January 27, 2021 | Issue 10 |
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PHS celebrating Catholic Schools Week |
Catholic Schools Week is next week, and many traditional activities will continue. A Penny War donation competition will benefit the WHAS Crusade for Children, a school-wide food drive will benefit a local St. Vincent DePaul Society food pantry, and special dress days, including:
- Monday, Feb. 1 – Celebrating Your Parish with students, faculty and staff able to wear jeans and a T-shirt or sweatshirt representing their Deanery parish school, or spirit wear
- Tuesday, Feb. 2 – Tie Dye Tuesday, allowing tie dyed T-shirts and jeans, or spirit wear
- Wednesday, Feb. 3 – Celebrating Family, with designated colors depending on birth order – red for oldest children, yellow for middle born, and green for the youngest, with only children able to choose red or green
- Thursday, Feb. 4 – Class Masses, with students in uniform wearing shirt colors by grade level. Royal blue for seniors, navy blue for juniors, white for freshmen and sophomores
- Friday, Feb. 5 – Celebrating our School, with a free Spirit Wear Day
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School News: Homecoming & Spring Musical |
Homecoming events postponed
The Homecoming ceremony has been postponed until the final Boys Basketball game of the regular season in hopes that attendance at athletic events will no longer be restricted. The event is now scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 23, when the team hosts New Washington.
The Winter Homecoming Court includes freshmen Quentin Hesse, Brian Wall, Anne Rodewig, and Claire Glotzbach; sophomores Dylan Johnson, Jackson Bettler, Ella Unruh, and Grace Ueding; juniors Grant Williams, Ethan Kerr, Cassie Fetz, and Ella Tichy; and seniors Edward Bobkoskie, Aaron Burke, Isaac Ohlmann, Kieran Kelly, Abby Hanlon, Hannah Bisig, Ali Hornung, and Lydia Rush.
Spring musical, new dates announced
This year’s spring musical will be Footloose. Opening night has been postponed until April 9 in hopes that larger audiences will be allowed to attend.
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Senior starting college in Rome |
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Senior Zach Aurilio will be traveling further than any of his classmates for his first semester of college. He has been accepted with a scholarship offer into the Loyola University Chicago’s Rome Start program.
The selective program accepts incoming freshmen who have an interest in studying internationally. Zach will study at the university’s Rome Center just outside of the city in Italy, where he will take some of his core curriculum courses. Following that first year, he will complete his undergraduate studies at Loyola Chicago where he plans to study psychology with the goal of becoming a psychiatrist.
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Attendance restricted at extracurricular events |
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Per Clark County Health Dept. mandate, capacity at athletic events is still limited to household members of coaches and team members.
Basketball games are live streamed on the teams' Facebook pages. Some pages may require approval to join the group.:
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Sophomore is player of the week
Boys Basketball sophomore Casey Kaelin was voted GLICOD Player of the Week recently for his 22 points (including two game-winning free throws) and 10 rebounds in the Pioneers' 53-51 win over Jeffersonville earlier this month.
Wrestling sectional this weekend
The Wrestling team will compete in sectionals on Saturday, Jan. 30, at Jeffersonville High School. The team had a strong showing at the SIWC championships earlier this month, placing sixth out of 15 teams. The competition will be live broadcast on WJHI 98.5/TV 184 and http://wjhi.com.
Girls Swim in sectional next week
The Girls Swim team will compete in sectional preliminaries at Highland Middle School on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m., and no spectators are allowed. Those who qualify will advance to the finals on Feb. 6. Spectators can attend the finals but must wait in the commons area or gym until their swimmer is ready to compete. After watching their swimmer compete, spectators must return to the commons area or gym. Admission is $6.00. All events will be livestreamed on the Floyd Central Swimming Facebook page. |
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No classes Feb. 15
Faculty and staff will have a professional development day on Monday, Feb. 15, and students will not have classes unless the day is needed for snow make-up. Please also hold open April 30 for a potential snow make-up day.
These days would only be used for snow make-ups if we have an extensive number of bad weather days and faculty members believe that some classroom time is needed for instructional purposes beyond our virtual instruction days.
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Incoming 9th grade registration offers options
Registration for incoming freshmen for the 2021-’22 school year will not include a large gathering this year due to COVID-19. Options for the student’s registration process include:
- An in-person socially distanced and masked meeting with a PHS administrator, a counselor or an Academic Council member
- A virtual meeting with a PHS administrator, counselor, or an Academic Council member
- An informal email/phone registration for families who are familiar with our processes
If you have questions concerning the online portion of the enrollment process, please contact the Business Office (financial questions, ext. 317), IT Office (technical questions, ext. 321), or the Main Office, (procedural questions, ext. 130).
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Reunion planning for 2021
Classes with graduation years ending in 1 and 6 may be planning for their reunions this year, and some were held over form last year. If you don't see your class below and would like to help or need more information, contact Krissy (Beyl) Van Laan at kvanlaan@providencehigh.net.
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1960: 60-year reunion now Aug. 21, 2021, Calumet Club in New Albany. Full information will be made available on our class website, www.olp1960.com.
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1974: Save the date for this year's reunion on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Email ProvidencePioneers1974@gmail.com with questions.
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1980: 40 Year Reunion will be rescheduled for spring or summer 2021. Please contact Chris or Ann (Kaiser) Day for details (Chris 812.989.3268 or Ann 502.396.9943).
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2011: Planning has begun for 10-year reunion to be held in 2021. For more information or to help plan, contact Clancy Hauber at clancyhauber@gmail.com or 812.987.1729.
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Class of '80 grad finds comfort in cooking |
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Ha “Haley” Nguyen ’80 has made a career out of her love for cooking, and thanks to her son Ryan Tran’s acting career, her story was featured in a King Arthur Flour commercial and blog post. The blog post, “A recipe that echoes across generations: It's connected my family from Vietnam to America,” went up on Dec. 28, 2020, and shares how Tran and Nguyen each got started cooking. |
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Jan. 25-31: 2021 Virtual Gala
Feb. 1: Appointments for incoming freshmen registration begin
Feb. 1-5: Catholic Schools Week
Feb. 9-12: Senior Retreat
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A prayer when we put on our mask: |
Creator,
as I prepare to go into the world,
help me to see the sacrament
in the wearing of this cloth—
let it be "an outward sign
of an inward grace"—
a tangible and visible way of living
love for my neighbors,
as I love myself.
Christ,
since my lips will be covered,
uncover my heart,
that people would see my smile
in the crinkles around my eyes.
Since my voice may be muffled,
help me to speak clearly,
not only with my words,
but with my actions.
Holy Spirit,
As the elastic touches my ears,
remind me to listen carefully—
and full of care—
to all those I meet.
May this simple piece of cloth be
shield and banner,
and each breath that it holds,
be filled with your love.
In your Name and
in that love,
I pray.
Amen
— Rev. Dr. Richard Bott
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