Vol. 54  No. 2  Summer 2020

Graduating kindergarten is a momentous occasion in a child’s life. With over 300 kindergartners graduated this year, we wanted to recognize and celebrate each student’s accomplishment. Although not in typical fashion, all 12 kindergarten classes had a virtual graduation online. Students and parents eagerly anticipated log-ging online to see a slide show especially for their class. Graduates answered questions in phonics and numbers highlighting the many academic skills they had learned in kindergarten. Several

shared with the class what they want to be when they grow up. With cap and tassel on, the virtual gradu-ation ended with the teacher calling each student’s name and the student moving his tassel to the other side. Congratulations to our littlest graduates! A new adventure in first grade awaits these growing scholars.

PCA’s high school seniors have eagerly antic-

ipated May 21, their high school graduation

date, for a long time. Even though COVID-19

has delayed their in-person graduation ceremony until later this summer, seniors were still able to celebrate their accom-plishments on this momentous day by watching a special virtual graduation ceremony at home with family while wearing their regalia. The virtual ceremony featured several current seniors, including a group of band and orchestra students playing the national anthem, Bennett Roberts perform-ing his award-winning violin solo, and senior class president Stephanie Hovind delivering an outstanding address to her classmates. The winners of several top awards were also announced during the ceremony, and seniors

enjoyed watching a slideshow of memories from the year. After each senior’s name was read, the graduates turned their tassels in celebration of their accomplishments. Fol-lowing the ceremony, graduates were able to view video testimonies from some of their classmates and access a personalized profile online celebrating their accomplishments that they could share on social media. We look forward to celebrating with our seniors in person later this summer!

K5 GRADUATIONS K5 TEACHER

K5 TEACHERVALEDICTORIANANNIE BUI

SALUTATORIANCALEB HENDERSON

FOUNDER’S AWARDSTEPHANIE HOVIND

CITIZENSHIP TROPHYBRANSON RIMMER

PATRICK HENRY PATRIOTISMSETH GARDNER

BENNETT ROBERTS

ADMINISTRATOR JOSHUA BIRX

 

ACADEMIC/CITIZENSHIPawards

4th GradeCitizenship Cayden RoarkOverallAcademic Avg. Emily HazzardArithmetic Logan ShimminLanguage Emily HazzardScience Stephen SchmuckHistory Kamila GierboliniSpelling Adriana MiddletonPenmanshipWinner Lily Haines

5th GradeCitizenship Hannah SleethOverallAcademic Avg. Walter GoncalvesArithmetic Walter GoncalvesLanguage Elliott RomanScience Jonathan TarrHistory Karalynn MeesterSpelling Thu LaiPenmanshipWinner Siddh Patel

6th GradeCitizenship Reagan SmithOverallAcademic Avg. Sarah RydzowskiArithmetic Tony MelilloLanguage Naara BarraganScience Sean FangHistory Daniella HornsbySpelling Sarah RydzowskiPenmanshipWinner Ruth Maurer

7th GradeCitizenship Kaileen MeesterOutstandingScholarship Charlie HallEnglish Mia Nuckols

Math Charlie HallScience Scarlet JacksonHistory Victoria Rosales

8th GradeCitizenship RaeAnne TuttonOutstandingScholarship Mella HuberEnglish Nate FloresMath Mella HuberScience Jennifer MimsHistory Michaela Schroder

9th GradeCitizenship Micah SleethOutstandingScholarship Brenna CollierEnglish Brenna CollierMath Tricia WarnerGeography Abigail QuinlanPhysicalScience Amuhelang Mbizo

10th GradeCitizenship Hannah RomeroOutstandingScholarship Nathan MitchellEnglish Laura PorterMath Nathan MitchellHistory JT TuttonBiology Jonathan Decker

