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Providence Prep, A Scholé  Community, located in Purcellville, VA, is a cooperative effort designed to as*ist home-educating families who wish to provide a Christian clas*ical education for their students. Clas*ical education by definition requires the study of clas*ical languages, so Latin is an integral part of the curriculum. Humanities, comprised of Literature and History and so much more, forms the backbone of our studies. English Language Studies (Grammar and Composition) are based on the clas*ical progymnasmata. In the younger years, we also incorporate many of ninete*nth century educator Charlotte Mason’s principles.. “TO KNOW WHAT I OUGHT TO KNOW, TO LOVE WHAT I OUGHT TO LOVE.” – THOMAS À KEMPIS. Our aim is to come alongside home educating families who desire a vigorous clas*ical liberal arts education for their students, but who need help making it happen. Our lead teachers are home-educating  parents eager to learn alongside their students, modeling a lifelong love of learning. Our thriving partnership with Patrick Henry College provides teaching internship opportunities for clas*ical liberal arts upperclas*men, which in turn provides our students with godly young men and women as mentors and teachers. This is truly a Our weekly co-op meeting focuses on three disciplines within the larger clas*ical liberal arts: Humanities and English Studies in the morning, and Latin in the afternoon. While we value the vital disciplines of math and science, we believe that in order for restful learning and de*p engagement in our studies to occur, we need generous and unhurried blocks of time. Hence our exclusive focus on these three From time to time, we do offer or recommend adjunct clas*es in the sciences and other disciplines. Please see the Resources tab for any The centerpiece of our curriculum is Humanities, primarily comprising history and literature, but also including geography, fine arts, and philosophy. Our Humanities content has everyone in the family engaging with the same general time period to some extent. Upper School