Portrait of a Graduate

Beginning With the End in Mind

We believe that being educated means more than making good grades or good test scores. The Portrait of the Graduate explains our larger goals for educating students at Providence.

This description is like a thesis for Providence: it describes the main points of the school and the goals that we hope to accomplish. It can be considered a more detailed version of the Providence Mission Statement. What we do on a daily basis, on campus and at home, from Pre-K to 12th grade, should consistently support the Portrait of the Graduate.

Awe-Inspired

An awe-inspired graduate is amazed at God’s glory as seen in the study of all disciplines. The graduate marvels at order, design, and meaning in Creation.
Biblically-Grounded

A biblically-grounded graduate exercises an understanding of biblical truths and can carry this knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ into his interaction with the culture.
Servant-Hearted

A servant-hearted graduate selflessly helps the members of his family, church, and community.
Humble

A humble graduate pursues excellence in learning with a posture of humility and thankfulness. As a result, the graduate works hard, recognizes his own limitations, and appreciates the gifts of others.
Inquisitive

An inquisitive graduate is characterized by a broad and penetrating curiosity. The graduate desires to learn beyond the school curriculum. He is equipped to learn much more for the rest of his life.
Intellectually Grounded

An intellectually grounded graduate is engaged with and values the great ideas and thinkers from ancient times to the present. He recognizes that all knowledge is unified and seeks to find connections between apparently unconnected disciplines.
Discerning

The discerning graduate values that which has lasting truth, goodness, and beauty. The graduate pursues poetic and artistic knowledge, discerning that not all knowledge is scientific or factual.
Eloquent

An eloquent graduate communicates with depth, precision, and grace.
Honorable

The honorable graduate is characterized by integrity and guided by a sense of doing what is right. He shows courtesy to others. He honors his parents, his primary teachers, and values people of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities as image-bearers of God.
Logical

A logical graduate reasons clearly, evaluates critically, and perseveres in problem solving.
Virtuous

By the grace of God, a virtuous graduate pursues biblical virtues of wisdom, courage, justice, self-control, faith, hope, and love.

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Colossians 1:9-14 ESV

"And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."

506 N Main Street, Belton, Texas 76513

(254) 307-1165
Providence Preparatory is an accredited, private PK-12 school
partnering with families in Belton, Temple, Salado, Killeen, Harker Heights,
and the Greater Central Texas Area to provide their students a rich Christian and classical education.

Portrait of a Graduate

Beginning With the End in Mind

Awe-Inspired

Biblically-Grounded

Servant-Hearted

Humble

Inquisitive

Intellectually Grounded

Discerning

Eloquent

Honorable

Logical

Virtuous

Colossians 1:9-14 ESV