11th GradeCitizenship Emily JonesOutstandingScholarship Catherine BostwickEnglish Emily JonesMath Catherine BostwickHistory Isaac SandersChemistry Alyssa SavageSpanish 1 Katie TurmanKeyboarding Michael Riffel

the ARROW TEAMThe Arrow staff works hard and remains faithful throughout the school year to ensure that the PCA student body has a wonderful book of memories. When most people think of yearbooks, they think of pictures. Because pictures

make up almost 90% of the yearbook, our photographers are a vital part of our pro-duction team. Pho-tographers attend school functions and constantly search for good pictures. The photography staff takes thousands of

photos and then painstakingly edits those images on the computer to make them ready for printing. Another vital role of the Arrow staff is that of the student editor. Editors strive to make sure that the yearbook accurately tells the story of our school year. Editors work hard to make sure that the best photographs are placed in the yearbook and that the captions that coincide with each photograph are interesting and accurate. Editors also play a key role in school-wide individual photos in the fall, ensuring that each person pictured in our book is named correctly. Without this wonderful staff, the PCA Arrow would not be possible.

Photographers: Noah Fields, Matt Hall, Austin Jones, Ava McCormack, Kailey Mitchell, Seth Nipper, Ethan Peeler, Jasmine Robinson, Kaitlyn Segars, and Angelina Teegarden

Editors: Caleb Allen, Kenan Bryant, Caleb Nipper, Kayla Porter, Michael Riffel, Isaac Sanders, Riley Stanton, and Dianna Tupua

ARTCONTEST

Each spring, PCA hosts an art con-test for students in grades 7–12. We had many fantastic entries submitted this year! Categories include Black/White Drawing, Color Painting, and Photography. The winners are listed below.

Black/White Drawing 1st place Brianna Sheppard (10) “Coming Home?”

2nd place Peyton Spitsbergen (10) “Remembrance of Topsy”

3rd place Stephanie Hovind (12) “The Vase”

Honorable Zaria Colucci (8) Mention “Want Some Chicken”

Color Painting 1st place Joey Lopez (9) “Vibrant”

2nd place Bella Davidson (10) “Sky”

Photography 1st place Lauren Ray (7) “Butterfly’s Life”

2nd place Megan Sisson (12) “Sunrise”

3rd place Beth Walker (12) “The Road Not Taken”

Honorable Isaac Fulfer (7) Mention “Cross on the Beach at Sunset”

Music AwardsBefore transitioning to virtual learning, PCA musicians were preparing for the Spring Concert. Although we can’t hear the music groups perform all together, we can still recognize their accomplishments.

Choristers Grades 7–8Most Improved Chorister Walker Stanton (7)

Member of the Year Bella Manning (8)

Concert Band Grades 9–12Most Improved Playerin Concert Band Savannah Alverson (9)

Concert Band OutstandingWoodwind Player of the Year Brandon Collier (12)

Concert Band OutstandingBrass Player of the Year Beth Walker (12)

Concert Band OutstandingPercussion Player of the Year Michael Colucci (10)

John Philip Sousa Award Hannah Birx (12)

Concert Orchestra Grades 8–12Most Improved Player inConcert Orchestra Elizabeth Murphy (11)

Most Outstanding Upper StringsPlayer in Concert Orchestra Annie Bui (12)

Most Outstanding Lower StringsPlayer Concert Orchestra Samantha Spradling (10)

Director’s Award for Orchestra Grace Penley (12)

Singers Grades 9–12Most Improved Singer Jing Tong Hu (12)

Outstanding Female Vocalistin Singers Kathryn Sheppard (12)

Outstanding Male Vocalistin Singers Seth Gardner (12)

Singer Member of the Year Megan Willingham (12)

Harp IMost Improved Alyssa Mercado (3)

Student of the Year Celeste Ducote (6)

Harp IIMost Improved Josiah Miner (4)

Student of the Year Hayden Peoples (4)

Patriots Grades 5–6Most Improved Lizzy Gonzalez (6)

Patriot of the Year Ava Mauk (5)

Tonettes Grade 4Most Improved Angel Cayanan (4)

Tonette of the Year Daylen Ravey (4)

Cadet Band Grades 6–8Woodwind Player of the Year Avery Ferreira (7)

Brass Player of the Year Nate Flores (8)

Percussion Player of the Year Kathy Yoder (8)

