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Online Parent Meeting: iPad Selection Presentation

May 13, 2013 by admin | Posted In: Connected Learning, General Information
Online Parent Meeting: iPad Selection Presentation

Full Screen: Click the button with four arrows at the bottom-right of the video Submit Your iPad Selection to the School: Online iPad Selection Form

Providence Hall Holds Inaugural AP Summit

May 8, 2013 by Elaine Rottman | Posted In: Academics, Did You Know, Events
Providence Hall Holds Inaugural AP Summit

Did you know that Providence Hall students can earn college credit or advanced placement while still in high school? The Advanced Placement (AP) tests offered through the College Board make this opportunity available to any Providence Hall student who is interested in taking an exam. Last Friday, May 3, Providence Hall held its first AP… read more »

Learning Spanish Tenses with all the Senses

May 1, 2013 by Elaine Rottman | Posted In: Academics, Connected Learning, Did You Know
Learning Spanish Tenses with all the Senses

Did you know? Attending one of Mrs. Sarah Bentley’s Spanish classes at Providence Hall is as much fun as a Cinco de Mayo fiesta! Her classroom is decked with vividly colored posters, piñatas, and sombreros. Lively class activities incorporate music, videos, food, costumes, and competitive games. Even quizzes and homework are interactive and engaging using… read more »

Students Lead Walk4Water Team

April 25, 2013 by Elaine Rottman | Posted In: Events, Student Life
Students Lead Walk4Water Team

Providence Hall students Carys Davies, Luke Schurmer, Ben Brymer, and several others are leading an effort to raise money to provide clean water to children and families in need in places like Honduras, Haiti, and Africa. These service-minded students are recruiting members of the Providence Hall community to join the school team in the Walk4Water… read more »

The Truth about Critical Thinking, Freedom, and Providence Hall

April 23, 2013 by David O'Neil | Posted In: Academics, Articles, Did You Know, Head of School
The Truth about Critical Thinking, Freedom, and Providence Hall

Developing an appreciation for our national heritage of freedom is part of Providence Hall’s mission for our students’ education. This is carried out throughout the program, but particularly in the Humanities classes. By reading the works of the great thinkers of Western civilization, from Plato to Shakespeare to Voltaire and John Locke, Providence Hall students… read more »

Creating a Friendly Front Office

April 22, 2013 by Elaine Rottman | Posted In: Did You Know, General Information, Head of School, Student Life
Creating a Friendly Front Office

Who is the first person people talk to or see when they contact Providence Hall? It’s Ms. Cara Emerson, the smiling face of our front office. She makes the school office a place people want to visit, thanks to the friendly environment she creates. Did you know that besides her official title of Assistant to… read more »

Parent Council: It Is More than Baking Cookies

April 22, 2013 by Elaine Rottman | Posted In: Did You Know, General Information, Student Life
Parent Council:  It Is More than Baking Cookies

Did you know there is more to the Parent Council than baking cookies? Every parent of a Providence Hall student is automatically a member of the Parent Council. The Council meets the second Tuesday of each month, from 8:30 am to 9:30 am, to build community, share experiences, listen to reports from administrators, and attend… read more »

Making Music with the Proper Equipment

April 22, 2013 by Elaine Rottman | Posted In: Academics, Arts, Did You Know
Making Music with the Proper Equipment

What does the phrase “choral music equipment” bring to mind? The physical equipment of vocal cords, healthy lungs, and strong diaphragm muscles? Stacks of sheet music and the black folders with the neat elastic finger ring? The pitch pipe that gets everyone started on the proper pitch in the selected key? Did you know that… read more »

The Scientific Process in Action in the Middle School

April 22, 2013 by Elaine Rottman | Posted In: Academics, Did You Know, Events
The Scientific Process in Action in the Middle School

Science fairs are fairly common middle school activity. Too often, they are filled with anxieties, worry, and hours and hours work—for both students and their parents. Did you know that while the work of research, experimenting, and preparing a presentation is inherent to the project, anxiety, worry, and parental assistance is not required? Middle school… read more »

What Would Shakespeare Say?

April 22, 2013 by Elaine Rottman | Posted In: Academics, Arts, Did You Know
What Would Shakespeare Say?

Did you know? At Providence Hall, a challenging middle school academic climate ensures students master knowledge of core material with the freedom to create, explore, and engage. Humanities teacher Mrs. Karis Schroeder guides her students in a Renaissance festival-style project combining research, analysis, writing, and creative dramatics. She shares the story of “Back to the… read more »



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