Pacific Union Recorder—July 2021

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2021 Workathon at Summit Christian Academy

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very year, Summit Christian Academy (SCA) staff, students, parents, and friends of the Salt Lake City school participate in a workathon. The students send out letters to friends, family, and church members asking them to be their sponsors. The students typically do a day of community service away from the school campus; however, this year, due to the pandemic, things were done a little differently. Everyone joined forces for a cleanup day at the school facility. Activities included cleaning up the school grounds, hallways, and gym walls. Classmates in grades TK-2 used their energy removing rocks prior to the first lawn mowing of the year. They did a terrific job! As each of the income goals set by the teachers was achieved, a unique award incentive for the workathon participants took place. At the accomplishment of the $6,000 goal, all of the students received a frozen fruit bar. When the $7,000 goal was realized, the thirdand fourth-grade teacher, Ms. McCaw, dyed her hair something wild and crazy. At $7,500, SCA’s fifth- and sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Roy, had his head shaved. At the accomplishment of the $8,000 goal, Rith Dok, the seventh- and eighth-grade teacher, and his wife, Nicola Dok, who teaches TK-K, made root beer floats for the students. “I liked the root beer floats we got for reaching one of our goals the best!” exclaimed first-grader Cylan Ciulla. When the final goal of $9,000 was reached, first-


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