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Angels By: Sarah Tovar Table of Contents

Page 1 Angels

Upcoming Events

Hit the Lights, Providence

Page 2 Bring It On, Broadway

Soccer Season

Skirt Lengths

Comic

Page 3 Poll - Holiday Edition

Around the Corner

Ask Penny Provet

Page 4 Meet the Journalism Team!

The Original Instagram

On November 18th,

angels appeared and

watched over a beau-

tifully lit

Providence.

The magnificent

event began with the

Button Band’s angelic

playing of “Angels We

Have Heard on High”.

They continued their

lovely performance

with “Feliz Navidad”,

“We Wish You A Merry

Christmas” and

“Jingle Bells”.

When the band

finished playing,

Progressions took

center stage, radi-

antly dancing to

“Resolve”.

After Progres-

sions, came the pres-

tigious Provet Choir

and the marvelous

Marian Choristers,

sang “Have Your-

self A Merry Little

Christmas” remind-

ing us of how

“faithful friends

who are dear to us

gather near to us”

for this momentous

occasion. Next, the

Show Choir expressed

their hope for

Providence to have

“Happy Holidays”.

Finally, Marian

Choristers just needed

to tell us, “We Need A

Little Christmas”

before ending the

musical section of the

program. Between acts,

Logan Glick and Allyson

Grubbs were in the

limelight as the

hostesses. Whether it

was making jokes or

keeping the audience

involved, the crowd

loved them. The two

girls then asked for

the “Class of 1972” to

come up and announce

the countdown for the

lights. The place

magically lit up and

looked as if tiny,

bright angels were

among us. As a

finale, Santa

came in the

sheriff’s car

to greet the

small

children and

find out what

presents they

want for Christ-

mas.

According to

Webster’s dictionary,

an angel is a kind and

lovable person,

someone who manifests

goodness, purity, and

selflessness. If you

have any of these

characteristics then

you are an angel! Ask

yourself - do you have

what it takes to be an

angel?

An example of an

angel would be the

person who helped

Sister Rose Ann. We

don’t know this angel,

but what we do know is

that she helped

Sister Rose in the

Grande Valley when she

was poor. She was

given a home and a

place where she could

practice her

ministries in the

1970s. She said,

“Although there was no

furniture in their

house, there was

food.” This angels was

very helpful and

caring to her.

Other great exam-

ples closer to home

are our very own Mrs.

Tamez and Mrs. Montez.

They put smiles on our

faces when needed,

medicate the ill, feed

the hungry (i.e.

students that forget

their lunch money),

confirm our

attendance and ensure

that school traffic

runs seamlessly

through our front

doors.

Our own angels

have also seen some

angels, otherwise

known as Provet

parents. Mrs. Tamez

stated that parents

come in all the time

to help here at

Providence. In fact,

parents were the ones

who decorated the

lobby for Christmas.

Thank you parents,

for all that you do.

Mrs. Montez then

added that she sees

student angels all

the time. When there

is someone in need,

there is always some-

one to help, whether

it be carrying a fel-

low student’s book or

organizing goat

sales.

Mrs. Flores said

she sees angelic acts

at our school also,

especially when we

have girls shadowing.

She says the Provets

are so welcoming.

They take a special

interest in ensuring

that the shadows have

an amazing day. The

entire Providence

community sets a

welcoming environ-

ment. “Everyone

helps, you don’t see

that everywhere,”

adds Mrs. Flores.

Now ask

yourself, what can

you do to be like

these angels?

There are many

ways you can help

out:

♦ Tutor at your

sibling’s school

♦ Help at the local

Food Bank

♦ Donate warm

clothing

♦ Wear a smile; it’s

contagious

♦ Go Christmas

Caroling in your

community

Any small kind

acts can make you an

angel.

Our lovely office ladies, Mrs. Tamez and

Mrs. Montez

Hit the Lights, Providence By Nadia Jimenez

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This is the monologue performed

by eight grader, Gabby Trevino

during the Performing Arts as-

sembly. Enjoy!

This morning, I was walk-

ing down the hallway when this

girl passed by me. Her skirt was

down to her ankles. She is obvi-

ously training to become a nun.

Then, there was this other girl,

and her skirt was 3.2 inches

above the back of her knee! Can

you believe it?

And, of course, my skirt

was the perfect length: 2.5 inches

off the back of my knee. Long

enough for people not to think

I’m a go-go dancer, but short

enough to give the nuns a heart

a.ack.

I’ve got skirt lengths down

to a science. I don’t have my skirt

at exactly 3 inches because the

teacher (with their decreasing

eyesight due to age) would meas-

ure it 3.01 inches, and hand me a

deten4on slip faster than I could

rip my hem out. I also don’t want

to be a prude and have a skirt

down to my ankles like that one

girl, so my 2.5 inches is just right!

Therefore, my superb skirt

length is the absolute only way to

ensure that I have a topnotch ed-

uca4on, graduate as

valedictorian, get into Harvard,

be valedictorian again, get job

that pays 6 figures, marry a good

Catholic boy, and (just like my

perfect skirt length) have 2.5

perfect Catholic children.

By: Gabriela Trevino

Skirt Lengths

While the rest of

us were gobbling up

some turkey, the Junior

Varisty Soccer team,

led by Coach Edgar

Gonzalez and assisted

by Coach Veronika

Gutierrez and Coach Dan

Orosco, played during

Thanksgiving Break.

