Our Lady of Providence Junior-Senior High School
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Our Lady of Providence Junior-Senior High School is a coed
Catholic
high school
in Clarksville, Indiana
, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
. The school first opened on September 12, 1951.
Providence was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
by the United States Department of Education
in 2000. It also receives accreditation from the Indiana Department of Education and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Deanery, under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
, operates Providence.
At the request ogf Most Reverend Paul C. Schulte, Archbishop of Indianapolis, Mother Marie Helene Franey
of the Sisters of Providence
, located at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana since 1840, agreed that the sisters would own and operate the school. Following ground breaking on March 21, 1951, and cornerstone laying on June 12 of that year, the first freshman class entered on September 12. These 137 students came from 11 parishes in Clark, Floyd and Harrison counties. In 1973, eighteen parishes of the New Albany Deanery purchased the school.
In 1989 Our Lady of Providence began accepting junior high students (grades 7 and 8) on a limited basis. The Deanery Board created the junior high program in order to accommodate those parishes without elementary schools and/or without grades 7 and 8.
In 1996 the Our Lady of Providence Junior-Senior High Board assumed the governance responsibilities previously held by the Deanery Board.
Physical expansion of the school occurred in 1959. The Larkin Center gymnasium open in 1989. A three-floor educational wing connected the convent building and the school during the 1995-1996 school year, including a Library Media Center.
In 2000, a new façade and renovated front entrance and lobby totally changed the look of Providence. During the summer of 2003, the 4500 square feet (418.1 m²) Visual Arts wing was complete on the third floor of the Larkin Center
In August 2004, Providence hired Mrs. Joan M. Hurley to guide the school as President. She comes to us as a career business woman with a desire to further the school's mission to educate youth in the Catholic tradition.
The Vision of Faith capital campaign, conducted through 2003 and 2004 raised $4.3 million.
Driven by a $1.5 million donation by Paula Robinson '65, construction of the Sam & Paula Robinson Performing Arts Center began in August, 2005. The theatre opened with the musical production of CATS on April 21, 2006.
Completion of the James W. & Phyllis Robinson Sports Wing was driven by a generous gift from Jim & Phyllis Robinson. It was completed in time for the 2006-2007 football season.
In June 2006, Clarksville Town Council granted the school's request to change the name of the roadway in front of the school. Formerly called Old Highway 62 and West Highway 131, the school's new address is now 707 Providence Way.
The summer of 2007 brought numerous changes. The entire original 1951 portion of the school building was renovated. New wiring, lighting, ceilings, and compartmentalization of academic departments was completed in time for the 2007-08 school year to begin. The chapel was relocated in the old library space on second floor. The Ray Day Little Theatre and supporting academic classroom and theatre office space construction begun. Although incomplete until additional funding is available, the space is open to students as of January, 2008.
The Providence Theatre Department will be presenting,"Beauty and the Beast", in the Sam & Paula Robinson Performing Arts Center in April of 2011.
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Clarksville, Indiana
Clarksville, Indiana
Clarksville is a town in Clark County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River as a part of the Louisville Metropolitan area. The population was 21,724 at the 2010 census. The town, once a home site to George Rogers Clark, was founded in 1783 and is the oldest American town in the Northwest...
, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis is a division of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It was originally erected as the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana on May 6, 1834, and encompassed all of Indiana as well as the eastern third of Illinois...
. The school first opened on September 12, 1951.
Providence was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
by the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
in 2000. It also receives accreditation from the Indiana Department of Education and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
History
Our Lady of Providence is an inter-parochial, co-educational school located in Clarksville, Indiana, and serves the Southern Indiana/Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area. The New AlbanyNew Albany, Indiana
New Albany is a city in Floyd County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Kentucky. In 1900, 20,628 people lived in New Albany; in 1910, 20,629; in 1920, 22,992; and in 1940, 25,414. The population was 36,372 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of...
Deanery, under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis is a division of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It was originally erected as the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana on May 6, 1834, and encompassed all of Indiana as well as the eastern third of Illinois...
, operates Providence.
At the request ogf Most Reverend Paul C. Schulte, Archbishop of Indianapolis, Mother Marie Helene Franey
Marie Helene Franey
Mother Marie Helene Franey, S.P., was the Superior General of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana from 1948-1953. In 1952, she was appointed by the Sacred Congregation of Religious in Rome to serve on an International Commission of 40 superior generals...
of the Sisters of Providence
Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods are an apostolic congregation of Catholic women founded by Saint Theodora Guerin at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, in 1840...
, located at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana since 1840, agreed that the sisters would own and operate the school. Following ground breaking on March 21, 1951, and cornerstone laying on June 12 of that year, the first freshman class entered on September 12. These 137 students came from 11 parishes in Clark, Floyd and Harrison counties. In 1973, eighteen parishes of the New Albany Deanery purchased the school.
In 1989 Our Lady of Providence began accepting junior high students (grades 7 and 8) on a limited basis. The Deanery Board created the junior high program in order to accommodate those parishes without elementary schools and/or without grades 7 and 8.
In 1996 the Our Lady of Providence Junior-Senior High Board assumed the governance responsibilities previously held by the Deanery Board.
Physical expansion of the school occurred in 1959. The Larkin Center gymnasium open in 1989. A three-floor educational wing connected the convent building and the school during the 1995-1996 school year, including a Library Media Center.
In 2000, a new façade and renovated front entrance and lobby totally changed the look of Providence. During the summer of 2003, the 4500 square feet (418.1 m²) Visual Arts wing was complete on the third floor of the Larkin Center
In August 2004, Providence hired Mrs. Joan M. Hurley to guide the school as President. She comes to us as a career business woman with a desire to further the school's mission to educate youth in the Catholic tradition.
The Vision of Faith capital campaign, conducted through 2003 and 2004 raised $4.3 million.
Driven by a $1.5 million donation by Paula Robinson '65, construction of the Sam & Paula Robinson Performing Arts Center began in August, 2005. The theatre opened with the musical production of CATS on April 21, 2006.
Completion of the James W. & Phyllis Robinson Sports Wing was driven by a generous gift from Jim & Phyllis Robinson. It was completed in time for the 2006-2007 football season.
In June 2006, Clarksville Town Council granted the school's request to change the name of the roadway in front of the school. Formerly called Old Highway 62 and West Highway 131, the school's new address is now 707 Providence Way.
The summer of 2007 brought numerous changes. The entire original 1951 portion of the school building was renovated. New wiring, lighting, ceilings, and compartmentalization of academic departments was completed in time for the 2007-08 school year to begin. The chapel was relocated in the old library space on second floor. The Ray Day Little Theatre and supporting academic classroom and theatre office space construction begun. Although incomplete until additional funding is available, the space is open to students as of January, 2008.
The Providence Theatre Department will be presenting,"Beauty and the Beast", in the Sam & Paula Robinson Performing Arts Center in April of 2011.
Boy's sports
- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Soccer
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
& DivingDivingDiving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one... - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Track & Field
- WrestlingScholastic wrestlingScholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
Girl's sports
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- DanceDanceDance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Soccer
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
& DivingDivingDiving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one... - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Track & Field
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...