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Celtic Review Jesus Christ Is the Reason for Our School providence catholic high school Celtic Review Jesus Christ is the reason for our school. FALL 2015 Back to Back Baseball State Champions www.providencecatholic.org FALL 2015 inside this issue A Letter from the Pastoral Director Pastoral Letter ...............................2 Dear Providence Catholic Community: Class of 2015 .................................3 National Merit Do you remember the movie, City Slickers? I know AP Scholars ....................................4 I am showing my age! There is a scene in which Habitat for Humanity Curly the ranch hand (played by Jack Palance) is BYOD Program talking with cowboy-for-a-week Mitch (played by Harvest Drive ................................5 Billy Crystal). Curly asks Mitch, “Do you know what Homecoming the secret of life is?” as he holds up one finger: Baseball Champions .....................6 “This.” Mitch is quizzical as he responds, “Your College Commitments ..................7 finger?” Curly responds, “One thing. Just one Boykin Player of the Year thing. You stick to that.” Chick Evans Faculty/Staff Awards .....................8 Simplify! Happy Retirement Ancient Israel had 613 laws in its Rabbinical tradition. Several attempts Welcome New Faculty/Staff .........9 were made to simplify them, down to ten (The Ten Commandments), and SAVI Trip to three in the Book of the Prophet Micah (Chapter 6:8, “But to do justly, Pope Francis to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God”). Jesus followed the Scholarship Endowment ............10 Thank You Phone Call traditions in the Book of Deuteronomy and the Book of Leviticus that Giving Tuesday reduced all of the commandments to two...Love God and your neighbor. Letter From Prior Provincial .......11 Simplify! Fr McGrath Jubilee New Director of Annual Fund ....12 Pope Francis writes the same message in his encyclical, Laudato Si’. He Children’s Academy basically calls us to an awareness of the dimensions of our lifestyle that PB & J Collection .........................13 threaten our earth, including consumerism, materialism, convenience and Cor Unum Awards selfishness. He beautifully writes, Parent Club News ........................14 “We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have Students of the Month ...............15 a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and Celtic Twins decent are worth it. Alumni Save the Date .................16 Breakfast with Santa Saint Therese of Lisieux invites us to practice the little way of love, not to Trivia Night Recap miss out on a kind word, a smile or any small gesture which sows peace Reunion Snap Shots and friendship. An integral ecology is also made up of simple daily gestures Alumni Updates ..........................17 which break with the logic of violence, exploitation and selfishness.” Alumni Spotlight .........................18 Archives (paragraphs 229-230) Married Alumni My request to you is to pick one way to make the world a better place. In Memoriam ...............................19 Here are some suggestions: go on-line and begin to read Laudato Si’. Save the Date ..............................20 Collect and recycle some of the plastic and glass containers around the Open House house. Say a kind word to a different person each day. Be conscious of Fall Musical spending habits. In other words, pick an area, and Simplify! Celtic Review is published by: Blessings, PCHS Advancement Department Editor Fr. John Merkelis Jamie O’Brien ‘94 Photographs by: Fr. John Merkelis, OSA Bruce Burns Jamie O’Brien ‘94 Pastoral Director Al Wycislo 2 CELTIC REVIEW CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2015 GRADUATES PCHS celebrated the Class of 2015 commencement in early June at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet. Each of the 258 members of the class crossed the Rialto stage to receive their PCHS diploma, marking the completion of four successful and memorable years. During the ceremony, Valedictorians Michael Davis (New Lenox) and Matthew Francis (Orland Park) and Salutatorians Ryan Carp (New Lenox), Stephanie Mastorakos Members of the Class of 2015 pose for a photograph prior to their commencement ceremony. (Homer Glen) and Srirajkumar Ranganathan (Lemont) addressed Christian Spesia (Joliet) as the during their high school careers. their classmates with powerful words recipients of the Bishop Blanchette Twenty-seven student athletes of encouragement and expressed Religion award. Furthermore, signed National Letters of Intent or their gratefulness to family, friends Tess Barrett (Tinley Park) and made commitments to continue their and Providence faculty and staff. Michael Davis (New Lenox) respective sports at the collegiate During the special awards portion received the prestigious Bishop level. In addition, this class witnessed