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Chick-fil-A Leader Academy Honors First Responders In Impact Project!

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Our 28 students participating in Chick-fil-A Leader Academy completed a community-minded project as a capstone to their year-long leadership curriculum. The students chose to honor and show their appreciation to our community's first responders - firefighters and police officers. The Leader Academy members divided into teams with some writing notes of appreciation and encouragement, some shopping for gift basket items, others packing those special baskets for first responders, and finally small teams delivering the cards and baskets to extremely grateful police officers and firefighters.  

"These students have learned a great deal about being leaders in their communities, and this project is a visible demonstration of the potential they have for future leadership," said Rodney Bullard, vice president of community affairs at Chick-fil-A, Inc.  

Through Chick-fil-A Leader Academy, students are expected to learn leadership skills and apply them throughout the year to go out into the community and make an Impact through Action. In addition to this year-end project, Leader Academy members also made care packages and wrote notes of encouragement to service men and women overseas in the Middle East, and provided a new school uniform for every child at Chicora Elementary for their Do Good December project.  

These 28 amazing students have now graduated from Leader Academy, and up to 30 PCA high school students have the opportunity to participate next year. To learn more about the Chick-fil-A Leader Academy and to apply, simply click here

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First Annual Lower School Talent Show Is A Roaring Success!

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PCA Lower School has got some talent! James 1:17 says "Every good and perfect gift is from above..." God was definitely shining through each performer who showed courage and bravery to stand on stage and perform in front of a room full of peers. Each one of them should be extremely proud of themselves. Mom Whitney Hinson said, "I'm so overwhelmed with joy and so extremely proud of all the kids to be so brave."

From dance and cheer routines to musical instruments, from some fantastic preaching to a mime act, this year's talent show had a little bit of everything. Some highlights include Amelia Pasko showing exemplary violin skills while accompanied by her mother on piano, as well as many beautiful solos and duets and other musical performances. Alex Avinger amazed us by telling the story of Jesus through a YoYo routine - how awesome was that! The show ended with an amazing lyrical dance that brought cheers from the audience by Malia Hamilton. Bravo to all the performers! 

 
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