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Homecoming 2020: PCA Students Were Shining Stars!

What a glorious celebration of Homecoming at PCA as students of all ages enjoyed a variety of fun-filled activities! 

Upper School students enjoyed dress up days throughout the week including Disney Character Day and Celebrity Day, while our entire school participated in Blue & Gold Spirit Day on Friday. We enjoyed seeing the incredible costumes of our students and our faculty, who made it memorable with their spirit days ensembles! 

Also on Friday, we celebrated our Fighting Eagles with a spirited pep rally that culminated with a huge win for the Senior Class in the tug-of war competition, as they secured the final victory over a very determined faculty team! A special thanks to Heather Howard, Jana Estes and Laura Broach for planning the event! 

Later that night, PCA families and fans enjoyed Friday Night Lights at its best with an enthusiastic home crowd, a talented cheer squad, and an adorable mini cheer performance at halftime! The festivities continued with the crowning of our new Homecoming Queen, Olivia Horne, and Homecoming King, Kendall Chakeris! PCA Alumni, and last year's king and queen, Ocean Dybowski and Anne Gregory Horton, joined us for the big moment.

Apples For Atkinson's Kindergarten Class

Fall is the season for changing leaves, pumpkins, and apples! Last week Caroline Atkinson's kindergarten class took learning about apples to a fun new level.

First lesson, taste testing. "We tested all three colors of apples," said Atkinson. "We predicted which one we would like before we tested them [by coloring] in a happy face or sad face based on [what we thought]. After, we decided which was our favorite and compared it to our predictions. Lots of friends predicted they would like red the best but ended up liking yellow!"

That was just the beginning of the apple-themed week. Other activities included drawing a diagram of an apple, testing to see if apples float or sink, using adjectives to describe apples, talking about Johnny Appleseed and making Johnny Appleseed hats, and reading, "Ten Apples On Top".

The apple filled week was brought to a close with, what else? Applesauce. Mrs. Atkinson added the ingredients to a crockpot before inviting each student to see what the apples looked like before turning into the final product. 

Four hours and a day later, the result was delicious! Eating their applesauce for snack Friday morning the class unanimously agreed that it "was really good!" 

Kindergarten sure knows how to welcome in the fall season!