Our Lady of Providence Junior-Senior High School
| Our Lady of Providence Junior-Senior High School |
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707 Providence Way Clarksville, Indiana 47129-1599 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°18′22″N 85°47′2″W / 38.30611°N 85.78389°WCoordinates: 38°18′22″N 85°47′2″W / 38.30611°N 85.78389°W |
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| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1951 |
| President | Stephen Williamson |
| Principal | Melinda Ernstberger |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Enrollment | 587 (2013-2014) |
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| Nickname | Pioneers |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Tuition | $10,150 - $11,590 |
| Website | Official Website |
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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.
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 Albany Deanery, under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis, operates Providence.
At the request of Paul C. Schulte, Archbishop of Indianapolis, 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.
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