Providence High School (San Antonio)
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| Providence High School | |
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| 1215 North St. Mary's Street San Antonio, Texas, (Bexar County), 78215  United States |
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| Coordinates | 29°26′6″N 98°29′11″W / 29.435°N 98.48639°WCoordinates: 29°26′6″N 98°29′11″W / 29.435°N 98.48639°W |
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| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Principal | Antoinette Billeaud |
| Asst. Principal | Joe Gonzalez, Charlene Ibrom |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Enrollment | approx. 432 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11:1 |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue and White |
| Athletics conference | TAPPS |
| Mascot | Provet: Lady Warrior |
| Nickname | PHS |
| Team name | Provets |
| Rival | Incarnate Word High School |
| Accreditation(s) | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [1] |
| Newspaper | 'The Provue' |
| Tuition | $7,540 (9-12) |
| Admissions Director | Nora Walsh |
| Athletic Director | Elise Marie Denoux |
| Website | http://www.providencehs.net |
Providence High School is a Catholic, college preparatory high school for girls located in downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. It is accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of The College Board. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio.
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[edit] Academics
This school boasts 13 Advanced Placement, the most of any catholic school in the arch diocese of San Antonio.[citation needed] Providence also has a unique grading system, an 'A' is not an 'A' until it is above a 93. 93-100 is an 'A' 82-92 is a 'B' and 70-81 is a 'C', but like most schools, anything below a 70 is failing.
Prep School Providence High School opened a prep school on the second floor of the building on the left side. It opened in the fall of 2005 and got its first set of girls from St. Martin Hall, which was closing down its middle school.[citation needed]
[edit] History and progress
Providence HS was established by the Congregation of Divine Providence as a girls' high school back in 1951, with a broad selection of courses. The school has evolved with time, trying out various types of schedules and eventually phasing out its home economics-based courses in exchange for more career-minded technology courses. The role of the CDP order has also changed with time. In 1991, Providence High School was incorporated, thus leaving the decision-making to a board of directors that includes both CDP sisters and lay people. In 2006, Sr. Antoinette was instated as principal, the most recent CDP sister to serve since Sr. Ramona Bezner in 2000.
The high school has also responded to the declining interest in Catholic education in the city, but in a different manner from other single-gender high schools such as Holy Cross or St. Anthony's. Instead of becoming a fully co-educational school, it has chosen instead to widen its enrollment to include middle school girls . Some courses taken by Providence HS students are co-ed, as a limited number of courses are shared with the neighboring boys' high school Central Catholic. There are also co-ed opportunities for Providence students who wish to take part in Central Catholic's Mighty Button Band and in the JROTC program; the latter is a recent development as the program was opened to Providence students in 2003.
[edit] Community
Providence HS fosters a sense of community at its school, involving its students' parents in long-standing traditions such as the Mother/Daughter Luncheon and the Father/Daughter Banquet, and encouraging its seniors to reach out to the school's fresh(wo)men via "big/little sister" events, among other events and activities.
Students can also elect to participate in various competitive athletic activities, from basketball to cross country to track & field and volleyball. Two of the more recent sports additions are tennis and swimming. And Providence students who wish to be involved in spirit organizations can choose to cheer either for fellow Provets or for Central Catholic.
Providence also opened a Preparatory school in 2005. With as little as nine eighth graders,the school has been making very well progress. In 2006-2007, the school had 86 students in the entire preparatory school. Next year (2007 to 2008) there are 103 students signed up to attend the Prep school.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Tish Hinojosa singer/songwriter
- Vivian Liberto ex-wife of singer Johnny Cash
[edit] Faculty and staff
There is only one currently teaching sister, Sr. Phyllis Bunnell, who teaches Latin. There are five sisters who work at the school, including Sr. Billeaud, the principal, as well as four sisters who do coding.
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2009-06-23.[dead link]
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