Forming young minds and hearts in what is True, Good, and Beautiful.
Providence Classical School is a vision taking shape in Newnan, Georgia—a classical Christian school built on the conviction that every subject, every habit, and every love should point to Christ.
What We Are Building
Picture an eighteen-year-old who can read a difficult book and understand it, stand before an audience and speak with confidence, and sit across from someone they disagree with and hold a conversation with grace. A young man or woman who knows what they believe and why, and can defend it without arrogance. This is what we are building.
We aim to graduate students who love the truth, can teach themselves any subject, can tell what matters, and can serve God and neighbor with confidence and humility. We believe this kind of education produces:
Doctrinal Stability
A mind trained to distinguish truth from error, grounded in Scripture and the historic Christian faith. Our graduates will not be tossed by every wind of doctrine because they will have been taught to think theologically from childhood.
Intellectual Hospitality
Graduates who welcome hard questions without fear. A classical education trains students to engage with the strongest versions of opposing arguments and wrestle with them. Confident faith is not fragile faith.
Faithful Presence
Christians who carry themselves with conviction and grace in every room they enter. Our students will be trained in rhetoric, the art of wise and beautiful persuasion, so they can speak the truth in love wherever God places them.
Lifelong Learning
Men and women who possess the tools of learning and can master any subject they encounter. A Providence graduate will not need to be retaught; they will know how to teach themselves.
The Goal: Biblical Paideia
Every school, whether it recognizes it or not, answers fundamental questions about what is real, what is true, and what a human life is for. The Greeks had a word for this: paideia (παιδεία), the process of shaping a child’s soul to be a citizen of a specific kingdom. No education is neutral in this work. Every classroom is forming students toward something.
This is why we reject using “Christian” as a flavor added to a secular base of knowledge. A faithful Christian school is not a secular school with chapel and a Bible class bolted on. Jesus Christ is Lord over every square inch of the curriculum, from algebra to art. Ephesians 6:4 commands fathers to raise children in the “paideia of the Lord,” and we exist to help them fulfill that command.
At Providence, we will surround students with a culture where Christ is the recognized Sovereign over all things, forming students who love the truth and live as distinct citizens of His Kingdom.
Theological & Cultural Distinctives
Parental Authority
It is the God-given authority of parents to educate their children. Thus, we will operate under the delegation of the family, believing the Bible instructs them, and not the state, to be the primary educators of their children. Our only authority to educate is in loco parentis.
Integrated Knowledge
All knowledge is interrelated. God's character is revealed in His Word and creation and thus connects every subject. As J. Gresham Machen wrote, “The Christian cannot be satisfied so long as any human activity is either opposed to Christianity or out of all connection with Christianity.”
Classical Methodology
God commands us to love Him with our minds (Matt. 22:37). The classical method teaches students how to learn, not only what to learn. It is a method that has endured because it works.
Christian Unity
Providence is a Protestant school rooted in the historic Christian faith. All faculty, board members, and families affirm the Apostles' Creed and subscribe to a distinctly Protestant statement of faith. We welcome families from many denominations who share these convictions.
Why the Name Providence?
We named this school Providence because we want the name itself to be a confession.
The providence of God is the almighty power of God everywhere present, whereby He does, as it were, by His hand uphold and govern heaven and earth, with all creatures therein, so that those things which grow in the earth, as likewise rain and drought, fruitfulness and barrenness, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty; in a word, all things come not rashly by chance, but by His fatherly counsel and will.
An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Q&A 26
Every time we speak the name, it is a reminder that everything, whether in our school, at home, or in nature, is under the Father's hand. We want to graduate students who live with that settled confidence: patient when things are hard, grateful when things are good, and grounded in the knowledge that nothing in their lives is left to chance.1
1 An Orthodox Catechism (1680), Q&A 27
Defining “Classical”
When we use the word “Classical,” we are not referring to old books or nostalgia. We are referring to a proven way of forming a human being.
The Tools of Learning
We will teach students how to learn. By mastering the tools of language, logic, and persuasion, students will be equipped to tackle any subject they encounter for the rest of their lives.
The Great Conversation
Students will enter into the “Great Conversation” of Western Civilization. They will encounter works like Homer's Iliad, Augustine's Confessions, Shakespeare, C.S. Lewis, and Tolkien across the arc of Western civilization. By studying the Great Books, history, and art, students will understand their heritage and learn to engage with the greatest minds of history.
Liberal Arts
We will provide a “Liberal” education, derived from the Latin term liber (free). This is not a political statement; it is the basis of an education designed to train a free man or woman to think clearly, judge rightly, and live freely in service to God and neighbor.
Rooted in the Trivium
Every subject has its own grammar, its own logic, and its own rhetoric. Students meet all three at every level, but following Dorothy Sayers’ insight in The Lost Tools of Learning, each stage leans on the mode that fits a child’s development.
Grammar (K–6)
“Poll-Parrot”Young children love to memorize and imitate. We put that gift to work, grounding students in the facts, rules, and vocabulary of each subject through songs, chants, catechisms, and observation. They still ask “why?” and get chances to show what they know.
Logic (7–9)
“Pert”Students in these years question and argue, sometimes relentlessly. We put that to use in formal logic, Socratic dialogue, and the ordered relationships between ideas. They move from knowing the facts of a subject to understanding why those facts hold together.
