Providence Academy’s Core Values
Core Value #1: Discipleship Model
As a "Discipleship Model" of a Christian school, Providence Academy's commitment is to the education of children from Christian families. In order for our curricular objectives to be accomplished it is important that the home, the church, and the school be communicating the same message to the children in regards to who God is, the purposes for which He has created us, how we should treat others, and what things are honoring and dishonoring to God. This continuity of message, which hopes to ensure less confusion on the part of the child, enables the school to go about its business of providing a quality Christian education to its students.
Core Value #2: A Christ Centered Education
- Teaches all subjects as part of an integrated whole with the Scriptures at the center
- Provides a clear model of the Biblical, Christian life through our staff and board
- Encourages every student to begin and develop their relationship with God the Father through Jesus Christ
- Declares that knowledge is made complete only when seen and understood in relation to the eternal glory and purposes of the triune God.
- Emphasizes that each aspect of our educational endeavor is founded upon and informed by a thoroughly biblical worldview.
Core Value #3: Classical Methodology
- Emphasizes the methodology of the Trivium - grammar, logic, and rhetoric - in all subjects (Grammar - the fundamental rules of each subject; Logic - the ordered relationship of particulars in each subject; Rhetoric - how the grammar and logic of each subject may be clearly expressed)
- Promotes the term “classical education” in the context of the classical search for wisdom and virtue through the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty.
- Emphasizes and seeks to preserve and pass to successive generations the richness of our Western cultural heritage.
- Encourages all students to develop a love for learning and to live up to their academic potential
- Provides an orderly atmosphere conducive to the attainment of the above goals
Core Value #4: In Loco Parentis
ProvidenceAcademy recognizes that God has established spheres of earthly authority, including the family. He has entrusted specifically to parents the responsibility to educate their children (Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Ephesians 6:4). Therefore, Providence Academy is established to operate as an extension of the family to cooperatively assist parents to carry out their God-given educational duty (in loco parentis – in the place of the parent) by providing the particular type of Christian education outlined in the school’s by-laws and mission statement. |
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.