Playing with Purpose
Meet Boys Basketball Coach Micah Ruiz A new coach for the 2022–2023 season Micah Ruiz might be new to the Providence community, but he’s been working with youth for years. A Santa Barbara native, Ruiz played football for Dos Pueblos High School and spent his free time volunteering at the local Boys and Girls Club, […]
Field Trip to Peabody Stadium
After many months of trying, the Providence Engineering Academy was finally able to secure a field trip to see… well, a field! Peabody Stadium, an integral part of the sporting complex at Santa Barbara High School for almost 100 years, has been greatly in need of renewal for a range of reasons—regular flooding, surface maintenance, […]
Tension + Integrity = Tensegrity
The Providence Engineering Academy seeks every year to put skills to use for the benefit of the community. From designing playground equipment to running science lessons, “we have an obligation to turn our skills outward to the world around us; we learn not for our own sakes” (quoted from the Engineering Academy application). This year, […]
MS Science & Engineering Expo 2018
The annual Middle School Science & Engineering Expo was a huge success once again, thanks to the hard work and positive attitudes of so many students, parents, teachers, and staff. This year’s theme of The Human Machine inspired a range of hands-on explorations, from Masa and Cameron’s tennis and baseball clinic, to Heidi and Ella’s […]