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About PCD

Opportunity & Achievement

Our community is strengthened when people bring different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. At PCD, we listen and learn from one another, building a school community that reflects the breadth of the world around us and helps students develop cultural awareness and a deep sense of belonging.

At Providence Country Day School, every student is known, respected, and valued as an individual. We prepare students to listen thoughtfully, engage with ideas and experiences different from their own, and think critically across perspectives.

Our goal is to prepare students for the neighborhoods, colleges, and workplaces they will join, where they will work alongside people of many backgrounds and viewpoints. We want every student to feel safe, supported, and challenged so they can learn, grow, and emerge as leaders who engage respectfully with others and recognize that our differences strengthen the community.

Belonging means more than a welcoming environment. It means every student and family feels seen, respected, and valued. When our young people feel they belong, they learn better, participate more fully, and grow into confident, compassionate people.

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    Bobby Britto-Oliveira 

    Director of Opportunity and Achievement; Upper School History Teacher

Community Involvement & Clubs

PRIDE Alliance
Pride Alliance welcomes all students and supports those who identify within the LGBTQ+ community and our allies in weekly meetings.  This group’s main goal is to make PCD an increasingly accepting place where each student feels empowered to be themselves and strengthen our community in the process. Pride participates in activities such as community awareness events, bonding activities, and educational enrichment programming.  The group chose the name ‘Pride Alliance’ or ‘Pride’  to encourage those coming to have pride in themselves and their identities. We include ‘Alliance’ to remind our community that we are a group that sticks together.

PCD Students of Color Union: 
SOCU aims to build and strengthen the solidarity among our student community at Providence Country Day. This group meets once a week and hosts events throughout the course of the school year. SOCU activities include cultural sharing and community building events for all students.

Providence Country Day Opportunity & Achievement Board Subcommittee
A group of parents, alumni, trustees, and faculty interested in planning and executing the vision of Opportunity & Achievement work at PCD.

Activities and Workshops

Indigenous People’s Day history (advisory lesson)
Why do we celebrate MLK DAY? (advisory lesson)
Walking in Someone Else's Shoes - a lesson in empathy
Kindness and Compassion (middle school workshop)
Healthy Relationships (middle school workshop)
Follow Your Dreams (middle school workshop)
Real-Life Super Heroines (middle school workshop)
Find Your Spark activity (upper school workshop)
Power of Language activity (upper school workshop)
Celebrating Unsung Heroes (upper school workshop)
Kindness Room (lower school and middle school workshop)
 

  • Gia Garzone, Class of 2001

    While I was the only deaf student at PCD, I still belonged and was accepted as a part of the community. And with that, I was starting to embrace my identity as a Deaf individual. It helped me build strong relationships with my teachers and peers. And now that is what I do in my line of profession today, I build relationships with families and their children

  • Peter Karmue, Class of 2004

    PCD really helped me get to where I am today. Coming from Africa as a refugee and learning to speak English once I arrived, there were so many teachers and parents who helped me through. I’m very honored and appreciative, and I’m so blessed to be a part of the PCD community.

  • Kumba McGill, Class of 2001

    Female leadership is really important, and PCD fostered an environment where I never once felt like my voice wasn’t important or I couldn’t express what I felt. PCD is where I honed my leadership skills, my ability to connect with people who may not look like me, and find common ground with others.

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