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Esports has arrived at PD and Kalon Davis is taking advantage.
News & Media
Below are stories and news items about Providence Day School and/or the PDS community that originated from the school or have appeared in various media outlets.
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![Tashi Kyil monks on 2023 tour of USA]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695047562/provday/olrghgfvxmmsweayxcra/Tashi-Kyil-monks-on-2023-tour-of-USA.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695047562/provday/olrghgfvxmmsweayxcra/Tashi-Kyil-monks-on-2023-tour-of-USA.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695047562/provday/olrghgfvxmmsweayxcra/Tashi-Kyil-monks-on-2023-tour-of-USA.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695047562/provday/olrghgfvxmmsweayxcra/Tashi-Kyil-monks-on-2023-tour-of-USA.png","width":836}])
Tashi Kyil monks visit Providence Day to create a sand mandala reaching its culmination on Thursday, September 21 - the International Day of Peace.
![group of young Hackathoners in the IDEAS Xchange getting busy to come up with a solution to this year's prompt.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1694722356/provday/kr4gca7nsrpig8kvegim/group-of-young-Hackthoners-working-hard.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1694722356/provday/kr4gca7nsrpig8kvegim/group-of-young-Hackthoners-working-hard.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1694722356/provday/kr4gca7nsrpig8kvegim/group-of-young-Hackthoners-working-hard.jpg","width":720}])
PD's fifth Hackathon brought out the best in students as they were asked to come up with a solution to Charlotte's limited economic mobility.
![header image "Coming Soon!" announcing Global Studies trips for the summer of 2024.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1694627299/provday/vrz6gwtnmrlsh5pki39k/GlobalStudies_Trips_SocialMedia_Teaser.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1694627299/provday/vrz6gwtnmrlsh5pki39k/GlobalStudies_Trips_SocialMedia_Teaser.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1694627299/provday/vrz6gwtnmrlsh5pki39k/GlobalStudies_Trips_SocialMedia_Teaser.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1694627299/provday/vrz6gwtnmrlsh5pki39k/GlobalStudies_Trips_SocialMedia_Teaser.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1694627299/provday/vrz6gwtnmrlsh5pki39k/GlobalStudies_Trips_SocialMedia_Teaser.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1694627299/provday/vrz6gwtnmrlsh5pki39k/GlobalStudies_Trips_SocialMedia_Teaser.jpg","width":2000}])
Announcing the five thoughtfully planned educational destinations from Global Studies for the summer of 2024.
![Seven of the nine 11th grade National Merit Scholars]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1694628266/provday/zozvqevrjdumz03biyjy/National-Merit-Scholar-Semifinalists_smaller.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1694628266/provday/zozvqevrjdumz03biyjy/National-Merit-Scholar-Semifinalists_smaller.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1694628266/provday/zozvqevrjdumz03biyjy/National-Merit-Scholar-Semifinalists_smaller.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1694628266/provday/zozvqevrjdumz03biyjy/National-Merit-Scholar-Semifinalists_smaller.jpg","width":864}])
Providence Day has nine members in the class of 2024 named as semifinalists in the 69th National Merit Scholarship Corporation competition.
![Paul Fitzgerald '10 posig with golf club.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1691781643/provday/j9xkou3qyqplsnccvc1z/Paul-Fitzgerald-10_posing-with-golf-club.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1691781643/provday/j9xkou3qyqplsnccvc1z/Paul-Fitzgerald-10_posing-with-golf-club.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1691781643/provday/j9xkou3qyqplsnccvc1z/Paul-Fitzgerald-10_posing-with-golf-club.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1691781643/provday/j9xkou3qyqplsnccvc1z/Paul-Fitzgerald-10_posing-with-golf-club.png","width":994}])
Paul Fitzgerald ‘10 has secured a tee time at the 123rd United States Amateur Golf Championship.
![Thai people mapping out their crops]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1691590501/provday/vodlaqdjljruzpv88sth/Thai-people-mapping-out-their-crops-for-BTEH.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1691590501/provday/vodlaqdjljruzpv88sth/Thai-people-mapping-out-their-crops-for-BTEH.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1691590501/provday/vodlaqdjljruzpv88sth/Thai-people-mapping-out-their-crops-for-BTEH.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1691590501/provday/vodlaqdjljruzpv88sth/Thai-people-mapping-out-their-crops-for-BTEH.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1691590501/provday/vodlaqdjljruzpv88sth/Thai-people-mapping-out-their-crops-for-BTEH.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1691590501/provday/vodlaqdjljruzpv88sth/Thai-people-mapping-out-their-crops-for-BTEH.png","width":1900}])
Several of our students and two of our teachers were accepted to participate and/or lead a Round Square Big Build service project in Thailand this December.
![Jennifer Bray and Ryan Welsh head shots]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1686321553/provday/zonerykymi4sgsadwnki/Jennifer-Bray_and_Ryan-Welsh.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1686321553/provday/zonerykymi4sgsadwnki/Jennifer-Bray_and_Ryan-Welsh.png","width":432}])
Upper School History and Social Studies teacher Jennifer Bray and Chief Design Strategist Ryan Welsh represented PD at NAIS Conference in Las Vegas.
![Senior Class Gift rendering of outdoor area with water feature]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1685550479/provday/z5j5tqakfqxdasdwr6fa/SeniorGift2023Rendering.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1685550479/provday/z5j5tqakfqxdasdwr6fa/SeniorGift2023Rendering.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1685550479/provday/z5j5tqakfqxdasdwr6fa/SeniorGift2023Rendering.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1685550479/provday/z5j5tqakfqxdasdwr6fa/SeniorGift2023Rendering.jpg","width":852}])
Hudson Adams '23 and the Senior Gift Committee presented the Class of 2023 gift to Providence Day.
![2023 Commencement graphic by Virginia Montgomery with Kingman Ink]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1685723427/provday/q1mkcr2f7u9bstmilvxy/2023_Commencement_Graphic_by_KingmanInk.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1685723427/provday/q1mkcr2f7u9bstmilvxy/2023_Commencement_Graphic_by_KingmanInk.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1685723427/provday/q1mkcr2f7u9bstmilvxy/2023_Commencement_Graphic_by_KingmanInk.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1685723427/provday/q1mkcr2f7u9bstmilvxy/2023_Commencement_Graphic_by_KingmanInk.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1685723427/provday/q1mkcr2f7u9bstmilvxy/2023_Commencement_Graphic_by_KingmanInk.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1685723427/provday/q1mkcr2f7u9bstmilvxy/2023_Commencement_Graphic_by_KingmanInk.jpg","width":2200}])
Providence Day's 49th Commencement was held on Friday, June 2, for 162 members of the Class of 2023.
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