Devin Redmond, a senior at Providence Day, mentored kids through the Freedom School program and helped lead the football team to a state championship, the school's first in 25 years. Teachers, coaches, and teammates speak to his character as a natural leader and hard worker shaped by the school's tight community.
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Hi, my name is Devin Redmond and I am a senior. I am a Charger and this is my story.
Learning a language is a complete experience. You gotta listen, you gotta speak, you gotta read and write. Es total, es comprensivo. I think Devin will have the confidence to take the next step, whatever that is.
The teachers follow him, they're responsive to any needs he might have. It's just a really great family-oriented learning experience.
So I think when you read something like this, and I certainly can relate to it, you can't help but think about, like, your pet. I really— I love what I do, and I love being able to have discussions as, like, enrichment beyond the content. They've already got it. It's just about tapping into it. It's about exercising muscles the same way as you would in a PE class or on a sports team.
This summer I worked with the Freedom School here at Providence St. Avert, and I gained a lot of community from having the experience with the underprivileged kids.
Everybody wants to empower the other people in our community to be able to do the very best that they can do in academics, in athletics, in community service. Everyone works together to create a better whole than our individual parts. Devin Redmond was in my 4th grade class 8 years ago. Hard worker, conscientious, kind, you know, really wanting to do his best, wanting to be a good friend, of course wanting to be a great athlete, which is definitely what he's become, but just never settling for second best in anything that he did. It's just fun to watch them grow up, to go And, you know, now he's looking at playing football in college.
My favorite teacher throughout the years at Providence Day is Miss Katie Carmichael. She's always said hi to me in the hallways, and she's been at all my football games, and she always takes time out of her day to come talk to me.
I think that one of the most valuable things we do as adults on this campus is to be loving, nurturing adults, not just when they're in your class. 'Cause that would be what you get anywhere, but to continue that— my job by no means is gonna be done with my 2nd graders at the end of this year, and when Devin graduates from high school, like, my job's still not done. It's a great opportunity for our older kids to be leaders, and it's a great opportunity for our younger kids to see where they're going.
We are the greatest team! We are the greatest team! 3, 2, 1! 3, 2, 1!
My favorite pediatrician The BD chant that we do at the pep rallies and everything. I think that's gone on ever since I was in kindergarten at the pep rallies with the whole school.
Devin has been with us for 4 years. Pound for pound, he's as tough as they come. Very intelligent football player. It's a pleasure to, to be able to work with a youngster that when he does get visits from college people, That you don't have to shy away about his grades and his personality and his work ethic, because he is a complete package.
I'm number 66 on the Providence State team. This is the first time in, like, Providence State, or like 25 years, that we've won the state championship, and the whole, like, I think the whole entire school came and all the parents and kids.
The football program has been amazing for them. He played as a freshman on the varsity squad. I mean, it was very intimidating. The kid was about, no lie, 45 pounds, 50 pounds lighter than he is today, and he got out there because he had to. And he succeeded. It certainly brought out to me that it's like, wow, this kid's growing up. He is really becoming his own man, and I think that that's never done alone. That's done with the support of people around him. It's certainly done with the support of his family, but it's the support of the teachers, the coaching staff. He's become his own person because of the people around him, and now he is a positive impact on the other people around him, including, you know, the younger guys that come in. You can't ask for much more as a parent, that's for sure. They take so much pride in him. They take pride in watching your child grow up because it's their child too. And having them walk across the stage at graduation, I've got to believe, is an amazing moment for them. Amazing. As it is for us.
As it is for us. PDS means to me like a tight-knit community that will always have my back through whatever I go through and just a community that will stick together no matter what.
