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Touring Our Nation's Capital: A 10th Grade Experience!

Off to D.C.! Last week the 10th grade class, along with chaperones Charlie Wulff, James Ugland, Izzie Bell and a handful of parent volunteers loaded into a charter bus at 6 am Monday morning and were off on the 2nd Annual 10th grade trip to do and see all that our Nation’s capital has to offer.

The crew hit the ground running and did not stop until they reloaded the buses for home Saturday morning. The group visited sites such as the Marine Corp Museum, the Museum of the Bible, Arlington Cemetery, Pentagon Memorial and Mall, as well as the FDR, Jefferson, and MLK memorials, the Holocaust Museum, the National Archives, the White House, and the Lincoln, Washington, WWI and WWII memorials!!

For a rest evening, they were able to participate in a game and movie night at the hotel! 

With so many places to visit, some areas stood out more to some than others.  

“My favorite part has been the Museum of the Bible,” said Cokey Suddeth, “as well as getting closer with the grade! It’s fun to experience all these things with them.” 

Will Perkins also enjoyed the Museum of the Bible. “I like how interactive it was!” 

Greta Anderson loved being together as a class. "My favorite part was the fellowship on the bus rides!” 

What a phenomenal opportunity for these students to be a part of such an incredible learning excursion.

Critical Thinking Demonstrated In Senior Thesis Presentations

Impressive. Informative. Inspirational. Our Class of 2023 spent three days last week presenting their Senior Thesis projects, and audience members were simply stunned at their command of knowledge and superb presentation skills. This is the culmination of a year long program which is the capstone of a PCA education.

"The Senior Thesis Conference displayed our students' ability to apply critical thinking skills at the highest level as they covered topics on veteran suicide prevention, the benefits and risks of vaccines, gender and the image of God, as well as many more thought-provoking and relevant topics," said Upper School Principal Sean Keiper. "Our seniors did an exceptional job articulating their research and sharing their perspectives with Biblical truths to support them." 

PCA's Senior Thesis course is required for all seniors, and provides excellent practice in collegiate level research and writing, preparing all PCA graduates for the rigors of college and life beyond. There was certainly a sense of accomplishment seen on the faces of our senior class once their presentations were complete. Great job Class of 2023!