Most Improved Player Cody Wallace (7)

Cadet Band Member of the Year Michaela Schroder (8)

Third Grade BandMost Improved Player Eden Robinson

Woodwind Player of the Year Kat Wiessner

Brass Player of the Year Audrey See

Percussion Player of the Year Madeline Henry

Instrumentalist of the Year Riley Smith

Elementary Band Grades 4–5Most Improved Joseph Wheeler (4)

Woodwind Player of the Year Lauren Kinney (4)

Brass Player of the Year Thomas Tyler-Gustin (5)

Percussion Player of the Year Wyatte Davis (5)

Elementary Band Memberof the Year Tiisang Mbizo (5)

Intermediate Orchestra Grades 4–7Most Improved String Player Martnie Jacques (4)

Outstanding Lower Strings Victoria Rosales (7)

Outstanding Upper Strings Tabatha Sellers (7)

Intermediate OrchestraMember of the Year Maddy Harrington (7)

Beginning Orchestra Most Improved Kayden LaFountaine (5)

Student of the Year Kenna Stone (6)

Jaffe OrchestraMost Improved Keelan Cowan (4)

Student of the Year Megan Prickett (4)

Awarding Star AthletesEach year at the Warriors Sports Banquet, recognition and awards are given to outstanding athletes. Although the banquet was not able to take place, we still wanted to acknowledge the hard work of all our athletes as well as those who received awards.

Sport Captain(s) Most Improved Player Coach’s Most Valuable PlayerCross Country Hannah Birx (12) Ana Yanas (12) Kathryn Sheppard (12) RaeAnne Tutton (8)Girls Grace Penley (12)

Cross Country Carstan Cochran (12) Marc Johnson (11) Caleb Allen (12) JT Tutton (10)Boys JT Tutton (10)

Volleyball Jaelen Shannon (12) Samantha Clark (10) Amalia Gonzalez (12) Hannah Romero (10) Stephanie Hovind (12)

Basketball Caleb Henderson (12) Andrew Johnson (9) Matthew Hall (12) Cameron Lewis (12)Boys

Basketball Stephanie Hovind (12) Hannah Romero (10) Taylor Kelly (12) Stephanie Hovind (12)Girls Abby Sellars (11)

Cheerleading Morgan Buschman (12) Kaitlyn Segars (12) Jaelen Shannon (12) Morgan Buschman (12) Ana Yanas (12)

Track Jacob Kayl (12)Boys JT Tutton (10)

Track Hannah Birx (12)Girls Caroline Rimmer (10)

Baseball Caleb Henderson (12) Branson Rimmer (12)

AWARDS & CONTESTS

YEARBOOK STAFF

In March, the 4th and 5th grade students had a wonderful time participating in Field Day, hosted by the junior class to raise money for their senior trip to Washington D.C.

Eager students wore their team colors and competed against other classes. The weather was perfect for the day’s activities. They hopped in potato sacks, rushed with erasers balanced on their heads, sprinted while holding golf balls in spoons, and raced down the field while dribbling basketballs.

The champions for the 2020 Field Day are Mrs. McQueen’s class (4) and Mrs. Howard’s class (5).

Special DeliveryOn Friday, May 8, high school teachers and administrators loaded 4 different

school buses and drove all around the greater Pensacola area to deliver a

personalized, commemorative yard sign to each of our graduating seniors.

Since this year’s seniors have had such an unusual spring semester with

several events canceled due to COVID-19, the faculty and administration

wanted to do their best to make this sign delivery a memorable occasion

for each graduate. At each house, they arrived honking the horn and cheering for

the senior. Former, long-time PCA school resource officer Bob Clark also joined

one of the routes in his police car, flashing his lights, as they arrived to each

house. Many parents and students shared how special this day was for them.

Senior Megan Willingham’s mom commented, “Thank you so much for making

the seniors feel special with a personalized yard sign. Megan really misses her

teachers, and it was nice to see some of them and give ‘air’ hugs.”