Rhetoric (10–12)
“Poetic”Older students want to be heard. Rhetoric teaches them to say what they mean with clarity and conviction, through speech, debate, thesis defense, and persuasive writing built on years of knowledge and reasoning.
Integrated Humanities
History and Literature will be paired chronologically so that students read the Great Books in their historical context, immersed in the world that produced them.
Latin
Latin lives on in English and across Western languages. It provides access to original texts of our classical heritage and trains disciplined, logical thinking.
Science
God called the universe into existence out of nothing and instilled it with intrinsic order. Our program trains students in disciplined observation and discovery of that order.
Bible & Theology
Students will read the whole of Scripture in historical context, trace God's story of redemption from creation to consummation, and study doctrine and apologetics.
We will carefully vet every curriculum we adopt to ensure it faithfully reflects a Christian worldview and the classical tradition. We will not import secular assumptions under a Christian label.
We aspire to be members of the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) and will use their training resources for our faculty.
Proof It Works
Data from the University of Notre Dame “Good Soil” study on ACCS alumni.
In college grades among all school types surveyed, including private preparatory schools.
Attend church at least three times per month, nearly double their peers.
Life satisfaction scores of any group: thankfulness, purpose, and trust.
Divorce rate among all groups surveyed.
More likely to read regularly. 2.6x more likely to pray alone.
A Different Kind of School
This kind of school is different because it aims at the heart’s affections, and is not solely focused on increasing head knowledge. What students love, like, and dwell on shapes how they live. At Providence we will disciple the imagination and the daily practices that form it, so students love what is true, good, and beautiful.
The Faculty
A classical Christian school needs teachers who are themselves a living curriculum. Students learn to love their studies by sharing in a teacher’s love for the material. Said simply, teachers who love what is true, good, and beautiful will cultivate those affections in their students. That’s why Providence will hire faculty of proven character who love what they teach.
School Life
Providence will run a five-day schedule of academics, fine arts, and daily physical education. Kindergarten will be half-day. Students will wear uniforms for the sake of modesty, unity, and focus. Fine arts and athletics are viewed as part of the curriculum. The arts teach children to reflect the Creator’s own creativity in music, visual art, and drama, and athletics forms discipline, courage, and excellence. In both, students learn to love what is true, good, and beautiful.
Discipline
Our discipline will focus on repentance and restoration. We will shepherd the heart rather than manage behavior. When a student stumbles, the goal is reconciliation with God, with the community, and with the truth.
Technology
Children latch onto screens, and too often they are put in front of them for passive education. Because of this, our use of technology in the classroom will be narrow but purposeful. We give preference to real books, paper and pencil, and teachers who use their gifts to teach and to grow their students’ affections. As students mature, we may use technology, but only where it clearly helps them master the material.
The House System
In the Secondary school, students will be sorted into Houses where they remain for their entire tenure. Older students will mentor younger ones, and Houses will compete year-round in academics, athletics, and service through the House Cup. Houses will be organized as brotherhoods and sisterhoods, providing mentorship in Biblical manhood and womanhood. Boys will be challenged to lead, compete, and take risks. Girls will be disciplined in eloquence, hospitality, and the moral courage required to uphold truth. Protocol programs in dining etiquette, ballroom dancing, and formal social skills will train young men and women to carry themselves with dignity.
The Academic Village
We will build an academic village modeled after Thomas Jefferson's design for the University of Virginia, with smaller buildings arranged around a central lawn of grass and trees. The architecture will be classical, a style that points to excellence and beauty. We will add buildings in phases as funding is received, so the campus can grow as the school does.
Concept rendering of academic village
Concept rendering of indoor building
Concept rendering of track and field
Growing with the cohort
Our plan is to grow organically, adding one grade per year to ensure our culture matures along with our students.
- Phase 1: Incubation (Years 1–3) Grammar School (K–6). We plan to launch in leased facilities with local church partners to keep overhead low while establishing our academic culture and financial sustainability.
- Phase 2: Expansion (Years 4–6) Logic School (Grades 7–9). Our goal is to acquire permanent land and use high-quality modular cottages to expand capacity, adding one grade level each year as our oldest students advance.
- Phase 3: Permanence (Years 7+) Rhetoric School (Grades 10–12). As our first cohort reaches high school, we plan to break ground on the first permanent Academic Pavilion, laying the physical foundation for a K–12 campus.
Come Build With Us
We are in the early stages of a work we believe God has led us to. Providence Classical School is a vision held by families who want to glorify God with the education of their children and raise them in the paideia of the Lord. We believe God is bringing this school into being, and we invite you to be part of it.
We are gathering founding families, faculty, and partners who share this conviction.
For Parents
Interested in enrolling your children? We are gathering a list of founding families.
Parent Interest FormFor Faculty
Called to teach? We are looking for faculty who see teaching as a vocation.
Faculty Interest FormFor Partners
Founding a school takes support from partners who give their time, skill, and money. Providence Classical School of Coweta, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization, but we are not yet accepting tax-deductible donations. We will announce when we can receive them.
Contact UsWe plan to offer needs-based variable tuition to help families access a classical Christian education.
Providence Classical School
Newnan, Georgia
Contact: Zach Miller
[email protected]