Providence Blog

Highlighting key aspects of our school life with contributions from a variety of faculty members.

On Studying History, Part 2

Only a couple of centuries ago, historians were unable to make use of any evidence except oral or written evidence. Where no such evidence was available, they spoke of the period as “prehistoric” and beyond the bounds of history. The term prehistoric is still used today to describe the time in a society or region’s history before the advent of writing, but prehistory is no longer as unknowable as it once was, thanks to the contributions of archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, and genetics.

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Not-So-Common Sense

by Mr. Chris Buckles “Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger…For we all stumble

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Lessons and Carols 2019

THE Christmas story is familiar, but every year we marvel to hear it again. At Providence, we celebrate the season with a Service of Lessons

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