TEACHERS VISITING MEGAN SISSON

FIELD DAY—BLUE TEAM

Pensacola Christian Academy is accredited by the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, which is recognized by the Florida Association of Academic Nonpublic Schools and the National Council for Private School Accreditation as an official accrediting body for Christian schools.

Grades 9–12 2nd Semester12th Grade: Hannah Birx, Annie Bui, Cole

Collins, Noah Fields, Meredith Gordon, Matthew Hall, Caleb Henderson, Stephanie Hovind, Preston Kahlhamer, Caleb Nipper, Ethan Peeler, D.W. Rushing, Kaitlyn Segars, Megan Sisson, Hayley Stewart, Beth Walker

11th Grade: Catherine Bostwick, Tommy DeLoney, Lael Garrett, Dillon Hanna, Ariel Johnson, Marc Johnson, Emily Jones, Cristina Knight, Ava McCormack, John Penley, Kayla Porter, Michael Riffel, Isaac Sanders, Alyssa Savage, Samantha Sulls, Madison Tubb, Katie Turman, James Zeitouni

10th Grade: Benjamin Bernau, Logan Breitenstein, Savanah Castleberry, Vanna Chambless, Jonathan Decker, Angie Hovind, Duchenie Jacques, Mikel Kester, Nathan Mitchell, Laura Porter, Caroline Rimmer, Brianna Sheppard, Peyton Spitsbergen, JT Tutton, Morgan Tye

9th Grade: Joshua Bostwick, Zylah Carden, Jessica Chappell, Brenna Collier, Caleb Cone, Erin Etheridge, DeMarius Gholston, Chloe Gorecki, Elle Houk, Ellisyn Johnson, Pryor Johnson, Amuhelang Mbizo, Chloe McLamb, Isabel Miner, Abigail Quinlan, Jarren Sartaguda, Lily Schomer, Micah Sleeth, Dianna Tupua, Tricia Warner, Morgan Wright

Grades 4–12 3rd Nine Weeks12th Grade: Hannah Birx, Annie Bui, Cole

Collins, Noah Fields, Meredith Gordon, Matthew Hall, Caleb Henderson, Stephanie Hovind, Preston Kahlhamer, Caleb Nipper, Ethan Peeler, Kaitlyn Segars, Megan Sisson, Hayley Stewart, Beth Walker

11th Grade: Catherine Bostwick, Tommy DeLoney, Lael Garrett, Marc Johnson, Emily Jones, Cristina Knight, Ava McCormack, Esther Park, John Penley, Kayla Porter, Michael Riffel, Isaac Sanders, Alyssa Savage, Samantha Sulls, Katie Turman, James Zeitouni

10th Grade: Benjamin Bernau, Logan Breitenstein, Vanna Chambless, Cherokee Cone, Jonathan Decker, Angie Hovind, Duchenie Jacques, Mikel Kester, Nathan Mitchell, Caitlyn Penley, Laura Porter, Caroline Rimmer, JT Tutton

9th Grade: Joshua Bostwick, Zylah Carden, Jessica Chappell, Brenna Collier, Caleb Cone, Erin Etheridge, DeMarius Gholston, Chloe Gorecki, Elle Houk, Ellisyn Johnson, Amuhelang Mbizo, Chloe McLamb, Isabel Miner, Daniel Penley, Abigail Quinlan, Lily Schomer, Micah Sleeth, Dianna Tupua, Tricia Warner, Morgan Wright

8th Grade: Hannah Baker, Kenton Bryant, Riley Cheney, Chayla Crenshaw, Nate Flores, Jas Guillory, Mella Huber, Robby Jones, Kenny Le, Rachel Machado, Bella Manning, Skyler Mauk, Jennifer Mims, Dat Nguyen, Michaela Schroder, Isaiah Shannon, Gabe Shimmin, Annabelle Smith, Dal Khup Songput, Nathan Tran, RaeAnne Tutton

7th Grade: JazzLee Brown, Avery Ferreira, Charlie Hall, Sophie Harrell, Scarlet Jackson, Samantha Machado, Untibile Mbizo, Kaileen Meester, Mia Nuckols, Minhha Quach, Lauren Ray, Victoria Rosales, Tabatha Sellers, Audrey Spoon, Mason Thompson, Cody Wallace, Jayden Williams

