Heroic effort: PC3 throws super party to celebrate expanded school

'God has truly blessed us,' said Brittany Bentley, of the school's leadership team.

By Brian McMillan
| 1:31 p.m. March 7, 2020

Brittany Bentley, of the school leadership team; Pastor Mike Adler; and T.C. Petruzzella, of the Spidey-Weds. Photos by Brian McMillan

Alex Simmons, 10

Justin Oquendo, who works at pc4's after-care, was asked to play the Hulk. "I thought I might as well agree because of my size and stuff," he said. (He's 6-foot-4.)

Zion Garcia, Sylvia Garcia, Paula Stiles and Tony Benvenuto

Elijah Hopkins, Ken Hyatt and Steve Verrier begin grilling a few dozen of the 1,000 hot dogs at the event.

Gracie Alvarez, 8, loves Wonder Woman because she can fly and is strong.

Nicole Ebding, teaches 1-year-olds at pc4.

Aryan, Annabelle, Alyssa and Andon Roscoe

Todd Fife (wearing a "Fe Man" T-shirt echoing the Periodic Table) and Michelle Fife pose with their grandchildren, Charley, Annabelle and Melody Capela. Charley dressed as a unique super hero: her dad is a police officer.

Darcy Araya paints Jael Phillips, 4. Araya dressed as Scotch bonnet pepper sauce; her husband of 27 years, Art Araya, dressed as sriracha sauce. "We keep things hot and spicy," Darcy Araya said.

Andon Roscoe said the Hulk was his favorite super hero. He met the Hulk, however, he wasn't as sure.

Dominick Cunningham

Palm Coast Observer
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With great scissors come great responsibility. Fortunately, Spider-Man was on hand March 7 to wield the oversized scissors and cut the oversized ribbon at the fifth-annual superhero fun day at Palm Coast Community Church, or PC3.

"Today, we are here to celebrate the merging of our preschool, PC4, and our elementary school, into one: Palm Coast Community School," said Brittany Bentley, part of the school's leadership team. "We began partnering with our church, PC3, on Sept. 10, 2012, to care for and educate families with young children. We started with one student and, seven years later, have 151 students daily."

The school will add 50 students to the elementary program in 2020-21. "God has truly blessed us," Bentley said.

Hundreds attended the event to enjoy bounce houses, face painting, free food — and superhero cosplayers.

The church is located at 1 Pine Lakes Parkway N. Visit mypc3.com. For more on the preschool, visit mypc4.com; for the expanded school, visit mypc4.com/pccs.

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Brian McMillan

Brian McMillan and his wife, Hailey, bought the Observer in 2023. Before taking on his role as publisher, Brian was the editor from 2010 to 2022, winning numerous awards for his column writing, photography and journalism, from the Florida Press Association.