![two large blue ewaste bins filled with electronic waste going to be recycled]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1713464158/provday/zpqhi2peeoxebvubzetn/EWaste-Drive_bins-filled-with-ewaste_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1713464158/provday/zpqhi2peeoxebvubzetn/EWaste-Drive_bins-filled-with-ewaste_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1713464158/provday/zpqhi2peeoxebvubzetn/EWaste-Drive_bins-filled-with-ewaste_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1713464158/provday/zpqhi2peeoxebvubzetn/EWaste-Drive_bins-filled-with-ewaste_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":860}])
Bring any electronic waste – laptops, computers, iPhones, chargers, and more – to PD’s fourth annual E-Waste Drive!
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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![Anna Brainard, Hackathon trophy, and Nandini Mehta]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1713422686/provday/mfbabmvaktehbdbj1f9q/Hackathon_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1713422686/provday/mfbabmvaktehbdbj1f9q/Hackathon_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1713422686/provday/mfbabmvaktehbdbj1f9q/Hackathon_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1713422686/provday/mfbabmvaktehbdbj1f9q/Hackathon_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":860}])
Saturday's event includes a twist: more students have been in on the planning and designing of the event!
![Wes Fryer with sixth grade students in the IDEAS Garage during Discovery Days]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1713292451/provday/m0wpiyhzslpkifgl1rsw/DD_IDEAS-Garage_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1713292451/provday/m0wpiyhzslpkifgl1rsw/DD_IDEAS-Garage_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1713292451/provday/m0wpiyhzslpkifgl1rsw/DD_IDEAS-Garage_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1713292451/provday/m0wpiyhzslpkifgl1rsw/DD_IDEAS-Garage_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":860}])
Over the next few weeks, sixth-graders learn to appreciate what makes the PD campus such an exceptional community.
![Matt Scully on stage holding Pillar Award]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1713029456/provday/isdrpwzvel5dq1ruq4b1/Matt-Scully-on-stage-with-Pillar-Award_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1713029456/provday/isdrpwzvel5dq1ruq4b1/Matt-Scully-on-stage-with-Pillar-Award_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1713029456/provday/isdrpwzvel5dq1ruq4b1/Matt-Scully-on-stage-with-Pillar-Award_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1713029456/provday/isdrpwzvel5dq1ruq4b1/Matt-Scully-on-stage-with-Pillar-Award_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":860}])
Having always looked up to people who were honored with the annual Pillar Award for technology leaders, Providence Day’s Director of Digital Integration and Innovation can now call himself a Pillar Award winner!
![A student in Lucy Singletary's STEM class performing his own experiment]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1713033861/provday/rvopcqps0qqes6vbgqan/STEM_Lucy-Singletary-class_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1713033861/provday/rvopcqps0qqes6vbgqan/STEM_Lucy-Singletary-class_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1713033861/provday/rvopcqps0qqes6vbgqan/STEM_Lucy-Singletary-class_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1713033861/provday/rvopcqps0qqes6vbgqan/STEM_Lucy-Singletary-class_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":860}])
The STEM Research and Design class teaches what real science is with students conducting experiments in subjects they are interested in.
![Scholastic Art and Writing award winners Jodie Yan, Eliza McClelland, Emmaline Shepherd, and Anne Kinghorn]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712927333/provday/ibiikgvng39yzwutbp8z/Scholastic-Writing-Award-winners_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1712927333/provday/ibiikgvng39yzwutbp8z/Scholastic-Writing-Award-winners_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1712927333/provday/ibiikgvng39yzwutbp8z/Scholastic-Writing-Award-winners_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712927333/provday/ibiikgvng39yzwutbp8z/Scholastic-Writing-Award-winners_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":860}])
Previous winners of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards include Stephen King and Amanda Gorman.
![Third graders participate in virtual Round Square show-and-tell]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712752977/provday/vietotiou72vrymqyiow/RS_third-graders_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1712752977/provday/vietotiou72vrymqyiow/RS_third-graders_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1712752977/provday/vietotiou72vrymqyiow/RS_third-graders_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712752977/provday/vietotiou72vrymqyiow/RS_third-graders_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":860}])
Students took part in a global Show and Tell on Tuesday, telling children from all over the world the best parts about their school.
![April Liu '26 sitting in the cockpit with the door open ready to take her first solo flight as a pilot]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712578975/provday/pvdb8wdsa4mporxf04an/April-Liu26-flying_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1712578975/provday/pvdb8wdsa4mporxf04an/April-Liu26-flying_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1712578975/provday/pvdb8wdsa4mporxf04an/April-Liu26-flying_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712578975/provday/pvdb8wdsa4mporxf04an/April-Liu26-flying_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":860}])
Since April began working towards her private pilot's license, she has spent hours flying, including holidays Christmas and New Year’s days.
![group photo of Queen City Clean-up fifth grade girls holding trash bags]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712543593/provday/nh64ivhqrmxw7lpplq51/Queen-City-Clean-up_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1712543593/provday/nh64ivhqrmxw7lpplq51/Queen-City-Clean-up_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1712543593/provday/nh64ivhqrmxw7lpplq51/Queen-City-Clean-up_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712543593/provday/nh64ivhqrmxw7lpplq51/Queen-City-Clean-up_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":860}])
Classroom lessons on United Nations Sustainability Goals spark fifth graders to make a difference.
![Providence Day Lower School classes - from transitional kindergarten to fifth grade that rotate in and out of the Science Lab]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712612889/provday/xbavvxxs09djco9psf3e/Solar-Eclipse_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1712612889/provday/xbavvxxs09djco9psf3e/Solar-Eclipse_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1712612889/provday/xbavvxxs09djco9psf3e/Solar-Eclipse_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712612889/provday/xbavvxxs09djco9psf3e/Solar-Eclipse_thumbnail_860x360.png","width":860}])
Everyone was looking up this afternoon to watch the solar eclipse. The next eclipse to be seen in America will occur when today's TKers are in their twenties!
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Leigh Dyer, Director, Strategic Marketing & Communications
704.887.7515
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