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Amazing Results For PCA Students In Art & Writing Contest!!!

What do Stephen King, Amanda Gorman, Joyce Carol Oates, Andy Warhol and several PCA students have in common? They all won prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing Awards as teens! 

This is PCA’s second year entering the highly competitive Scholastic Art & Writing Contest and the first time entering the Writing categories. In the regional contest, 6 PCA students won a total of 13 awards! 

In the Art Awards, senior Zella Horton (AP Art) won 7 awards, including a Gold Key for her oil painting, Natty, which will automatically be entered into the National Contest. She also won three Silver Keys, including one for a portfolio, and three Honorable Mentions. 

This is the first year we have offered Creative Writing & Illustration to high school students. From this class, in the Writing category, freshman Trey Wilson won a Gold Key Award for his Humor Short Story, "The Thought Dump." Sophomore Angelina Xiong won two Silver Keys and junior Josh Howard won a Silver Key Award. Two more Honorable Mentions were awarded to freshman Ben Marlow and senior, Gabe Clark.

Gold Key award winners are automatically entered into the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Gold and Silver Key award winners will be honored at a ceremony at Savannah College of Art & Design on Saturday, March 11 and their work will be on exhibit at SCAD from March 5-11. For more information about the awards, visit the Scholastic arts & writing awards webpage.

Congratulations to all of our gifted students for their dedication to craft and hard work!

Writing Awards:

Trey Wilson - Gold Key - "The Thought Dump" - Humor

Angelina Xiong - Silver Key - "Welcome Home" - Science Fiction & Fantasy

Angelina Ziong - Silver Key - "Finally Found" - Flash Fiction

Josh Howard - Silver Key - "Captain Bard's Path of Destruction" - Short Story

Benjamin Marlow - Honorable Mention - "The Cell" - Flash Fiction

Gabe Clark - Honorable Mention - "Shell & Skele-bird" - Poetry

Art Awards:

Zella Horton - Gold Key - "Natty" - Painting

Zella Horton - Silver Key - "Two Zellas" - Painting

Zella Horton - Silver Key - "Even After" - Portfolio

Zella Horton - Silver Key - "After the Rain" - Drawing & Illustration

Zella Horton - Honorable Mention - "Glass" - Photography

Zella Horton - Honorable Mention - "Grand Daddy" - Painting

Zella Horton - Honorable Mention - "After the Fire" - Painting

Impressive Field Of Professionals Speak At Career Day

Palmetto Christian Academy was pleased to present Christ in the Marketplace Career Day last Wednesday, February 1. We hosted 10 different professionals representing the following careers: broadcast journalism, military/pilot, business banking, musician, counseling, game warden, missionary, civil engineering, information technology, and healthcare management. Each of our speakers shared details of their job field and their experiences following Christ in the workplace.

This event gives our students a realistic picture of the workplace, informs their career & college planning, and provides our students contacts in their field of interest that could lead to future work or internships. Junior Anne Lancaster said of the event, "It was really interesting to hear from Carolyn Murray about her job and her story! She has done so many cool things and it was fun learning about what she gets to do as well as how Christ has impacted her work."

If you are interested in speaking at the next Christ in the Marketplace event on September 13, please contact Academic Counselor, Emily Faile, at