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Nurturing a Love of the Spotlight: 50 Years of Spring Musicals Page 8 PROVIDENCE 4 New Music Studio Completes Four alumni — including three classmates — have returned to Providence to teach this year: Shane Fitzgerald ’99, theology; Corinne Robinson PAC (Alles) Beyl ’99, Spanish and English; Stephanie (Mayfield) Mauk ‘99, math; and Kelly Quinkert-Hornung ’87, physical education. 6 More Than a One-Note Career 7 ’72 Grad Still Fascinated by First Job 8 Nurturing a Love of the Spotlight: 50 Years of Spring Musicals 11 Teacher’s Encouragement Jump Starts ’73 Grad’s Business Career Providence celebrated its 60th birthday on Sept. 12, 2011, with birthday 12 Providence Inspires Faith, Business, cake for all the students served by members of the Class of 1955, the first graduating class. Shown here, left to right: Claudia “Binky” (White) Success McGloshen, Evelyn (Kruer) Lilly, Donna (Beswick) Detrick, and Janet (Fougerousse) Paris. 14 Class Notes Design & Layout by ’98 www.jeremyrobertsportfolio.com Editor/Writer/Photographer Christa (Payne) Hoyland ’84 The Providence Players staged “The Curious Savage” as their fall show production in October. Corrections: In the 2010-2011 Annual Report, the following information was inadvertently omitted from the list of sports accomplishments: The 1970s: Girls Tennis: First three sectional titles, 1975-1977. First state finalist title, 1976. Other corrections to the 2010-2011 Annual Report include: Girls Tennis earned its fourth sectional crown in 1982, not its first as stated. At the Annual Student Assistance Program dinner, PHS Spanish teacher In 1955, 108 graduates celebrated the first Our Lady of Pat McKay ’63 (far left) catches up with Bellarmine Knights Coach Scott Providence commencement, not 107 as stated. Davenport (far right), the keynote speaker. Davenport played basketball for McKay when McKay coached at Iroquois High School. Also pictured is the coach’s son Russ Davenport (center). William Shakespeare’s plays contained without the desire for recognition. Katie many messages but all were about educating Butt Beckort ’95, who took on a pharmacy audiences through humor. This year’s Spring without being a pharmacist and this Easter Musical follows that theme. joined the Catholic Church. Dr. Joe Jacobi Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka The Musical ’68, who helped the people of Haiti and is the 50th Spring Musical production for other countries through his volunteer time Providence. The message of this play is one on the USNS Comfort, the hospital ship of for children of all ages from three to ninety- the U.S. Navy. three. Will the love of chocolate overcome None of this is possible without God’s ethics and values? Will greed and desire for grace. I firmly believe that many of the great recognition win out over humbly wishing blessings we have received have been through good for others? the intercession of our Blessed Mother. She As we celebrate our 60th school year is the heart of our school, and Christ is the President’s here, we have been truly blessed. Our Girls reason we are here. Soccer team won the first-ever IHSAA State Letter Championship team title for the school. Our Ave Maria! volleyball team won regional and went on to In Christ, I remain faithfully, Joan M. Hurley semi-state. Our cheerleaders — already IASP state champions in 2009 — went on to Joan M. Hurley bring home a second first-place trophy. President “I’ll have grounds more relative than this – In this issue, you will read about other the play’s the thing wherein I will catch the kinds of champions. Ones who may not conscience of the King.” — Hamlet II, ii by have been in the headlines. Alumni who William Shakespeare have done great things – often humbly and the celebration of the school’s 60th birthday in 2012. This spring, the students of on Sept. 12, there was much to celebrate. Providence will produce the 50th Spring The Girls Soccer state title, the school’s first Musical. For alumni, the opportunities to team IHSAA state trophy. The Cheerleading show your continued Blue Pride are many. IASP state trophy, their second in three Every alumni is a member of the Alumni years. Volleyball’s 26th sectional and sixth Association, and the board welcomes and regional. Baseball’s third straight sectional encourages alumni involvement with any and 14th overall. Boys Golf’s fourth year in a of our upcoming events. Over the next 12 row to advance to the state finals. months, we will be involved with events such Also in 2011 Providence recognized Dottie as Breakfast with Santa, JulyFest 2012, Dare Galligan Zipp ’69 for her Hall of Fame to Care, Pioneer Cup and winter/fall sports volleyball career at the school. On Sept. 20, anniversary recognitions. Please feel free to Providence named its court at the Larkin contact me with any questions in regard