PALADIN PROUD Newsletter

March 2025

Thank you to everyone who donated to our school-wide MLK Day of Service in January and braved the cold to help assemble shelf-stable lunches for Houston-area preschool children in partnership with Kids Meals Houston. With your help, we surpassed our goal and assembled more than 2,000 lunch bags! Thank you also to the PCS National Honor Society and parent volunteers who organized this service day so that our school family could impact our culture for Christ. To God be the glory!

Congratulations to the PCS Mock Trial team on a fantastic showing at the State competition, hosted by the Dallas Bar Association last weekend. Not only did the Paladins finish 10th out of the 24 Texas high schools (both public and private) who made it to State, but they also were voted by their fellow competitors to receive the highly-prized Professionalism Award! In addition, freshman Brinley Stratton and junior Luke Williamson were both nominated for Best Witness, and Luke Williamson was also nominated for Best Advocate! Senior Rachel Henry competed separately at State in the courtroom artist competition after winning the courtroom artist category at Regionals. We are incredibly proud of these talented and hard-working students. Thank you to our amazing coaches, Daniel Chrosniak and Josh Fuchs, and to our dedicated Mock Trial parents. To God be the glory!

Pictured: Luci Ruffing (9th), Brinley Stratton (9th), Patience Towers (9th), Rachel Henry (12th), Annelise Parker (12th), Hannah Kleppel (12th), Price Jenkins (11th), Sam Bachelder (11th), Luke Williamson (11th), Alex Fuchs (10th), Savannah Goodwin (9th)

Not Pictured: Alternates William Bruce (10th), Ava Jones (9th), Naomi Joseph (9th), Sarah Kleppel (9th), Jax Pickle (10th), Turner Young (10th), Coach Daniel Chrosniak, Coach Josh Fuchs 

The PCS Swim Team had a fantastic showing at the State meet in February. Every team member qualified to compete at State in an individual event (for the first time ever), and our girls team finished 5th with only four swimmers! Thank you to our phenomenal coaches and parents for supporting these student-athletes. To God be the glory!

Back Row: Athletic Director Melvin Roberts, Coach Kyle Scott, Coach Stephanie Craig, †Cambry Wick (10th), *†Hannah Wylie-Young (12th)
Front Row: Kaeden Beno (10th), Alex Wylie-Young (10th), *†Peyton Smith (11th), †Savannah Goodwin (10th)

Top-10 finishers:
50y Freestyle: 2nd place Hannah Wylie-Young; 8th place Savannah Goodwin
100y Backstroke: 8th place Savannah Goodwin; 9th place Cambry Wick
100y Butterfly: 9th place Peyton Smith
100y Freestyle: 7th place Hannah Wylie-Young
200y Medley Relay: 4th place team (Savannah Goodwin, Peyton Smith, Cambry Wick, Hannah Wylie-Young)
200y Freestyle Relay: 2nd place team (Savannah Goodwin, Peyton Smith, Cambry Wick, Hannah Wylie-Young)

*TAPPS Academic All-State
†TAPPS 2nd Team All-State

Congratulations to our Varsity Boys and Varsity Girls Basketball teams, who both played in TAPPS Area playoff games against Lutheran High School - San Antonio! Our boys team won 66-58 in overtime in front of a large home fan base. Our girls team lost, but we are incredibly proud of these ladies and thankful for all our coaches and families. To God be the glory!

Boys Team: Garrett Mahler (11th), Wesley Sotiropoulos (11th), Nathan Hay (10th), Nick Guajardo (10th), Dylen Smith (10th), Gavin Collins (11th), Kolton Lynch (12th), Joshua Foudy (11th), Eli Zuniga (10th), Brayden Smith (10th), Coach Melvin Roberts (with son Ryder), Chase Jones (11th)

Girls Team: Coach DJ Thomas, Hope Monsivaiz (11th), Angie Dupu (9th), Camber Brown (10th), Lexa Lancaster (9th), Kennedy Lynch (12th), Lillian Wenger (9th), Esterlyn Marusik (11th), Emma Hoffmeyer (9th), Volunteer Coach Rebecca Matroni

*TAPPS All-District
†TAPPS Academic All-State

Congratulations to our string and recorder musicians who competed at the TAPPS Solo & Ensemble competition! All of our strings players earned a Superior “I” rating on their individual solos. In addition, our Recorder Ensemble received a Superior “I” rating on their quartet. Thank you to Mrs. Laurilyn Butin who teaches and directs our strings players and to Mr. Wade Butin who leads our recorder ensemble. We love hearing our Paladins bring glory to God through music!

Strings: Ava Jones (9th), Sadie Lundberg (8th), Alex Wylie-Young (10th), Leila Powers (12th), Ella Hicks (8th), Mrs. Laurilyn Butin, Wesley Sotiropoulos (11th - not pictured)

Recorder Ensemble: Kaeden Beno (10th), Joshua Foudy (11th), Sam Bachelder (11th), Susanna Bachelder (7th), Mr. Wade Butin (not pictured)

We’re thrilled to announce that our marketing firm Tassel, in collaboration with our PCS Advancement Team, has won GOLD at the 2024 InspirED School Marketers Brilliance Awards! This award celebrates our school’s incredible new brand and the collaboration between our teams. Here’s a peek at what the judges had to say:
**“Providence Classical's new logo gives me both classic and modern vibes — which is a challenge many educational brands can't successfully solve.”
**“Love the fluid letterform lock-up that suggests a shield without being too obvious. A unique and memorable solution.”
What a privilege to have our new look honored in this way!

Congratulations to senior Henry Stevens on earning the title of Merit Scholar in the National Merit Scholarship Program! More than 1.3 million high school students take the PSAT/NMSQT test at the beginning of their junior year to enter this academic competition for recognition and scholarships. Fewer than 1% of high school seniors nationwide are selected as semi-finalists and go on to complete a detailed scholarship application. Fewer than half of the finalists selected from these applications receive National Merit scholarships. Well done, Henry!

PCS senior Kennedy Lynch was selected by teachers to be awarded the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Good Citizen Award sponsored by the Heritage Trails Chapter. This program and scholarship contest is intended to encourage and reward an outstanding member of the senior class who demonstrates the following qualities of good citizenship: Dependability, Service, Leadership, and Patriotism. Congratulations to Kennedy!

The Rotary Club of Houston has selected PCS juniors Santiago Martinez and Ellie Lancaster to attend Camp Enterprise in April. Camp Enterprise is a three-day, all-expenses-paid experience designed to teach high school juniors about leadership, teamwork, economic principles, and business trends. Participants can earn partial scholarships to the college of their choice. Candidates for the program are selected based on their academic record, service to the community, interest in business and entrepreneurship, and personal values. Congratulations, Ellie and Santiago!

American Legion Boys & Girls State are summer leadership and citizenship programs for high school juniors that focus on exploring American government and politics. This participatory educational program allows students to run for office and become part of the operation of local, county, and state governments. Congratulations to PCS 11th graders Sam Bachelder, Price Jenkins, Ellie Lancaster, Wesley Sotiropoulos, and Luke Williamson, who will participate in Texas Boys & Girls State this summer!

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