PCCA 5-Year Strategic Planning Process Underway

Providence Academy: Building Christian Leaders for the Next Generation

Providence Academy was founded in 2004 with 39 students. The academy has continued to strive each year since it was founded to improve the overall experience and education for students and fami-lies. As part of the vision for the school, the administration team, col-lege of faculty, and board of directors have embarked on the 5-year strategic plan for the academy.

The strategic plan evaluates and analyzes every facet of the school, from academics to financial aid, campus facilities (academic, fine arts, and athletics), and student extra-curricular activities. The goal is to create a plan to lead PCCA over the next five years. Parents should have received an invitation to complete an online survey, which will serve as a critical component toward designing and implementing the strategic plan.

We want to thank everyone for being part of PCCA, as we continue the vision to build a world-class, Christ-centered, college-preparatory K-12 school for your children in Northwest Arkansas, all to God’s glory.

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College Board Approves PCCA for Level II Status As part of the continual plan to advance academics at PCCA, we are pleased to announce the College Board has approved Providence as a level II status school. This will allow PCCA to host PSAT testing, as well as be an official AP test center.

In addition to the current concurrent college-course partnership with John Brown Univer-sity, the administration and college of faculty are finalizing plans to begin offering Pre-AP and AP courses starting with the 2011/2012 school year.

of time when they leave home.

PCCA continues to expand course offerings targeting on preparing students, such as Starting Points, Biblical Worldview, and Logic and Rhetoric.

As one parent recently said d u r i n g a m e e t i n g , “Providence is unique in that it allows our family the

opportunity to experience life together, while at the same time it provide a top-rated, Christ-centered edu-cation.”

We want to say thank you to the families, college of faculty, and administration for making the investment in PCCA students to allow them to become the Chris-tian leaders for the next generation.

As we enter our 7th year of ministry, it is important we continue to focus on raising up the next generation of Christian leaders for the King-dom.

With a large percent of Chris-tian students leaving their faith when they enter college, it is critical PCCA is partnering with families to build a rock-solid foundation in the stu-dents that will stand the test

PCCA Grammar School Musical Theatre Performance: December 3rd

7th Grade Civics Class Visits Arkansas Capital

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At Providence Academy, we all just love Mrs. Brinson, our history chair who makes learn-ing about history fun!

Twenty PCCA 7th graders had the opportunity to visit Little Rock and learn about Arkansas state history this semester as part of their civics course.

The field trip started out with a visit and tour of the State Capitol, and then onto Central High School where the students sat outside to sketch the building. At the Central High School Museum, they learned about the history of the Little Rock 9, the 9 African Ameri-cans who were segregated into Central High School back in 1957. Students then toured the Old State House, where they watched a reenactment of 1861, the Civil War in Arkan-sas.

6:30 pm., and the location will be the PCCA Upper School (West Campus). If you would like further information, please contact the school at 479.263.8861.

Are you ready to see how the janitor’s time ma-chine helps the children of the town see God’s greatest gift?

The PCCA grammar school musical theatre de-partment and Dr. Kimberly DeJarnett have been preparing this semester for the upcoming per-formance “Back to the Manger”. This musical performance will delight and touch the hearts of everyone.

As with past performances, you can be sure this musical will be a first-class event that will be a fun time for the entire family. Please make plans to be part of this exciting night on Decem-ber 3rd.The start time for the musical will be at

The Patriot Cross Country team fin-ished up a very successful second season by hosting the AACS state meet. PCCA run-ners continued to improve their times throughout the year. We are proud of all of the teams, and we want to thank Coach Ran-dall for his leader-ship. With the team’s youth, the future looks bright for the PCCA Cross Country Team. Top finishers at the state meet::

Patriot Cross Country Team in Action

Upcoming Providence Patriot Basketball Games

Nov. 30th: Lifeway Warriors (home)

Dec. 2nd: Tulsa Arrows (home)

Dec. 7th: Ozark Adventist (away)

Dec. 10th: St. Vincent DePaul Knights (home)

Dec. 10th: Cave Springs HS, OK (home)

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Dec. 17th: Van Buren Christian (away)

Jan. 6th: Ft. Smith Patriots (away)

Jan. 13th: Wright Christian Wildcats (away)

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It’s not too late to join the Providence Patriot Booster Club. Memberships are $100, and this includes 2 season tickets to all 2010/2011 Providence Academy home sports events. .

A Special Thanks to our PCCA Supporters

Become a Patriot!

Olivia Paschal: 2nd Place (Jr. High Girl’s)

Emily Shell: 3rd Place (Jr. High Girl’s)

John R. Purvis: 4th Place (Jr. High Boy’s)

Mason Bowen: 5th Place (Jr. High Boy’s)

Stephen Shell: 4th Place (Sr. High Boy’s)

Do you know someone who is interested in learning more about Providence Academy? Please spread the word about the upcoming “Patriot Previews” dates:

January 13th

February 10th

March 10th

Location: Lower School

Time: 6:30 pm.

Upcoming Patriot Previews

Highlights of Providence Academy Campuses

2 Brand New Campuses

80,000 sq. ft. of space

22 classrooms

2 Gymnasiums

New Playground Equip-ment

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Cross Country Trail System

400-seat Musical Theatre Room

Two Commercial Kitchens

Library with an automated check-out system (grammar school)

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Providence Academy Fall 2010 Enrollment Reaches 240

Did You Know?

56% of our College of Faculty hold an advanced de-gree (Master’s or Ph D).

Recent Standardized test scores rank PCCA as one of the top private schools in Arkansas.

PCCA will be K-12th grade next year, and graduate our first class.

Over 75% of Upper School students participate in PCCA extracurricular student activities.