pioneer Newsbriefs
Broadway Revue Raises Funds For Choir Expenses
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Friday, October 2nd, The Performing Arts Department kicked off its season of “New Horizons.” The Annual Broadway Revue is the first of five main stage performances featuring the Providence High Arts Choral & Drama students. It was a wonderful evening filled with music, dancing, fine dining, and scenes from some of Broadway's biggest hits. Not only was it an amazing performance by the students, more than $5,000 in profit was raised which will help to support the choral program’s travel expenses. All of Providence’s choral ensembles will be performing in numerous music festivals and competitions. Les Dames, Los Caballeros, and Pioneer Chorus will be singing at the Music in the Parks competition at the Disneyland Resort, and Providence Singers is scheduled to compete in the National Heritage Competition in Honolulu.
Seniors Begin Academic Year With a New Tradition
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Griffith Park Observatory on August 29th to partake in a new tradition of watching the sunrise together. The sunrise symbolizes energy, warmth, creative vitality, hope, and new beginnings. The Senior Class officers gathered their classmates together to see the beauty of a sunrise together and reflect on their dreams for a successful senior year. Maria Benedicto ‘16 and Chris Lingat ‘16 led everyone in prayer asking for strength and unity. Seniors wrote letters to themselves reflecting on their hopes for the year which were placed in a “senior time capsule.” At the end of the school year seniors will gather to watch the sunset, open up their time capsule, and reflect on the wonderful memories created during the 2015-2016 school year. embers of the senior class gathered at the
“The Senior Sunrise is a great new tradition that was introduced this year into Providence, and I believe that since our class was the first to experience it, it has special meaning, and it definitely got my classmates excited to participate. It was so symbolic, how at the beginning of our year we all watched the sunrise. I think it definitely showed how united and loyal we are to each other. Not many people would be willing to get up at 5 A.M. and drive in the cold just to watch the sunrise for an hour, but the class of 2016 was, and I believe that demonstrates how the Senior Sunrise was able to bring the Senior Class together at the beginning of our final year together.” - Brigitte Solarzano ‘16
Special Guests Visit Medical Focus Program Students
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(Dr.) Jack McCarthy, 2015 Mission Doctor of the Year, and Ms. Elise Frederick, Director of the Mission Doctors Organization, spent a day at PHS on October 20th to speak to students in the Medical Focus Program about global health and serving the needs of the poor and vulnerable.
“The Senior Sunrise was an opportunity to bond with one another and to enjoy each other’s company. We reminisced about our past three years at Providence and discussed the knowledge and experience we’ve gained. We played, we prayed, and we laughed as the sky changed from darkness to light. The Senior Sunrise united us as a class and made for a great start to our senior year.”
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Fr. Jack has been serving for more than 30 years in rural Peru as a Mission Doctor, bringing smiles to hundreds of people through compassionate work in the field of medicine and surgery.
- Rachel Camonayan ‘16 Pioneer Connections
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