2014 High School Graduation

  

  

We are proud to announce 100% of the Providence Class of 2014 was accepted into a college or university. 77% of our 39 graduates received more than $6.5 million in scholarships, grants and awards. The following students received full four-year scholarships: 

• Anastasia Christilles: is attending Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts
• Courtney Keif is attending St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas
• Linda McNulty is attending the Honors College at The University of Texas in San Antonio, Texas
• Graciela Nira is attending Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota
• Jennifer Noriega was offered a four-year scholarship from Texas State University and will attend Trinity University
• Carmel Tovar was offered a four-year scholarship from St. Mary's University and will attend Stephen F. Austin State University

The following young ladies attended Providence since the 6th grade and were recognized at the 2014 Commencement Ceremony: Klarissa Alvardo, Alejandra Cardenas, Anastasia Christilles, Katarina Guzman, Courtney Keif, Graciela Nira, Marissa Olvera, Melanie Ramirez, Jordan Rodgers, Carmel Tovar, Davion Turella, Jacqueline Wyatt.      

 

The Providence Hingst Family Tuition Assistance Endowment was established by Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Kathleen Hingst, alumna class 1957, to support Catholic education. This year's scholarships were awarded to Clarissa Salazar and Klarisa Alvarado--attending St. Mary's University, and to Davion Turella and Dezarr� Boone--attending Our Lady of the Lake University. Providence appreciates Mr. and Mrs. Hingst's generosity.

 

 

Baccalaureate Mass 2014 

Paul Hass and his wife, Maggie, served at Providence for many years and  both truly exemplify the ideals of people helping people. In their honor, the Paul and Maggie Hass Helping Hands Award is given  annually to a high school senior who exhibits a sincere generosity of spirit, is respected and admired by peers and adults for her giving attitude, demonstrates a consistent willingness to lend a helping hand wherever it is needed, and has a sincere commitment to service, both on campus and in the community. Congratulations to Carmel Tovar for receiving the award this year. Providence was honored to have Mr. and Mrs. Hass present at Baccalaureate Mass to present the award.

  

 

Each year the Archbishop's Medallion Award is given to a senior selected because of her service to her parish and school community and because her life reflects what it means to live as a young Christian woman. Dr. Andrea Gonzalez, Department of Catholic Schools, Archdiocese of San Antonio, presented this year's Archbishop's Medallion to Gabriella Franco at the Baccalaureate Mass. Gabriella is on the ACTS Leadership team, and involved in choir at both St. Leo's and Mission Concepcion. Her strong sense of giving is evident in her community involvement with the Pax Christi Food Bank, Presa Community Center and Mission Concepcion where she has volunteered throughout high school. She is a Class officer, member of Progressions, and worked to ensure the class of 2014 was united. Gabriella has an unselfish spirit of sharing her God given talents with the community and her strong sense of sisterhood with Providence Catholic School.

 

 

Alumnae Class of 1964 represented at 2014 Graduation

 

  

Judith Gutierrez Loredo, Ph.D. '64, Virginia Chadwell Diver '64, Bernadette Wolff Melcher '64, Pamela Lamm Dunne '64,  Sylvia Aguirre Gonzalez '64, and Rose Douglas Campos '64   

represented the Alumnae Class of 1964 at Graduation as the "Golden Graduates.

 

Dr. Loredo commented on the event, "Thank you so much for what you did to allow us but a brief time to relive our days at PHS. I am so glad that I went and that I was able to see a few of the girls. Sitting at the graduation I could see ourselves at the Auditorium the night we graduated. It is amazing how time has flown but time has not erased the memories we had at PHS. I am looking forward to our actual reunion in October to be able to reconnect with more of the girls."