The Power of Habits for Parents
Your job, parents is like that of a farmer: plant, cultivate, tend, water … and wait. The fruits of your familial husbandry are in the hands of the Lord, the Author of salvation and the Giver of grace. Classical Christian educators, likewise, join parents in the faith-filled work of a farmer: diligently planting the seeds […]
Prepare the Way
At the beginning of something new, it’s always an opportune time to pause, give thanks, and consider how to be faithful to the Lord as you proceed. With the start of Advent, a new church year has begun. Pause with me to consider the words of John Piper as he calls us to “Prepare the Way” for […]
Why We Sing
All students in PreK through 12th grade study music at Providence, and we don’t make any apologies for doing so. Instead, we view instruction in music as essential, a high priority. Why? First, we could never in good conscience call ourselves an institution of education if we didn’t provide instruction in music. In fact, Plato wrote, […]
Learning From My Mistakes
Here is a message I have shared with both the Grammar School students and the Logic/Rhetoric School students in their assemblies in the last week. It’s something that students need to hear and that both teachers and parents need to reinforce over and over again. In fact, we ourselves need to hear this message! ——————— […]
E=R3WCG
Here’s a thought experiment: If you described education using an equation, what would it be? This is what former editor of WORLD magazine Marvin Olasky set out to do in an article from 2015. Our vision at Providence Classical Christian School lines up wonderfully with Mr. Olasky’s education equation, so I commend it to you. ————- […]
What Education Is
Here’s a novel thought: let’s know what education is before we try to do it. And here’s another novel thought (ironic as it might be): education for the future needs to be formed by the past. This is to say that innovation for innovation’s sake in education is nothing more than planned obsolescence, with consequences in both time and eternity for the […]
Welcome, Mrs. Keri Wagstaff!
Providence Classical Christian School is pleased to welcome Mrs. Keri Wagstaff to its faculty for the 2022-23 school year. Mrs. Wagstaff will serve both as Physical Education Teacher and also as Admissions Director, a new position this fall. Mrs. Wagstaff and her husband Channing are the proud parents of two boys: Cameron and Jayden, who […]
Does Learning End When the School Year Ends?
Does learning end when the school year ends? I have a realistic answer to that question, but also an aspirational one. First, the realistic, born of 3 decades of working with young people: for most, probably, yes. I get it, school is hard work, and it’s good to take a break. New season, new rhythm. Lessons are out and pools […]
Welcome, Mrs. Laurin Boeving
Providence Classical Christian School is happy to introduce Mrs. Laurin Boeving as 4th grade teacher for 2022-23. Before moving to Georgia, Mrs. Boeving spent a number of years in the classroom, most recently as a reading specialist, and is excited to use her teaching gifts once again as she joins the Providence faculty. Mrs. Boeving and her […]
Navigating the new world with our families
In James chapter 1 we read, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” And in Proverbs we read, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom.” We need wisdom, we need to ask for wisdom, and […]
