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Celebrating 100 Days Of School!

100 days smarter! Wednesday, January 25th marked this year's 100th day of school and classrooms across campus were celebrating in fun and unique ways! Kindergarten was showing off how they can count to 100 by coming up with fun and creative t-shirts that showcased 100 items! From 100 smarties to 100 stickers, 100 never looked so good!

A few feet down the hall in first grade, students donned hand colored hats that showcased the number 100! Students used this day to practice their counting skills, counting to 100 in many different ways including building structures with 100 items and making trail mix with 100 of each ingredient. Mrs. Cattrone’s class was turned into a Spy Lab, where students were made into spies, complete with fingerprinting, a name badge, case file, magnifying glass, and, of course, a mustache. Students completed a number of activities related to the number 100 in order to rescue “Zero the Hero” from the devious “Number 99!” Have no fear, the students were able to solve the mystery and save Zero (as if there were any doubt)!

Last but not least, who could forget 5th grade who dressed up in 1920’s garb leading up to the start of their “Gilded Age” unit in history! From flappers and pilots, to baseball players and Women Suffragettes, these students not only looked the part, but also had fun facts about the era to go along with their day.

From 30 years, to 100 days, PCA knows how to celebrate the numbers!

PCA Student Makes School History Being Selected For All State Band

8th grader, Levi Song, is the first PCA band student to earn a chair in the South Carolina All State Band. He began preparing for his audition months ago. The audition includes scales, a prepared solo, musical terminology, and sightreading. He worked very hard to prepare all the parts of his audition in the months that led up to the first audition.  

The first audition was for the SC Region 4 Honor Band. He competed against other middle school euphonium players from the following counties: Charleston, Dorchester, Beaufort, Calhoun, Colleton, Jasper, and Orangeburg. After that audition, he had earned 1st chair in the region band and this meant he was the top scoring euphonium player in our region and his score qualified him to audition for the SC All State Band. He also worked hard in the weeks between the two auditions to get himself even more prepared for the second round of auditions. Now he would be competing with the best middle school euphonium players from each of the six regions. After his second audition, he earned 2nd chair in the SC Junior All State Band. PCA Band Director Mike Doll says, "I am very proud of Levi and the hard work and determination he put into his auditions. It is a privilege to teach Levi and have him in our band!" 

Levi set three PCA records this year: first band student to earn a first chair in the region band, first PCA band student to earn a callback to audition for the All State Band, and the first PCA band student to represent Christ, himself, his family, and PCA in the All State Band. He will participate in the All State Clinic at Furman University on March 10-12. Congratulations Levi!