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It's Election Day For Lower School Students!

Much of the nation headed to the polls last week to determine the outcome of a variety of races; now PCA's lower school students prepare to cast their vote in an important election tomorrow!

Students will select who will lead this year's Lower School Student Council. The council includes the executive team made up of:

• 5th grade President

• 5th grade Treasurer

• 4th grade Secretary

• 4th grade Vice President 

Two representatives (boy and girl) from each grades 3-5 will also sit on the council.

The candidates have invested a great deal of time preparing for the big day. It's clear that they must show a genuine desire to represent their classmates in this leadership role. After putting in an application, the candidates went through the primary vote. The campaigning has been impressive! Once the field was narrowed down, the remaining candidates were able to present speeches to their classmates on why they are they right person for the job! Students will then head to the polls on Tuesday, November 9 to cast their final vote.

Good luck to all of the candidates!

The 2021 Coffeehouse - A Happy Night Of Music!

The PCA High School Choir and Band were all smiles at the 2021 Coffeehouse on Thursday, October 28. For the first time since the pandemic, students were back on the stage singing, dancing and playing their instruments to a live audience with the theme of “Songs That Make Us Happy!”

Choir Director, Kathy Thames explains, “Covid has affected the performing arts more than people realized. For a while, we were unable to have large gatherings where our choir and band students performed which created a huge void for the many students and people who love and depend on music. When we were told the Coffeehouse could go on, we decided to focus on songs that personally bring out the happy in all of us.”

The audience enjoyed students’ personal selections, such as Charlee Olson’s “Upside Down”, AnnaJaye Walter’s stirring rendition of “Landslide”, Bella Byham’s sweet performance of “The Rainbow Connection” and junior, Gabe Clark’s strong cover of Toby Mac’s “City on Our Knees”. The crowd was also treated to several moments where they joined in and sang along as with Riley Milligan’s “American Pie” and Will Wheeler’s fan favorite, “Sweet Caroline.” Hearing everyone sing along was “SO GOOD! SO GOOD!” Freshman and new choir member, Ian Marlow, amazed the audience as he played the piano and sang Billy Joel’s hit, “Piano Man”. Zella Horton’s moving rendition of Adele’s “Make You Feel My Love” was another crowd favorite of the evening, proving that PCA has some of the most talented students in the area. The Choir also performed several group numbers including, “I Want You Back/ABC” by the Jackson 5, “Dancing Queen” and the “Wellerman Sea Shanty” performed by the PCA Men’s Ensemble.

Our PCA High School Band, directed by Mike Doll, contributed to the happy tone of the evening by playing Pharell’s “Happy” and finished off the evening with a creative and fun bucket drumming number set to “Happy Dance” by MercyMe. Adding to the fun, the band sported some happy face t-shirts designed by PCA freshman Lydia Reneau.

Thank you PCA Choir and Band for giving us all a happy night of music!