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    McKenna Trusley stands next to the flag pole at the Duncan Middle School. See You at the Pole is Wednesday morning.
September 25, 2012

Students prepare for See You at the Pole set on Wednesday

Derrick Miller The Duncan Banner

DUNCAN — A flag pole isn’t just a point of honoring the county. Wednesday at area schools, the flag pole will become a meeting point for Christian students.

The annual See You at the Pole program is set to take place before students head off to class.

At Duncan High School, students will gather at the flag pole at 7:30 a.m., while Duncan Middle School students are slated to be at their flag pole at 8 a.m.

“We get together to pray for our school, community, state, nation and world,” Mandy Robbins, Duncan Middle School teacher and event advisor, said.

Robbins said there is usually a good turnout with more than 75 students participating each year.

This year, eighth-grader McKenna Trusley, Youth Alive president, is the DMS See You at the Pole student organizer.

Trusley is excited for the event.

“I’m really looking forward to seeing how it turns out,” she said. “I’ve been kind of planning it for a while. I have people to pray, people to sing. I’ve picked out a song.”

For the program, students will gather around the flag pole to join one another in prayer and to share their thoughts on God.

She said See You at the Pole gives students and idea other students share similar religious beliefs.

It helps students form a stronger bond and can help them develop friendships, Trusley said.

“I like that you get to meet different people, different Christians,” Trusley said. “You see there are other Christians at school.”

Although See You at the Pole is a national event happening in various school districts across the United States,

Trusley said the event is also one of Youth Alive’s biggest programs for the year, something each of the members takes part in.

But there are other DMS Youth Alive projects coming up.

“We’re planning to team up with another organization,” Trusley said.

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