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Mrs. McCoy's Class "Falls" In Love With The Season

Leaves, trees, and seasons. Those are the words that the kindergartners in Patti McCoy’s class were exploring in this month’s unit on seasons. 

“I love discussing the different seasons with my students!” McCoy said. “We read the book "A Tree for all Seasons" and it's so sweet to see how fascinated they are by God's creation! It led us into some great conversations about growth and how even when we can't see the Lord he's always at work.”

Putting their newfound knowledge on leaves into play, with brown paper bags in hand, the class took off to explore nature and find materials to make “leaf people” then set back off to the classroom to put material to paper. Moss for hair, pinecones for props, and of course leaves for the body, the creativity was going full speed.

“I now have students picking up leaves at recess because they found the veins that carry the water through the tree. They also just want to show off all the beautiful colors! It's wonderful to see them making connections and sharing what they've learned.”

Kindergartner, Tusker Tanner, said his favorite part of this activity was building his leaf man because, “it’s fun to build new stuff.”

Physical Education In The New SLC!

Going to the Student Life Center for PE is unlike anything our lower school students have experienced. 4th graders Caroline Bennett, Brie Williams, and Amelia Hoffman raved about the new gym in the SLC. They went on and on describing how big everything is and how PCA is stamped over everything. "There's like a million basketball hoops!" Caroline's excitement is evident through her overestimation.

Now that our PE department has access to a full gym, they are no longer having classes next door to the noisy lunchroom. We have the ability to have two PE classes going on at the same time, with the installation of a large curtain that comes down in the middle of the new gym. Even with the curtain down there is still a large enough space for two volleyball nets to be up or two basketball games to go on at the same time.

Coach Shelly Kaiser remarked, "The space is amazing. With the new gym we have more options and we are less likely to have injuries. It's opening up the possibilities of more units and growth in the PE department." Some of the future possibilities of PE include units on tennis, badminton, pickleball, and the hope of having a future archery team for PCA. All of our lower school teachers, coaches, and students are thankful to the Lord for the positive impact that the new gym in the SLC has had on their PE classes.