Providence Catholic High School

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Providence Catholic High School
Established	1962
Type	Roman Catholic, Augustinian, Private secondary
Students	1150
Grades	9–12
Location	New Lenox, Illinois USA
Mascot	Celtics
Yearbook	Kelt
Newspaper	Proviscope
Website	http://www.providencecatholic.org

Providence Catholic High School is located in New Lenox, Illinois.

Providence Catholic is a private school run by the Augustinians. Neighboring schools in New Lenox include Lincoln Way East and Lincoln Way Central. The president of Providence is Father Richard McGrath, with Mr. Don Sebestyen as its principal.

1 Academics
2 Athletics
3 Notable alumni
- 3.1 Sport
- 3.2 Entertainment
4 External links

[edit] Academics

The academic grading scale of Providence Catholic grading scale runs differently than that of neighboring high schools. Its academic rigor also differs from some other schools as Providence is a college prep high school. This also means that certain vocational courses provided at other schools are not available, such as cooking, auto mechanics, and sewing.

[edit] Athletics

Providence has a total of 24 state championships in sports including; wrestling, football, girls track, baseball, cheerleading and boys basketball. This is more than any other private school in the state of Illinois.^{[citation needed]} The wrestling team has 6 consecutive state championships from 1997-2002 making it the first Illinois wrestling team to ever achieve this goal.^{[citation needed]} Matt Seffner was the head football coach from 1968 to 2005 and also holds the record for most wins as a football coach in Illinois.^{[citation needed]} Mark Coglianese recently took over Seffner's position after he retired in 2005. Providence won 4 straight games: Bishop McNamara, Fenwick High School, Brother Rice, and DeLaSalle. PCHS beat the undefeated #1 seed of East St. Louis (11-1) at East St. Louis (11/10/06) [1]They claim nine state titles, the most recent in 2004, and boast the two longest winning streaks in Illinois high school football.