Providence Hall School

Providence Hall is a public charter school.  It employs only certified teachers and is held accountable to all state standards.  Providence Hall Elementary has been open since 2008.  It serves 700 students in grades K-6.  Providence Hall has expanded its program and is beginning to serve grades 7-9 as well.  The emphasis at Providence Hall is the IB approach to teaching and learning. 

What is IB?  IB stands for International Baccalaureate.  The IBO has provided an internationally recognized and respected philosophy or method of teaching and learning.  This philosophy calls for a school and/or teacher to provide educational experiences to the students that will help to create internationally minded individuals who seek to create a better more peaceful world.  An IB oriented school facilitates this atmosphere by fostering the following attributes in our students: inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced and reflective. 
IB high schools have been around for quite some time.  High schools that follow the IB program are well respected and provide many advantages to students who attend and graduate from them.  More recently, the IBO developed programs for elementary and middle schools.  The elementary program is called the Primary Years Program (PYP).  The middle level program is called the Middle Years Program (MYP). 
In its original charter, Providence Hall declared that it would seek to become a certified PYP school.  Providence Hall has also declared its intent to seek MYP authorization for the middle school.  

To learn more about IB and our school programs, please visit the IB Bulletin Board on our web-site.