pantoja, Maeve Pell, Joshua Pericht, Caroline Pfeiffer, Max Picard, Brandon Picciolini, Erika Powers, Georgiana Presecky, Ryan Prickel, Jayant Ramadurai, Kathleen Rash, Colleen Reynolds, Luke Rimkus, Christian Rojas, Mary Sanchez, Nicholas Sanders, Gabriela Sanfilippo, Rose Schultz, Gabriella Senese, Stephanie Sicinski, Katherine Soprych, Elizabeth Stone, Mary Strickler, Zachary Subak, Brendan Surane, Adam Trainor, Daisy Urbieta, Madeline Utter, Stephanie Venegas, Madison Wall, Kristin Watkins, Monica Werner, Elaina Wiles, Marissa Wilko, Bradford Woodward, Andrew Workman, Valerie Zecca, Claire Zeeman, James Zeeman and Patrick Zeniecki.

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Juniors 2nd Honors:

Vincent Ambrose, Thomas Bajt, Hannah Baudek, Brittney Boggetto, Mary Bonaguro, Tessa Botka, Michael Broderick, Sean Burke, Jonathan Burns, Jordan Burns, Brianna Chibe, Kristen Collins, Matthew Columbus, Joshua Cwiertniak, Jonah Deffenbaugh, Jonathan Dennis, Gabrielle Dillman, Rachel Follenweider, Brian Fordon, James Frainey, Joseph Frontzak, Maura Ganser, Broegan Garr, Alyssa Gialamas, Gonzalo Gonzalez, Daniel Griffin, Charles Gross, Nicole Grzywacz, Kevin Hartley, Ana Houlis, Brian Jenner, Cody Kirby, Jason Koth, Morgan Kulpinski, Sean Leahy, Jordan Leonard, George Lullo, Jr., Erinn Lyons, Amanda Mackay, Lauren Malick, Alyssa Maloney, Alyssa Meurer, Abigail Morris, Lauren Murphy, John OKeefe, Clare OMalley, Patrick Owoc, Roslyn Parayo, Megan Partilla, John Pavlopoulos, Anthony Petta, Brandon Price, Colin Prinsen, Michaela Puscas, William Quirke, Rebecca Rachke, Molly Rademacher, Kelly Reed, Jacqueline Schmidt, Alexandra Shermulis, Bailey Sineni, Kevin Slade, Michael Stepuszek, Nathaniel Stramaglia, Kirsten Streicher, Brianna Taylor, Karly Tinervia, Claire Trafton, Elaina Urbano, Taylor Vennetti, Viet Vo, Kevin Ward and Emily Wiles.

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Sophomores 1st Honors:

Samuel Abraham, Leah Alles, Kathleen Andrews, Dominic Azar, Julie Baffoe, Andrew Banathy, Jessica Barnes, Daniel Bedell, Brooke Bjorklund, Ryan Brankin, Sarah Brightmore, Gina Cammarata, Erin Campbell, Eduardo Castillo, Eric Connelly, James Copenhaver, Dana Cornish, Katherine Czerwinski, Anne Danta, Justin Davis, Brandon Denler, Taylor Dickason, Alyssa Dorning, Bridget Downes, John Doyle, Sara Dreyer, Lizette Duran, Elizabeth Eggen, Skylar Evans, Joseph Fekech, Melina Ferraro, Michael Ford, Abigail Fritts, Robert Fuesel, Cameron Galgano, Marybeth Galick, Megan Gardner, Jacob Godfrey, Paige Gorecki, Meghan Grill, Scott Hansen, Matthew Harrington, William Harton, Zachary Hernandez, Jacob Hopkins, Emily Hornung, Samantha Irvin, Thomas Jeffries, Angela Jensen, Connor Jones, David Kaminski, Jack Kelley, Alexandra Kieffer, Alexis Klotz, Kaitlyn Kman, Christopher Koziol, Brady Labuda, Dominic Lagone, Haley Lahey, Zachary Lake, Mercedes Land, Danielle Little, Kyleigh Maday, Morgan Manghera, Meghan Marth, Allison Marthaler, Christina McGuire, Kathleen Melei, Vivian Mendoza, Bridget Murphy, Sean Murray, Daniel Niemiec, Anna Novak, Clare ODonnell, Margaret OGrady, Abigail Persicketti, Noah Peterman, Carly Prekwas, Courtney Pych, Luc Quaranta, Lauren Rasmussen, Jack Redmond, Austin Regan, Taylor Reid, Courtney Rimsnider, Collin Russell, Daniel Salazar, Joseph Schaefer, Katherine Scott, Danielle Sebek, Steven Sismelich, Colleen Sloyan, Sean Smyth, Courtney Suggs, Michael Sullivan, Jessica Talwar, Tyler Tatro, Kimberly Trochuck, Margaret Turk, Cailee Tylin, Clare Urchell, Mitchell VanderWey, Elisia Venegas, Tori Vennetti, Piper Virva, Dakota Vondrak, Connor Welch, Kevin Whalen, Anne Whisson, Richard Yusa, Maia Zalik, Jonathan Zambrano, Tanner Zielinski and Matthew Zielke.

