KEISHA IS ALSO BACK. WE'RE
GLAD ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT.
WELCOME TO PROVIDENCE ACADEMY.
DID YOU GET THE JOB HERE? DO
THEY KNOW THAT YOU'REANSWERING
THE PHONES HERE? OKAY, GOT IT.
LET'S GO TALK TO SOME
TEACHERS. YEAH, LET
WE
AND CHELSEA. VALERIE, 10TH
GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER, ALSO
THE DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS.
CHELSEA, GRAMMAR CAMPUS
PRINCIPAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK TO
US ABOUT PROVIDENCE. YES, VERY
EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
YOUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
SO, THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS
THESE DAYS FOR SCHOOLS AND
THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR
PARENTS TO CHOOSE. WHY WOULD
THEY CHOOSE PROVIDENCE
ACADEMY? WHAT SETS YOU APART
MAKES YOU DIFFERENT? SO, WE
LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE FOUR
DISTINCTIVES, FOUR THINGS THAT
SET US APART. SO, WE ARE
CLASSICAL, WE ARE CHRISTIAN,
WE ARE UNIVERSITY MODEL AND WE
ARE COLLEGE PREP. AND SO, WHAT
THAT MEANS IS, AT THE GRAMMAR
LEVEL, TWO DAYS A WEEK, YOUR
STUDENTS ARE ON CAMPUS AND
DOING SCHOOL WITH A CERTIFIED
CLASSROOM TEACHER AND THEY ARE
PROVIDING THE TOOLS AND THE
RESOURCES AND THE ASSIGNMENTS
FOR YOU TO DO AT HOME WITH
YOUR PARENT ON THE OTHER THREE
DAYS. MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AT THE
UPPER. IT CHANGES A LITTLE BIT
WHEN THE OLDER KIDS, THE
PARENTS ARE STILL THERE, BUT
OUR STUDENTS ARE ON CAMPUS
THREE DAYS A WEEK, MONDAY,
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. AND THEN
WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS THEY
MAY HAVE AN EXTRA LAB OR AN AP
PREP CLASS OR SOMETHING THAT
THEY'RE DOING ON CAMPUS. OKAY.
WE RUN OUR EXTRACURRICULARS
SOMETIMES DURING THOSE DAYS,
BUT THEY HAVE A FULL WORKLOAD
ON THOSE HOME DAYS. WHY DO YOU
THINK A PROSPECTIVE FAMILY
WOULD CHOOSE TO COME TO
PROVIDENCE? WHAT ARE THE
THINGS THAT MAKE IT REALLY POP
AND STAND OUT? I THINK AS A
MOM, YOU COULD PROBABLY TALK
ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK A LOT
OF OUR PARENTS, WELL WE KNOW
AS EDUCATORS, EVEN IN PARENTS
KNOW THAT THE MORE PARENTAL
INVOLVEMENT YOU HAVE, THE
BETTER YOUR STUDENTS TEND TO
PERFORM. AND WE LOVE TO GIVE
THAT TIME BACK TO FAMILIES.
