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
