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"Outside the yellowish five-story, castle-like school building on the west side of Chicago, violence, drugs and prostitution are nearly as prevalent as pollen. The school was on lock-down twice this month because of the violence occurring nearby.
Inside that building, however, enveloped in strict discipline, demanding rules and hard work, every student who has graduated in the past 30 years has gone on to a four-year college. Every one.
The school is Providence St. Mel, once controlled by the Archdiocese of Chicago, but now a private school founded by Paul J. Adams III, the principal when the Catholic Church wanted to close it down in 1978."
"Outside the yellowish five-story, castle-like school building on the west side of Chicago, violence, drugs and prostitution are nearly as prevalent as pollen. The school was on lock-down twice this month because of the violence occurring nearby.
Inside that building, however, enveloped in strict discipline, demanding rules and hard work, every student who has graduated in the past 30 years has gone on to a four-year college. Every one.
The school is Providence St. Mel, once controlled by the Archdiocese of Chicago, but now a private school founded by Paul J. Adams III, the principal when the Catholic Church wanted to close it down in 1978."