AND YOU COULD PROBABLY TALK
ABOUT THAT WITH YOUR OWN
CHILDREN. RIGHT. SO, THIS IS
ACTUALLY MY FIRST YEAR AT
PROVIDENCE. SO, LAST YEAR I
HAVE MY OLDEST KARA BETH IS A
KINDERGARTEN STUDENT THIS
YEAR. AND SO, I JUST STARTED
THINKING ABOUT REALLY JUST HOW
QUICKLY TIME GOES AND I WANTED
TO BE WITH HER AND DO ALL OF
THE THINGS THAT I LOVED DOING
IN MY OWN CLASSROOM WITH KARA
BETH AND WITH MY KIDS. AND SO,
THIS MODEL GAVE ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. WHAT
ABOUT EXTRA- CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES? MAYBE THOSE ARE
DIFFERENT BETWEEN YOUR
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS? LET'S START
WITH THE GRAMMAR CAMPUS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE? RIGHT. SO, AT
THE GRAMMAR CAMPUS, IT
PRETTY TYPICAL OF OTHER
SCHOOLS AROUND OUR AREA. WHAT
KIDS IN LIKE A PUBLIC SCHOOL
WOULD GET AS FAR AS THE
EXTRACURRICULAR OPTIONS. SO,
ALL OF OUR KIDS GET MUSIC, ALL
OF OUR KIDS GET ART. ONE THING
THAT DOES KIND OF SET US
APART, AND THIS IS PART OF THE
CLASSICAL KIND OF COMPONENT OF
OUR SCHOOL, BUT STARTING IN
KINDERGARTEN, ALL OF OUR
STUDENTS START RECEIVING A
SECOND LANGUAGE. AND SO, THEY
GET TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LATIN OR
SPANISH. AND SO, THEY GET
THAT. BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN
ELECTIVE TIME. AND SO, IT'S
SIMILAR TO LIKE WHAT A CLUB
WOULD BE. WE
ROBOTICS AND CHESS. THIS
SEMESTER WE HAVE A PERSONAL
FINANCE CLASS, AN
ENTREPRENEURSHIP. CULINARY
KIDS WANT THAT ONE. THAT ONE
FILLS UP QUICKLY. BUT THEN WE
ALSO HAVE THINGS YOU MIGHT SEE
IN A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL AS
WELL. WE HAVE BASKETBALL, WE
STARTED VOLLEYBALL THIS YEAR
FOR JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS, WHICH
NEXT YEAR WE'LL START HIGH
SCHOOL GIRLS
OF COURSE, WE HAVE ROBOTICS.
WE JUST STARTED A ROBOTICS
TEAM. THEY JUST WENT TO THEIR
FIRST COMPETITION AND THEY WON
FOR BEST ROBOT DESIGN, IT WAS
THEIR VERY FIRST EVER ROBOTICS
COMPETITION. AND SO, WE ARE
EXPANDING OUR EXTRACURRICULARS
EVERY DAY. TELL US ABOUT YOUR
LOCATIONS. THE GRAIN WORK
CAMPUS IS LOCATED IN ROGERS.
WE'RE RIGHT OFF OF 26TH
STREET. GREAT LOCATION, THE
MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING. WE HOUSE
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH
GRADE. AND THEN SEVENTH
THROUGH 12TH GRADE ARE
LOCATED- WE WENT FROM ROGERS
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
IN SOUTHWEST ROGERS NOT TOO
FAR OFF THE INTERSTATE. WE'RE
SITTING IN OUR COLLEGIATE
CENTER. YES, SO IT
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND HOUSES
OUR STEM LAB WHERE STUDENTS
CAN DO ALL OF THEIR,
ESPECIALLY HIGHER- LEVEL
SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS,
CHEMISTRY. NOW, FOR FAMILIES
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MAYBE
JOINING THE PROVIDENCE FAMILY,
THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITIES
COMING UP, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
IN JANUARY, JANUARY THE 9 TH,
WE HAVE A PATRIOT PREVIEW AND
WE GENERALLY DO THOSE ONCE A
MONTH ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF
THE MONTH, BUT IT FALLS ON THE
SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY. BUT
THAT'S JUST A GREAT TIME FOR
FAMILIES, BRING ENTIRE
FAMILIES, BRING THE KIDS, AND
IT'S JUST A GOOD TIME FOR
FAMILIES TO HEAR A QUICK
OVERVIEW. GREAT. THANK YOU,
GUYS, FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.
YOU GOT ME EXCITED ABOUT
LEARNING. I FEEL LIKE IF I
COULD DO IT ALL AGAIN, THIS IS
WHERE I WOULD GO. THIS IS AN
AMAZING PLACE. WE WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE YOU. WE SHOULD DO A
SOCRATIC CIRCLE. WE
TO FILL IT IN. GUYS COME ON
IN. STICK AROUND. WE'VE GOT
MORE GOOD DAY NWA RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
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