Teachers

June 4, 2024

A Brief Charge to Senior Boys Graduating from Providence

David Bryant CCE, Hellos and Goodbyes, Inspiration, Teachers

On May 17 Providence celebrated its seniors at the Senior Day Assembly. The whole school, along with families and friends, gathered to thank God for the Class of 2024, to remember their journey, and to look forward to their future. At the Senior Day Assembly each year two members of the faculty deliver solemn charges […]

September 19, 2022

Learning From My Mistakes

David Bryant CCE, Parents, Teachers, The Christian Life

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! ——————— […]

May 23, 2022

Does Learning End When the School Year Ends?

David Bryant Parents, Summer, Teachers

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. […]

February 11, 2022

Of Filters and Paideia

David Bryant CCE, Parents, Teachers

In his book What Great Teachers Do Differently, author Todd Whitaker writes, Teachers are the filters for the day-to-day reality of school. Whether we are aware of it or not, our behavior sets the tone. If students overhear us whining and complaining about something, it may be the talk of the school for days even […]

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