6th Grade: Rain Chen, Daniella Hornsby, Taison Huynh, Claire Keene, Lily Nguyen, Sarah Rydzowski, Dakoda Williams

5th Grade: Walter Goncalves, Xavier Mitchell, Hannah Sleeth, Jon Paul Tarr

4th Grade: Kheilee Booth, ShiLyn Brown, Lily Haines, Emily Hazzard, Martnie Jacques, Yanni Lagouros, Adriana Middleton, Alayna Schroder, Landon VanMeter, Megan Wainwright

Grades 4–12 4th Nine Weeks12th Grade: Hannah Birx, Annie Bui, Cole

Collins, Noah Fields, Amalia Gonzalez, Meredith Gordon, Matthew Hall, Caleb Henderson, Karsyn Holcomb, Stephanie Hovind, Preston Kahlhamer, Jacob Kayl, Ciin Kiim, Kelly Lane, Caleb Nipper, Ethan Peeler, Bennett Roberts, D.W. Rushing, Kaitlyn Segars, Jaelen Shannon, Megan Sisson, Hayley Stewart, Beth Walker

11th Grade: Diana Bernau, Catherine Bostwick, Yuna Cho, Cameron Dean, Tommy DeLoney, Lael Garrett, Dillon Hanna, Andrew Harold, Ariel Johnson, Marc Johnson, Emily Jones, Ava McCormack, John Penley, Kayla Porter, Michael Riffel, Jasmine Robinson, Isaac Sanders, Alyssa Savage, Samantha Sulls, Dennis Tubb, Madison Tubb, Katie Turman, James Zeitouni

10th Grade: Benjamin Bernau, Patrick Birta, Savanah Castleberry, Vanna

Chambless, Samantha Clark, Michael Colucci, Jonathan Decker, Tyrese Edouard, Leslee Fears, Nuria Gonzalez, Connor Harper, Cameron Hassell, Dominic Hays, Angie Hovind, Duchenie Jacques, Mikel Kester, Nathan Mitchell, Laura Porter, Caroline Rimmer, Brianna Sheppard, Peyton Spitsbergen, JT Tutton, Morgan Tye, Kaylee Wooten

9th Grade: Joshua Bostwick, Zylah Carden, Jessica Chappell, Brenna Collier, Caleb Cone, Erin Etheridge, DeMarius Gholston, Chloe Gorecki, Lauren Hanna, Kyndall Holcomb, Elle Houk, Ellisyn Johnson, Pryor Johnson, Amuhelang Mbizo, Chloe McLamb, Isabel Miner, Chrissy Potter, Abigail Quinlan, Jarren Sartaguda, Lily Schomer, Micah Sleeth, Dianna Tupua, Tricia Warner, Morgan Wright

8th Grade: Hannah Baker, Kenton Bryant, Jude Carden, Riley Cheney, Ethan Corliss, Chayla Crenshaw, Nate Flores, Abigail Gordon, Jas Guillory, Mella Huber, Hailey Ivey, Brandon Johnson, Robby Jones, Mattie Lane, Kenny Le, Isaiah Logsdon, Bella Manning, Skyler Mauk, Jennifer Mims, Bryn Miner, Dat Nguyen, Therron Percival, Jaydah Phelan, Brooke Romero, Brooke Rushing, Phinehas Rushing, Emily Savage, Michaela Schroder, Isaiah Shannon, Gabe Shimmin, Sarah Sleeth, Abbey Smeester, Annabelle Smith, Nathan Tran, RaeAnne Tutton

7th Grade: JazzLee Brown, Ryan DeLoney, Trinity Edwards, Avery Ferreira, Natalia Garcia-Leal, Elicia Gonzalez, Grace Guerrier, Charlie Hall, Sophie Harrell, Rachel Hedaria, Clark Hill, Luke Hodge, Scarlet Jackson, Jonah Ji, Jordan LaBryer, Dominic Litchfield, Josiah Logsdon, Samantha Machado, Untibile Mbizo, Kaileen Meester, Mia Nuckols, Minhha Quach, Lauren Ray, Victoria Rosales, Tabatha Sellers, Audrey Spoon, Cody Wallace, Jayden Williams, Rojric Witter

