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A Memorable 30th Anniversary Celebration: Chili Cook-off & Concert!

What a way to wrap up the last of our big events celebrating PCA's 30th anniversary year! On Thursday evening, PCA hosted a family focused Chili Cook-off and Concert Event that brought together our community for fellowship and fun.  

The front lawns were filled with families enjoying toe-tapping music (provided by PCA Board Member Greg Horton's band) and delighting in the jump castles, hot dogs, popcorn, and sweet treats from an ice cream truck. Inside the Welcome Center, nine chili cook-off teams set up and decorated their tables in unique themes that represented each team's flavor of chili. From “Spice Girls In The Garden” to “The Danger Zone” there was a type of chili for everyone!  

Official judges sampled the chili and cast their votes in several categories while parents and students cast their votes for the People's Choice Award. Here's a look at the winning teams: 

Best Overall Chili - Pork and Beans  

People’s Choice- Pork and Beans

Best School Spirit/Tailgating Theme - The Golden Girls

Best Creative Recipe - Pascutti’s Last Hurrah

Best Traditional Recipe - The Red Hot Chili Ladies

Screams of delight filled the air as the winners were announced and came up to receive their gift baskets filled with goodies. Of course, this event would not have been possible without the help of the PCA village and community.

A special thank you to the Chili Cook-off judges.. Bill Macchio, Editor of Mount Pleasant Magazine, Buster Brown, ECBC Senior Pastor, and Jennifer Horton, Owner of ZAGS and PCA mom.

We also want to give a huge thank you to Tifany O’Neal and Margaret O’Hanley for all of their time and enthusiasm in making this event shine! And last but not least, a big thank you to all of the teams who participated and the families that came out to make this such a fun evening.

Happy 30th Anniversary PCA!!!

Senior Seminar Is The Capstone Of A PCA Education

The papers have been written. The presentations have been prepared and practiced. It's an exciting week for our senior class as they give their Senior Seminar Presentations, the culmination of an entire year's worth of work.

Separated into categories such as Future Technologies, The Supernatural & Medical Issues, Societal Issues & Politics, Conservation & Medical Issues, Sports Science, Space Colonization and the Arts, and Societal and Medical Issues, the Class of 2023 has worked since September with teachers Mrs. Kristi Ugland and Mrs. Marcia Siebert, as well as with the many senior mentors who volunteered their time to help each of the seniors fully understand, present, and defend their thesis.

“I love the Christian worldview that PCA is instilling in our students,” said ECBC Pastor and senior mentor, Danny Beech. “The Biblical perspective on life, morality and family is becoming more and more foreign in the culture at large and these senior projects are helpfully forcing our students to reckon with what God has commanded while still loving our lost neighbors, family, and friends. My time with senior Cole Seitz has been rich and meaningful as we have discussed matters of eternal consequence. The Biblical worldview of his thesis quickly pours out beyond his particular topic and relates to the total sum of the human experience: that every human is a sinner, broken before a perfect God, and is in desperate need of a savior, Jesus Christ.” 

“We are extremely proud of the Senior Class and their hard work in the Thesis Seminar Course this year!” said both Mrs. Siebert and Mrs.Ugland. “This has been a yearlong journey for students, and we are proud of the effort each student has put into his/her area of research. They have been diligent in seeking the truth about their subjects and are excited to share what they have learned and what God has illuminated for each one of them."