Providence Academy implements a proven educational model for all of the students in the Lower School and Upper School that is referred too as the University-Model School approach.
Utilizing the University-Model School concept, Providence Academy provides an affordable classical college preparatory education in a school that respects the parental authority and allows sufficient time for parents to pass on their beliefs and values to their children. University-Model Schooling (UMS) takes the best aspects of traditional, full-time public and private schools, as well as home schools, and molds them into one model.
Providence uses a university style schedule. Students attend classes at classes two days per week in grades K-6th, and three days per week in 7th -12th. On alternate days, students work at home under the supervision of their parents completing the educational model. There are different levels of involvement by the parents depending on the grade of the student. They are as follows:
Parental Role:
K - 6th: Co-Teacher
7th - 9th: Private Tutor
10th - 12th: Guide to Independent Study
Because of the high level of parent involvement, students receive excellent, well-rounded education for less cost. The highly integrated teaching team consisting of faculty members and parents is one of the key distinctions of the University-Model School approach. Parents receive training and mentoring to understand the methods used in this unique type of approach to educating their children.
In 1993 in Arlington, Texas, a school created the University-Model Approach. Grace Preparatory Academy began the journey and pioneered this education model that allows parents to fulfill their biblical duty of raising their children, while at the same time providing a rigorous college-preparatory education for their children. There are now over 40 schools throughout the US operating a similar type of education model to Grace Prep., with enrollment approaching 1,000 at some of the schools.
The single most influential factor in a child's educational performance is an involved parent. It is also the primary factor in the child's emotional, social, and spiritual development. Providence is looking for parents who have the desire for a college preparatory education for their children and who are willing to make the sacrifices necessary to be beacons in every aspect of their children's lives. Providence gives families time, opportunity, and tools not only to inform their children's minds, but also to form their hearts and lives.
Quote from Dennis Linam, V.P. of Dallas Baptist University: "Students who attend our University that were educated at University-Model Schools are much further ahead in both their academic and emotional development than traditionally educated high school students. When they arrive up on campus, they are more disciplined in their study habits. There is no transitional period, since they were educated in a university environment prior to coming to college."
