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The Providence Effect is a 2009 documentary film directed by Rollin Binzer about the transformation of the Chicago K-12 public school Providence St. Mel from a typical "inner city" school to a top tier institution. It had its world premier at the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival in Zurich.
The school was created in 1969 with the merger of two schools, Providence High School and St. Mel High School.In 1978 the Archdiocese of Chicago decided to close it. The principal, Paul J. Adams III, and administrators of the school chose instead to operate it as an independent school, after the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, owners of the school building, agreed to sell it ...
Mother Mary Raphael Slattery, S.P., (January 17, 1863 – September 9, 1940) was the superior general of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, from 1926 to 1938.
Sister Loretta Schafer, S.P., (April 17, 1917 – February 19, 1998) was the Superior General of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, from 1976 to 1981. In 1977, she worked with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to develop and construct the Maryvale Retirement Complex at Saint Mary-of-the ...
Dedio then co-produced the documentary The Providence Effect about the school Providence St. Mel, where President Obama was a community organizer [clarification needed] before becoming President of the United States.
The following is a list of Illinois High School Association member conferences.Schools that belong to these conferences compete with each other on a local level in athletics and non-athletic activities.
Hamilton was a dominant high school basketball player at Chicago's Providence St. Mel, where he led the Knights to four consecutive IHSA boys' sectional championships from 1982 to 1985, three consecutive "Elite-Eight" appearances from 1983 to 1985 as well as appearances in the "Final-Four" in 1984 and a state championship in 1985.
East Garfield Park is a neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, west of the Loop.. Taking its name from the large urban park, Garfield Park, the neighborhood is bordered by the Union Pacific railroad tracks on the north, Arthington and Taylor Streets on the south, Hamlin Avenue and Independence Boulevard to the west, and Rockwell Street to the east.