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2014 Student Awards and Accomplishments
Middle School
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Benevolent Association announced that two incoming Providence 9th Graders will each receive a nonrenewable $1,000.00 scholarship for the school year 2014 - 2015. Recipients are Karina Mozingo, current Providence 8th Grader and Emily Hoog current 8th Grader at St. Mary Magdalen. Emily is the daughter of Julie Driskill Hoog '79, the niece of Laura Driskill Kasprowicz '82, Sarah Hoog Felter '70 and Suzanne Hoog-Watson '61, and granddaughter of Julia Eichhorn Driskill '56.
Providence 8th grade student Genesis Sosa-Montilla, received a Silver Medal Certificate in recognition for excellent performance on the 2014 National Spanish Examinations.
Elisabeth Wang won first place in the 7th grade category in the 2014 VIA Youth Art Contest.
This year's theme was pedestrian safety. Elisabeth's poster, "Be Smart: Don't Dart", was chosen out of over 4,500 entries. Congratulations!.
A special 2014 Graduation eNewsletter will be sent in mid-June.
High School
Providence is proud to announce Anastasia Christilles as 2014 Valedictorian and Alysson Grubbs as 2014 Salutatorian. Anastasia is attending Brandeis University and Alysson is attending the University of Dallas.
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Sophomore Adriana Pedroza received a Magna Cum Laude certificate for her score on this year's National Latin Exam.
The Prudential Insurance Company of America, in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals, gives recognition to the top volunteers who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to serving our community.
This year's awards were presented to: Caitlin Guarnero, Junior - 507 service hours, Cassandra Eng, Freshman - 134 hours, Nina Arteaga, Sophomore - 129 hours
The President's Education Awards Program honors students for their achievement and hard work. The program provides individual recognition from the President and the U.S. Secretary of Education to students whose outstanding efforts have enabled them to meet challenging standards of excellence. The top three students of each high school grade received the President's Award for Educational Excellence.
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9th Grade
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10th Grade
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11th Grade
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Gabriela Trevino
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Raquel Belden
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Shivani Patel
| Anastasia Christilles
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Alexandra Morales
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Brigitte Bordelon
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Katherine Ramos
| Allyson Grubbs
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Lilah Qubrosi
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Guadalupe Duran
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Katherine Knodell
| Graciela Nira
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 During the May 7th Central Catholic High School JROTC Awards Ceremony, the following Providence cadets received awards:
Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Courtney Keif, Senior, Daughters of the American Revolution
Cadet First Lieutenant Alexandra Dorn, Junior, Order of the Daedalion JROTC Achievement Award
Cadet Second Lieutenant Brigitte Bordelon, Sophomore, Citizenship Award
Cadet Second Lieutenant Eunice Ongcheap, Sophomore, Citizenship Award
This year's EcoJustice Committee was formed by a group of students dedicated to addressing social justice issues in reflection of the Congregation of Divine Providence's mission and core values of Providence Catholic school. The Committee sponsored a week-long H2O Project in May. Students, faculty and staff were challenged to give up bottled water and soda and drink tap water instead. The committee also collected money to support the drilling of water wells in places where clean drinking water is scare.
"The purpose of the project was two-fold," said Anastasia Christilles, Chairwoman of the Committee. "We wanted the student body to be aware of the lack of clean water in many parts of the world, specifically Africa. We collected money for Living Water International to help pay for drilling new wells so people can have clean water close to where they live." Living Water International is a faith-based nonprofit helping communities create sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene.
The $349 collected by the group will provide 60 people with water for a year," said Paul Darilek, Communications Director at Living Water. "It can literally mean life or death for them."
Alumnae News
Victoria Pacheco, Class of 2003, recently shared information on a project she is involved with at Seno Medical Instruments. Victoria received her Mechanical Engineering Degree from UTSA in 2011 and is a Mechanical Engineer at Seno Medical Instruments. In her words: "I have pasted a link to a news clip that was written on the device we are developing. It is cutting edge technology, first of its kind! More information on our company can be found on our website Senomedical." News Clip
Thanks to Providence Board Chair and alumna Alane Alvarez Rivera '92 and her husband Raymond, Anastasia Christilles was awarded the Rivera Engineering Scholarship.
Anastasia received a computer and printer to take with her to Brandeis University where she will be attending on a full four-year scholarship.
Paracutin Foundation adopts classroom
 | | From left to right: Mr. Alfred Villarreal, Paricutin President, Ms. Delores Lozano, Paricutin Member and Emcee for the evening, Miss Abby Calpito - 7th Grade, and Ms. Samantha Hubbard - Providence Faculty member. |
Providence is deeply grateful to the Paricutin Civic & Educational Foundation, Inc. (Paricutin) for
their generous grant award in the amount of $3,000.00. Paricutin donated the money to "Adopt a Classroom" for the purpose of purchasing new desks. Ms. Hubbard's Room 220 is the beneficiary of this award!
Paricutin hosted their annual Grant Award Reception in the Najim Campus Center where this photograph was taken.
 
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