faculty profile: Andrew Bencze ‘89
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r. Andrew Bencze moved to the Los Angeles area just before entering junior high where he attended St. Dominic’s in Eagle Rock. He then went on to attend Providence High School where he played basketball for four years, graduating in 1989. He earned his B.A. in History from California State University Northridge and M.A. in European Intellectual and Cultural History at the University of London. It was during his time at CSUN that he began working at Providence High School as a coach and became heavily involved in the Kairos Retreat program. He was hired as the first of many alumni to come back and teach at his alma mater by longtime principal Sr. Lucille Dean, SP. Mr. Bencze has taught many classes at Providence across a range of subjects, including Freshman English, Physical Education and World History. In 1999 his high school coach, mentor, and friend, Athletic Director Paul Sutton, passed away after a long battle with cancer and he assumed the role of Athletic Director, a position he still holds today.
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