of the graduation ceremony, Athletic Roger Kaffer Leadership Award. many athletic accomplishments, Director, Doug Ternik announced Ninety-nine percent of the Class of including four state championship Anne Corso (Palos Park) as the 2015 continued their education at a trophies earned by the Celtic baseball recipient of the Senior Athletic- college or university. Approximately teams (2014, 2015), football team Spirit Award and Justin Hunniford 775 scholarships valued at nearly (2014) and cheerleading team (2013). (Frankfort) and Maeve Garvey $28 million were offered to this class. Providence Catholic now has 29 state (Mokena) as recipients of the Jaime Eighteen percent of these graduates championship titles; the most among Garcia Scholastic Athlete Award. were named Illinois State Scholars. private high schools in the state of Fr. John Merkelis, O.S.A. named These seniors performed in excess of Illinois. Jillian Rademacher (Mokena) and 25,000 hours of community service TWO STUDENTS EARN NATIONAL MERIT DISTINCTION Providence Catholic’s Colin Brankin ‘16 (Orland Park) was recently named a semifinalist and Patrick Connelly ‘16 (Tinley Park) a commended student by the National Merit Scholarship Program. The National Merit Scholarship Program is an annual academic competition for recognition and college undergraduate scholarships that began in 1955. More than 1.5 million students enter the National Merit Scholarship Program each year. Approximately 16,000 of the 1.5 million students are named semifinalists. “We are very proud of Colin and Patrick who have shown tremendous academic aptitude in this highly competitive program. Their dedication to academic excellence is truly commendable,” said Dr. Harper. Colin Brankin ‘16 and Patrick Connelly ‘16 3 FALL 2015 AP SCHOLARS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY The following students were recognized by the College Board for their exceptional achievement on their Advanced Placement exams taken in May. AP Scholar with Distinction: average of at least a 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of the exams Colin Brankin ‘16 (Orland Park) Ryan Carp ‘15 (New Lenox) Matthew Diehl ‘15 (Orland Park) Matthew Francis ‘15 (Orland Park) Annicka Griffith ‘15 (Lemont) Victoria Horak ‘15 (New Lenox) Andrew Jatis ‘15 (Homer Glen) Stephanie Mastorakos ‘15 (Homer Glen) Raj Ranganathan ‘15 (Lemont) Meghan Shea ‘15 (Orland Park) AP Scholars with Honor: average of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and a 3 or higher on four or more A group of 18 PCHS student members of Habitat for Humanity of these exams and three chaperones volunteered their time working in Baraboo, Sydney Bartecki ‘15 (Lockport) Wisconsin. Led by PCHS moderator, Mrs. Diane Hart, the students Jason Ciabattoni ‘16 (Frankfort) spent several days landscaping, staining doors and installing Patrick Connelly ‘16 (Tinley Park) Emma Griffiths ‘15 (Mokena) flooring. At an old Re-Store facility, workers sorted wood piles, Patrick Kay ‘16 (Orland Park) sorted inventory and loaded trucks to be taken to the new Re-Store, Kerry Kole ‘15 (Homer Glen) where they painted and organized products. Daniel MacLean ‘15 (Lemont) Jack Pell ‘15 (Mokena) Jillian Rademacher ‘15 (Mokena) Benjamin Wasicki ‘16 (Frankfort) Nicholas Zielinski ‘15 (Mokena) PROGRAM AP Scholars: IMPLEMENTED 3 or higher on three or more AP exams Jacob Alfarah ‘15 (Orland Park) PCHS has implemented a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program that Michael Bonaguro ‘15 (Orland Park) Anne Corso ‘15 (Palos Park) allows students to extend their technology skills in a controlled and Michael Davis ‘15 (New Lenox) supportive environment. “PCHS students are “digital natives” who have Elizabeth Dennis ‘15 (Lockport) never lived in an unconnected world,” said Rosanne Grigoletti, Technology Thomas Dillman ‘16 (Peotone) John Eckenstein ‘15 (Homer Glen) Director. PCHS teachers strive to guide their students to where they need Regan Flaherty ‘15 (Mokena) to be academically by the time they graduate. BYOD allows students to Brittany Hallberg ‘15 (Tinley Park) acquire the skills necessary to select and use digital tools that will empower Alexander Jedlicka-Kriz ‘16 (Frankfort) them in all segments of the learning process: research, problem solving, Hunter Klein ‘16 (Joliet) Mary Kate Kozak ‘15 (New Lenox) content creation, communication Jakob Lambert ‘16 (Homer Glen) and collaboration. PCHS encourages Matthew MacNab ‘15 (Homer Glen) students to be innovative, to ask Kevin McEneany ‘15 (Lemont) Adam Morrison ‘15 (Mokena) questions, carefully judge the answers Samantha Schwartz ‘15 (Joliet) they find, communicate with peers, Mitchell Sharkey ‘15 (Mokena) experts and others and use creativity James Sharkey ‘15 (Mokena) Kyle Struck ‘16 (Orland Park) as they demonstrate their learning. Kevin Troy ‘15 (Homer Glen)
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