Providence High Principal Prepares for August 2008 Opening
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Richard Dawes has been principal of Providence Grove High School since early 2007 – and the school doesn’t even open until August 2008.
Dawes has been busy ordering office furniture, classroom desks and computer lab equipment while construction continues on the sixth high school in Randolph County. When it opens on Mack Lineberry Road just off Highway 22, between Climax and Franklinville, Providence Grove will be home to the Patriots.
“Perhaps my biggest upcoming task will be the naming of teachers in March 2008,” Dawes says. “Most of the teachers will come from the existing Eastern Randolph and Randleman high schools.”
Overcrowding at Eastern Randolph and Randleman is the reason Providence Grove is being built.
“Providence Grove will open with about 700 students drawn from the two overcrowded schools, and capacity at Providence Grove is expected to eventually reach 1,000,” Dawes says.
As for his school philosophy, Dawes says his first goal is having teachers form bonds with each student.
“I want teachers to know about the obstacles their students face at home and at school, and let each student know that we are here for them. It might sound cliché, but I want all students at Providence Grove High School to be the very best they can be – in all aspects of life.”
Story by Kevin Litwin
Photo by Todd Bennett
