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Celebrating Our Beloved Grandparents!!!

For the first time in two years, we welcomed grandparents, parents, and families of every lower school student back to campus for our highly anticipated Grandparents Day event, directed by the talented Pam Hall. It was a full house as every seat in the Worship Center was filled. 

Each grade had a special way of not only letting their Grandparents know how important they are in their lives but also to help them remember “the good ole days”. 

The program began with a welcome song and Bible verse competition between kindergarten and fifth graders (“I’m So Glad to Be Here”, and "B-I-B-L-E"), followed by a flashback of when “gyrating hips” could get you thrown in the “big house” (“Rock Around the Clock” and “Jailhouse Rock”), a reminder of the importance of stretch breaks and memory exercises (Stand Up Sit Down), a pleasant memory of a time when kids didn’t talk back ("Yakety, Yak!"), and a reminder that even when you least expect it, a party could break out ("Splish, Splash").

Along with the fun, the lower school made sure to let their grandparents who served in the armed forces know how much their service was appreciated, as the band and second grade came together to sing a heartfelt salute to each of the military branches. 

The morning ended with a dance party ("La Bamba") led by Señora Pabst, a blessing and special prayer led by Mr. Zubia and grandparents Ronnie and Donna Salley, and an encore performance of “My, Jesus”, sung by the entire lower school that left not a dry eye in the house.

Afterwards grandparents headed to their grandchildren’s classes through hallways that resembled walls of a downtown art gallery. Excited students ran to sections of the hall, eager to show off their works. PCA’s amazing art teachers Nicole Seitz and Kylie Siegwald, who not only have a heart for their students but also for the works that they teach, presented art of various styles in a way for all to be able to see and appreciate.

With tokens of love made by their grandchildren in their hands, and happy memories in their hearts, we sincerely hope our PCA grandparents left our campus knowing how much we love and appreciate them!

Celebrating The Greatest Story Ever Told!

With Easter right around the corner, third graders celebrated the story of the resurrection of Jesus in a meaningful and colorful way. Each week, our Bible curriculum includes PowerPoint presentations where the lesson has the weekly Bible memory verse and the daily message. The goal in putting these lessons together was to help the students understand the material and, more importantly, help them understand how to walk out their faith in Christ.

And what better way to tell the greatest story ever, then to add some color? To give students a visual reminder of the Easter lessons, we used watercolors and stick-on symbols to decorate twelve Easter egg templates that told different parts of the Easter story and posted them on the bulletin board. Underneath each egg, we posted a scripture passage that explains the symbols that we used. Each day, the students were excited to talk about the symbol and several commented that they like to take their work home to hang in their room so they can remember the lessons! As I step out of teaching this year, I want more than anything for these seeds to grow in the students’ hearts and, eventually, to yield much fruit!