Prize Pumpkins

“Teamwork makes the dream work” rang true for Providence Academy Upper Schoolers on Halloween afternoon. Students buzzed around painting faces, gluing wigs, and drawing cartoonish features in an effort to personify pumpkins. The annual house pumpkin carving...

Food for Thought

If you are a Providence Academy student, you have probably visited one of the school’s four vending machines at some point during your time here. Every day before, throughout, and after school countless PA students head down to the lunch room for a Mountain Dew or a...

This Day in History: The Spruce Goose Flies

On November 2 in 1947, the “Spruce Goose” took flight, traveling for one mile above California’s Long Beach Harbor. With inventor Howard Hughes at the helm, eight powerful engines lifted the giant aircraft 33 feet in the air, propelling it forward at 80 miles per hour...

A New Look

On October 15, the Providence Academy Upper School revealed a new addition to the uniform: a pants option for girls.  This option will be available from November 1 to April 1. Many students consider this a great victory for the girls. They finally get to wear pants if...

One More Treat, But One You Can’t Eat

Every year, Halloween comes and goes.  On November 1st, students return to school with stories as sweet and sour as the candy filling their bags.  What students also bring to school on November 1st, besides their stories and candies, are red, drowsy eyes.  This is...