to From the Center after the former Pioneers’ volleyball the Alumni Association. coach. Alumni Blue Pride is something that every student, Thank you so much for your time and faculty, and staff member at Providence continued Blue Pride support, understands and every alumnus continues Association to love. I feel confident in saying that the Brad Denman ’02 Blue Pride that exuberantly hovers over the President, Providence Alumni Association President campus of Providence has played a major Phone: (502) 541-3210 Brad Denman ’02 role in the success of our school over the Email: [email protected] past 60 years. There is no greater confidence instilled in our student body than to walk Providence Family, into the classroom, step onto the field, sing Save the Date: and dance on the stage, or make a difference The year 2011 proved to be a great one for in the community to the sound of our JulyFest 2012 Our Lady of Providence Jr.-Sr. High School infamous BLUE PRIDE chant. It is music to Saturday, July 7, 2012 with the buzz of Blue Pride always in the air. our ears. Featuring: The Louisville Crashers From multiple sports post-season victories to And occasions for Blue Pride continue Providence Junior-Senior HigH ScHool | THe viSion 3 with a sprung floor, private rehearsal room, instrument storage room, teacher office, New Music and two new restrooms. Additionally, the adjoining Ray Day Little Theatre received Studio a large prop-storage room and two new dressing rooms. Completes Music teacher Rick Rebilas is enjoying all the extra room and looks forward to the music program growing in coming years. Robinson PAC The new studio can accommodate four times Students enjoy larger classroom and mean that students in theatre the number of singers and instrumentalists space, dressing rooms class and those performing in plays in the as well as allowing for choir choreography. Ray Day Little Theatre have their own area Six new computers and software for teaching enior Abby Richey never thought she’d to change in with lockers for their costumes. keyboarding and guitar also will improve get to enjoy the new Music Studio. She The Music Studio was part of the original learning. remembers hearing her freshman year design for the Sam & Paula Robinson “It is all new and very exciting for Sabout the plans to build the rooms when Performing Arts Center, but only the everyone involved,” he said. donations came in and thinking it would be auditorium was complete in 2006. Two Theatre teacher Ellen Holifield said the years after she graduated. years later, the Ray Day Little Theatre, an drama program will benefit from the prop- So now that she gets to enjoy the space as experimental black box theatre, opened. storage areas as well as the student lockers a music and theatre student, she’s thrilled. Construction for the Music Studio began in the dressing rooms. “We have been so “I really like it,” Abby said. “It’s a really this summer and was complete in late blessed and are so grateful,” she said. nice facility and a great music environment.” October. Providence President Joan Hurley said she As a music student, she’s happy with the The completion of the studio is the is thrilled to see the students and teachers in large, brightly lit classroom and storage third and final phase of the Sam & Paula the new space. area for music stands and instruments. Robinson Performing Arts Center and was “It’s wonderful to see them enjoying the As a theatre student, she’s grateful for the made possible by two generous, anonymous improvements to the school and the greater restrooms and new dressing rooms. The alumni donors. The new space includes a sense of school pride,” Hurley said. “It’s a dressing rooms are right next to the theatre keyboard classroom, choral/dance studio valued addition.” Students, Teachers Benefit from New Technology Providence Honors English 9 teacher Kathryn allow for interactive student response in new continues to Jacobi said she is pleased with how the math teacher Jason Mullis’ classes. Students update its pilot program already is demonstrating use the clickers to enter answers to post- technology positive results in her classroom. The mobile lesson assessments, and the percentage of to improve netbooks are much smaller than a laptop participants and correct answers is instantly the student computer and allow for the students to work displayed. learning easily in small groups. For group projects, Other new technology includes two experience. the students can add to the same document Dymo Mimio wireless tablets, which offer This year, simultaneously using cloud computing via several functions that interact with a PC. those Google Docs. The combination of Google They were purchased as part of an incentive updates Docs and the mobile netbook makes for a from a textbook purchase from McGraw- include a much more enriching learning situation.