Karley Rosales

made the winning goal

against Antonian that

game. The score was two

to zero. Great Job,

Provets!

During the next

two months, the

Providence Soccer Team

will continue to play

against challenging JV

and Varsity opponents.

SPORTS

By: Sabrina Casares

Seniors, enjoy-

ing their last year

playing soccer for

Providence, are

Mariana Cortinas,

Lauren Zambrano,

Alyssa Castillo and

Erin Biedeger. These

four athletes will

certainly be missed.

Please come

support your

Providence soccer

team by attending an

exciting game!

Additional infor-

mation about the

schedule can be found

on Edline or on the

“Soccer Locker.”

Soccer Season

On the night of

December 6, 2012, the

Show Choir, Marian

Choristers, 6th

grade, and the 8th

grade drama and

choir, took the

audience on a journey

through Broadway. The

choir concert, titled

“Holidays on

Broadway,” was full

of classic Broadway

songs and lots of

joy.

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By: Jordan Elizondo

“It was entertaining

and I really liked

the costumes. Also,

the 6th graders did

an amazing job,”

says middle school

teacher Ms. Hahn. I

thought that it was

spectacular!” ex-

claims Mrs. Waugh.

It was an amazing

show. Great job

ladies!

Sketch by Abby Gerrish

Falling For Sarah’s Comic

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Polls at Providence By: Lauren Sanchez

As the Providence

community can tell,

It’s beginning to look

a lot like Christmas.

So, it must be time

for the Christmas

poll.

The theme of this

poll was “Favorite

things at Christmas

time.”

Poll options:

� Seeing family

� Getting presents

Although there

were only two options,

many students took it

upon themselves to

pencil in their

favorite things.

Seeing your

Family received 97

votes making it the

obvious winner.

Getting Christmas

presents received only

How do I make better

friends?

In order to make

good friends, you have

to be a good friend.

Find people that you

have things in common

with. Start a

conversation about

something you both

enjoy and build on

that. Show them your

true personality; be

yourself. Good friends

are the people that

accept you for who you

are or who you want to

be. The key to making

good and lasting

friends is to have a

nice attitude towards

everyone.

How do we get all

students to follow

rules on using cell

phones during school

time?

Some students

don’t follow the rules

on using cell phones

because they assume

they aren’t going to

get caught. In order to

stop students from

using cell phones, ALL

faculty and staff

should enforce the cell

phone use policy. Not

to mention, I

personally get a little

frightened when I see

Mr. Gonzalez or Ms.

Scruggs walk into a

classroom and ask to

check our bags.

Hint, Hint

23 votes.

When the votes

were counted, the

Provue staff won-

dered if everyone

was being honest.

Last but not

least, 22 filled in

in their favorite

Christmas things

such as:

� Christmas music

� Waiting for

Santa Claus

� Playing with your

Christmas

presents

� No school

� Tree decoration

I hope this

article gets every

body in the

Christmas spirit!

Merry Christmas,

Provets.

Penny Provet*

*Penny Provet is not a licensed

therapist or counselor

Seeing your family 69%

Ge=ng presents 16%

Other 15%

Movie to Watch:

Based on the worldwide

best-selling book City

of Bones, a seemingly

ordinary teenager,

Clary Fray (Lily Col-

lins), discovers she is

the descendant of a

line of Shadowhunters,

a secret team of young

half-angel warriors

locked in an ancient

battle to protect our

world from demons.

After the disap-

pearance of her mother

(Lena Headey), Clary

must join forces with a

group of Shadowhunters,

who introduce her to a

dangerous alternate New

York called “Downworld,

filled with demons,

warlocks, vampires,

werewolves and other

deadly creatures.

“The Mortal In-

struments series is a

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story world that I

(would) love to live

in. Beautiful” says

Stephenie Meyer.

The movie is to

come out on August 23rd

2013, so to all those

who would like to watch

it, get ready for a

wonderful adventure

through romance,

mystery and action.

Book to read: Marie

Lu wrote the dystopian

story “Legend” which is

about a futuristic

United States, in which

a 15-year old girl

named June is hired to

hunt down a famous

15-year old boy

criminal named Day.

Caught in the

ultimate game of cat

and mouse, Day is in a

race for his family's

survival, while June

seeks to avenge her

brother’s death.

I myself have

read the book and

think it’s a great

dystopian story.

I definitely

recommend you read

this book if you

liked The Hunger

Games series.

That’s all for

this issue’s Around

the Corner and I hope

all of you have a

Merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year !

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CHRISTMAS!CHRISTMAS!CHRISTMAS!CHRISTMAS!By Merritt Voit

There is a very wide va-

riety of Christmas movies out

there. One of my personal fa-

vorites is called, A Dog Named

Christmas. In the film, a 20

year old boy named Todd fac-

es mental challenges. His fam-

ily lives on a working farm and

Todd has always wanted a

dog but his father refuses.

Around Christmas time,

their local humane society

hosts a “Take a Dog Home for

the Holidays” adoption event.

Todd’s father finally agrees

and they adopt a dog and

name him Christmas. Todd

promises his dad that Christ-

mas will go back to the shelter

as soon as the holiday season

is over. When the season is

over Todd reminds his dad

that it was time to take Christ-

mas back after they have all

grown close to Christmas.

Will Todd’s father have

a change of heart and let the

family keep Christmas, or will

he take him back to the shel-

ter and leave him alone?

By: Sha�a Chaundhry

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