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High School Division - The total communications curriculum embraces the areas of English (literature, composition, and speech) and journalism. The chief objectives of the communications curriculum are to aid the students in acquiring facts and concepts of literature through the skills of reading, listening and viewing, and to help the students acquire methods of communication through speech and writing, while encouraging creativity of expression. The department operates under the whole language philosophy of the integration of writing, reading, speaking and listening skills. Therefore, Providence High School English students write in various modes, purposes and for a variety of audiences. All genres of literature are presented, taught, and used as models for student writing experiences because the department believes that the connection between writing and reading forms the basis for writing instruction and for literature appreciation.