Providence Catholic High School
| Providence Catholic High School | |
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Truth ... Unity... Love
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| Address | |
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1800 West Lincoln Highway New Lenox, Illinois 60451 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°31′15″N 88°00′01″W / 41.5209°N 88.0002°WCoordinates: 41°31′15″N 88°00′01″W / 41.5209°N 88.0002°W |
| Information | |
| Type | private secondary |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1880 |
| Opened | 1962 (current building) |
| Authority | Diocese of Joliet |
| Oversight | Order of Saint Augustine |
| President | Rev. Richard McGrath, OSA |
| Principal | Dr. John Harper |
| Teaching staff | 63 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,040 (2016-2017 http://www.ihsa.org/data/school/schools/1411.htm) |
| Average class size | 23 |
| Campus size | 75 Acres |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Color(s) |
kelly green White |
| Slogan | Jesus Christ is the reason for our School |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Catholic League |
| Mascot | Charlie Celtic |
| Team name | Celtics |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | Proviscope |
| Yearbook | Kelt |
| Website | providencecatholic.org |
Providence Catholic High School (often referred to as Providence, Provi, or abbreviated PCHS) is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in New Lenox, Illinois. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Providence Catholic is a private school run by the Order of Saint Augustine and is a member of the Augustinian Secondary Education Association.. The president of Providence is Father Richard McGrath, with Dr. John Harper as its principal.
Located on Lincoln Highway (also part of U.S. Highway 30), it is known as one of the few Catholic schools in Illinois that has a self–imposed enrollment limit.
Providence Catholic High School began as St. Mary Academy for Girls, a commercial school in Joliet, Illinois run by the Sisters of Loretto. The school opened in 1880, though the original building was not opened until 1883. Eventually, academic classes were added.
In 1918, the Diocese of Joliet invited the Sisters of Providence to take over the school. On October 22 of that year, the school's name was changed to Providence High School. In 1931, the academic classes were stopped as the Great Depression took its toll on the school. In 1932, the school reverted to a two-year commercial school. A four-year secretarial program opened in 1938. Though the academic courses were reinstated after the Depression, the school building was condemned as a fire hazard in 1959 and demolished. From 1959 through 1962, the school met at St. Mary Nativity Church's parish school. A popular story in the school community is that students would visit the site of the demolished school and scavenge undamaged bricks to sell in order to raise funds for a new school which was already in development.
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