Expected Student Outcomes

Providence Academy equips students to achieve academic excellence and spiritual maturity through a biblically-based, Christ-centered, classical education, so they will think and live in a manner which brings glory to God.

Students are equipped to achieve spiritual maturity by:

• Growing in their personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Knowing, understanding, and applying God’s Word in their daily lives
• Personally responding to and carrying out the Great Commission locally and around the world in a culturally sensitive manner
• Participating in a church community, serving God and others
• Pursuing a life of faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love, in reliance on the Holy Spirit.
• Possessing apologetic skills to defend their faith
• Articulating and defending a Christian worldview while having a basic understanding of opposing worldviews (Phil. 4:8, Phil. 2:5-8; I Pet. 2:13-15; Prov. 20:11)
• Exhibiting biblical discernment and discretion in decision making

Students are equipped to achieve academic excellence by:

• Possessing skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking appropriate for college and/or the professional workplace
• Displaying proficiency in mathematics and science appropriate for college and/or the professional workplace
• Possessing knowledge and understanding of people, events, movements in history and the cultures of other peoples and places
• Valuing intellectual inquiry and an open, honest exchange of ideas
• Exhibiting questioning, analysis, and problem-solving skills, which enables them to make logical and wise decisions
• Developing rhetoric skills, including writing and defending an arguable thesis
• Knowing how to utilize resources—including technology—to find, analyze, and evaluate information
• Appreciating the natural environment and practice responsible stewardship of God’s creation
• Appreciating literature and the arts and understanding how creative works express and shape beliefs and values (Ps. 139:13-16; Neh. 8:8; I Thess. 5:21; Rom. 13:1, 2, 4; Ps. 24:1)
• Articulating distinctions among competing worldviews and evaluating them in terms of a biblical perspective

Students will think and live in a manner that bring glory to God by:

• Appreciating the worth of every human being as created in the image of God
• Respecting and relating appropriately and with integrity to the people with whom they work, play, and live
• Appreciating the languages and cultures of other peoples
• Exhibiting stewardship of their finances, time (including discretionary time), and other personal resources
• Displaying essential values in life: integrity, work ethic, respect for authority, self-control, maturity, and care for the less fortunate
• Demonstrating an understanding of the body as “the temple of the Holy Spirit” through applying concepts of lifetime fitness, stress management, and healthy nutrition