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Sophomores 2nd Honors:

Megan Abbott, Rachael Ambrose, Nicole Beaulieu, Arianna Beller, Samantha Berman, Zachary Biegel, Sarah Blackburn, Joseph Bonzani, Alexis Borrelli, Matthew Bucciferro, Linda Cammarata, Erin Carroll, Daniel Caso, Jeffrey Cesario, Cody Cosentino, Niamh Costello, Noah Cralle, Anne Cummings, Randal Cybulski, Craig Dankovich, Amanda DeAngelo, Marie DeCarlo, Paige DeLise, Nicholas DiNardi, Christian Dvorak, Emily Eglar, Allison Errthum, Megan Falls, Patrick Francis, Austin Garwood, Liam Gilhooly, Hannah Gleason, Abigail Golebiowski, Emily Guidarelli, Ian Harder, Keri Hettinger, Zachary Hoffman, Clare Huguelet, Madeleine Jager, Jonelle Karpen, Kara Kulpinski, Phillip Kunsa, Nicholas Kutsulis, Salvatore LaMotta, Stephanie Marnell, Tyler Martinkus, Emily Mayer, Sean McGrath, Alyssa Newling, Nicole Nocera, Maggie OBrien, Ava OConnor, Megan OMalley, Patrick OSullivan, Nicholas Parente, Dyamond Parker, Matthew Payton, Danielle Pellack, Logan Plantz, Caitlyn Quinlan, Lauren Radecki, Kali Retzler, Christopher Rocha, Natalie Rodgers, Dylan Rosa, Kelli Russell, Justin Salazar, Benjamin Salvador, Abigail Schout, Trisha Schultz, Nicholas Senese, Gabrielle Serpico, Trevor Shemanske, Jacob Sierzega, Joseph Sigrist, Sally Smith, Ashley Stajura, Lauren Sulikowski, Mary Sulikowski, Michael Talamonti, Michael Tucker, Daniel Vaughan, Michael Vennetti, Brittany Waldron, Charles Workman and Michael Zaremba.

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Freshmen 1st Honors:

Justin Alberico, Jacob Alfarah, Elena Alvarez, Grace Barrett, Tess Barrett, Sydney Bartecki, Nicole Beechy, Erin Blackburn, Matthew Bomba, Michael Bonaguro, Robert Brueggert, Zoe Bruni, Grace Burchett, Kyle Burke, Carter Bussey, Ryan Carp, Erik Carroll, Matthew Cederberg, Justin Chmura, Carly Cicirale, John Colbert, Nina Columbus, Robert Connolly, Anne Corso, Kristen Crawford, Madeline Culligan, Michael Daly, Michael Davis, Margaret DeMauro, Elizabeth Dennis, Katherine Deters, Cameron DiBiaso, Matthew Diehl, Patrick Downes, Angela Duensing, Leah Duggins, John Duzansky, John Eckenstein, Mary Fashingbauer, Regan Flaherty, Matthew Francis, Kyle Gardner, Ryan Gardner, Maeve Garvey, Morgan Greenwood, Annicka Griffith, Corynne Griffith, Emma Griffiths, Isabel Guidotti, Nicholas Hahn, Brittany Hallberg, Allison Hanson, Maggie Havlin, Brian Heidegger, Eric Hennenfent, Meghan Hickey, Brendan Hoffmeister, Victoria Horak, Zosia Horak, Ashley Hovorka, Troy Howat, Justin Hunniford, Andrew Jatis, Christina Jazdzewski, Brian Jensen, McKenna Kaup, Kajus Kavaliauskas, Beth Kavanaugh, Minyoung Kim, Kerry Kole, Natalie Krockey, Alisa Kulhanek, Matthew Long, Jacqueline Loupakos, Daniel MacLean, Matthew MacNab, Joshua Magold, Stephanie Mastorakos, Will McCabe, Kevin McEneany, Meghan Meagher, Elise Morris, Adam Morrison, Theresa Murphy, Christian Nielsen, Karina Pantoja, Jake Payton, Jack Pell, Jessica Purvis, Jillian Rademacher, Srirajku Ranganathan, Nicholas Rojas, Jacob Rost, Mikayla Sanders, Joseph Santschi, Amelia Schroeder, James Sharkey, Mitchell Sharkey, Meghan Shea, Rebecca Sidler, Jessica Skole, Christian Spesia, Robert Svidron, Jillian Sweeney, Jake Swenson, Brendan Treacy, Kevin Troy, Kyle Troy, Nathan Vejvoda, Brhett Vickery, Brenton Villasenor, Taylor Warfield, Shannon Washburn, Stephen Westman, Nicolas White, Andrea Zecca, Joseph Zemen and Nicholas Zielinski.

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Freshmen 2nd Honors:

Heather Baker, Mary Beattie, Danielle Beechy, Benjamin Bernecker, Victoria Borrelli, Jonathan Brody, Andrew Byars, Dominic Cascino, Sydney Cleveland, Joseph Connolly, Michael Covelli, Kristen DeCaro, Sarah Deppert, Ezekiel DeYoung, Michael DiGiovanni, Claire Dobry, Tessa Fairbairn, Madison Fisher, Kerianne Fitzgerald, Alyssa Flanagan, Miranda Garcia, Genevieve Gerrity, MacKenzie Glos, Bryan Grill, Michael Grossmayer, Carly Halper, Savanna Hoffman, Katriona Horan, Michael Houlihan, Ross Jarzembowski, Alyssa Jurges, Daniel Keefer, Nation Kurtz, Gillian Madia, John McErlean, Joseph McGuire, Sarah Miller, Dominic Monsivais, Meghan Murphy, Micaela Niven, R. Anthony Nocera, Zachary Oprzedek, Martin Palmasani, Anna Pfeiffer, Kevin Phillips, Alainna Plut, Maryssa Presbitero, Breyana Price, Katherine Rasmussen, Daniel Ricker, Alexis Salazar, Miguel Salazar, Nicholas Santangelo, Kelly Schultz, Kirsten Schultz, Joshua Sifuentes, Damian Simrayh, Daniel Stolarek, Lauren Thompson, Rebecca Tompkins, Haley Troche, Hannah Wagner, Patrick Walsh and Helena Whitmore.

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