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  • Gus Echols leads the singing during Wednesday's See You at the Pole at the Duncan High School. Derrick Miller/The Duncan Banner

    Gus Echols leads the singing during Wednesday's See You at the Pole at the Duncan High School.

  • Duncan High School students Aubrey Mouser, Brittany Toone and Abby Bredy join in prayer during See You at the Pole. Derrick Miller/The Duncan Banner

    Duncan High School students Aubrey Mouser, Brittany Toone and Abby Bredy join in prayer during See You at the Pole.
September 27, 2012

A moment for reflection

Students gather to worship during See You At The Pole

Derrick Miller The Duncan Banner

DUNCAN — Voices joined in song and prayer as Duncan High School students participated in the annual See You at the Pole program.

The DHS event, which took place Wednesday in front of the high school, was part of a nationwide program.

Gus Echols, DHS senior, led the singing and used his guitar to move the music along. Several students, including Brittany Toone, Jack Braught and Aubrey Mouser, read Bible verses and led prayers.

“I think it went well,” Echols said. “I wanted to see a lot of people here. We all need to come together. That’s what it’s all about.”

For the program, students met 30 minutes before the start of the school day.

The program lasted until about the last 5 minutes before the first bell rang to give students enough time to get to their classes.

Echols said many of the same people attend See You at the Pole each year. And this year was no exception. Echols has been in attendance every year and was glad to be one of the leaders this year.

Braught was also glad with how well this year’s program went, even commenting on the large number of students and faculty members who attended.

“It went really well,” Braught said. “I’m happy with the turnout.”

One thing that was different this year was when the program began.

The school days begins 30 minutes earlier than it did last year, which caused the program to be at 7:30 a.m. instead of 8 a.m.

But even with the change in time, students gathered in a circle just to the south of the school’s flag pole.

Something that could have impacted the student participation was rainfall Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Duncan had a recorded 0.21 inches of rain during that time.

But the rain had cleared up before the students arrived at school. As a result, no one was left battling the weather conditions.

“I didn’t think He’d keep it raining so we couldn’t worship today,” Braught said.

He said the program is important because it keep God in the minds of those in attendance.

“It keeps God’s word in the back of your mind,” Braught said. “We live through Him.”

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