6th Grade: Hope Baker, Naara Barragan, Rain Chen, Seth Corliss, Ariana Fleming, Jessica Hansen, Daniella Hornsby, Taison Huynh, Claire Keene, Ruth Maurer, Lily Nguyen, Sarah Rydzowski, Hayden Stewart, Dakoda Williams

5th Grade: Sarah Ahmed, Phoebe Eaton, Walter Goncalves, Thu Lai, Brandy Li, Tiisang Mbizo, Kara Meester, Xavier Mitchell, Siddh Patel, Elliott Roman, Hannah Sleeth, Ivana Stone, Jon Paul Tarr

4th Grade: Benji Barragan, ShiLyn Brown, Paige Corliss, Carlee Duncan, Lily Haines,

Emily Hazzard, Martnie Jacques, Lauren Kinney, Yanni Lagouros, Nicholas Lai, Gavin Orlino, Jacob Popov, Katelyn Sanchez, Alayna Schroder, Mia Smith, Landon VanMeter, Megan Wainwright

Grades 1–3 5th Six Weeks3rd Grade: Michelle Ackerman, Aisha

Alicando, Adrienne Barrows, Bryanna Bush, Makayla Carter, Chloe Chen, Lacey Craig, Abby DeJong, Henry Dillon, Samuel Eddins, Kaylee Figuerrez, Clara Goncalves, Sophie Gorecki, Alyssa Mercado, Hung Nguyen, Liam Nguyen, Ansh Patel, Nate Rieland, Isabella Singleton, January Smith, Elizah Som, Reese Stanton, Brandon Tran, Victor Tran, Audrey Tupua, Tyler Wainwright

2nd Grade: Miranda Aikens, Alexandria Alcala, Ayden Black, Brayden Black, Caleb Chappell, Enoch Chen, Aniston Cook, Caleb Dapsy, Cassandra Fones, Nate Hor, Cedric Hosea, Gracen Huey, Clare Jang, Londyn McCants, Brielle McIntyre, Gabreonna Moye, Andrew Neamatalla, Luke Simmons, Abbey Thomas, Anna Vo, Tam Vuong, Gabriela Young

1st Grade: Keziah Brown, Gracie Busarow, Makenna Carter, Malaysia Carter, Reilly Case, Serenity Cooper, Whitney Craig, Avery Crosswait, Tyson Culliver, Madison Dagnall, Lailah East, Lindsay Ehlers, James Faulkner, Jalaya Gordon, David Graves, Ty Hagan, Madison Haymans, Marcus Herman, Boku Kelbessa, Wesley Kime, Gracelyn Lee, Brianna Lope, Jacob Manning, Kash McCoy, Layne Mierzwak, Colt Miller, Haley Miller, Kaylee Minton, Tatianna Peters, Trumaine Polk, Dylan Reichlin, Eliyana Riela, Emmaleigh Roman, Lila Rowell, Sophia Salter, Nina Savage, Levi Scripture, Maleah Selland, Ka’mar Smith, Ivy Nicole Tango, Emma Toenes, Emilee Tompkins, Heaven’s Tshiswaka, Ava Walker, Rashad Walker, Adley Warshaw, Julius Wilson, Gracen Withoff, Braden Yohe

Each year, students in grades 4–6 look forward to creating a patriotic-themed poster or project. Using imagination and creativity, each student created a project to depict an event, person, or symbol of American history. Before we transitioned to virtual learning, the completed projects were judged and displayed in the classrooms and around the school. Since we were unable to announce the top winners for each grade level in Assembly, we would like to congratulate the winners.

4th GradeNoah Gettle (Liberty Bell)

5th GradeHolly Dyess (Gold Rush)

6th GradeLily Nguyen (Jamestown)

All “A” Honor Roll