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See You at the Pole Brings Students, Faculty, and Parents Together in Prayer

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PCA students joined others around the globe to pray for our schools, friends, families, churches, and communities as part of See You At The Pole. Lower school students held a special chapel on Wednesday morning while upper school students gathered in the gym before the start of school to intercede for their generation.

This year's theme focused on Chronicles 7:14:"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

See You at the Pole has grown enormously since 1990 when a group of teenagers in Texas came up with the idea during a prayer meeting. Now it's estimated that each year, one million students from across the globe take part in SYATP on the fourth Wednesday in September.

2nd Graders Discover The Wonders Of God's Creation Through Science

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Squeals of excitement could be heard throughout Mrs. Rhodes
classroom as their scientific discoveries led to some fantastic results. The students used the scientific method to find out if the shape of a container would change the chemical reaction between baking soda (a base) and vinegar (an acid). What they discovered was quite a surprise.

 The students measured a solution of vinegar and blue dye and poured it into a vase. They measured baking soda and put it in the balloon. The balloon was placed over the opening of the vase. When Mrs. Rhodes signaled them to begin, students gently poured the baking soda into the vinegar and there were squeals at the results. They were shocked to find that the gas formed from the reaction would inflate the balloon!

 Mrs. Rhodes says this is part of the science chapter "What Scientists Do". She explains,"We are learning to study God's world and discover the wonders of His creation. He is a God of creativity, purpose, organization, and wonder. Second graders enjoy seeing God through His world."

 

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