Providence School of Tifton Portrait of a Graduate
1. Virtuous with mature character
2. Of sound reason and sound faith
3. A master of language
4. Well-rounded, diverse, and competent
5. Literate with a broad exposure to books
6. A defender of the faith as a believer and scholar
7. An established aesthetic
8. Working with excellence to the glory of God
4. Well-rounded, diverse, and competent
Educated people are not specialists who know little outside of their field of specialty. Educated people have competence in a variety of areas including fine art, drama, music, physical activity, math, logic, science and arithmetic. Throughout our program, skills are introduced that are essential for an educated person. We expect our graduates to be well-rounded.
MATTHEW 22:36-40
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven: Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.
ART APPRECIATION
Bruegel loved to paint common people doing common things. Look closely at the children in this European town. There are more than 230 children playing about 90 different games.1
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1530 to 1569) was known as the greatest Netherlandish (Flemish) painter of the 16th century. Bruegel painted proverbs, landscapes, views of peasant life, and panoramic biblical scenes. Early in his career he studied art in Italy.2
MUSIC APPRECIATION
“In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg
This is the scene of the opera when Peer Gynt is dreaming that he is standing in front of throne of a troll king. The description of the scene by the author says: There is a great crowd of troll couriers, gnomes and goblins. Dovregubben [The Troll King] sits on his throne, with crown and scepter, surrounded by his children and relatives. Peer Gynt stands before him. there is a tremendous uproar in the hall.3
Edvard Grieg (1810-1849) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions put the music of Norway in the international spectrum, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius and Antonín Dvořák did in Finland and Bohemia, respectively.4
- “Tree of Life Window.” The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 26 Aug. 2022, morsemuseum.org/collection-highlights/windows/window-tree-of-life-2/. ↩︎
- Lange, Krista, and Leigh Lowe. First Grade Enrichment: Classical Core Curriculum. Teacher Guide. Memoria Press, 2017. ↩︎
- Fata, Patrick. Music Appreciation I. Memoria Press, 2017. ↩︎
- “Edvard Grieg.” Edvard Grieg – Steinway & Sons, http://www.steinway.com/artists/edvard-grieg. Accessed 13 Sept. 2024. ↩︎
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