See You At the Pole

Students gathered around the flagpole last Wednesday at Cascade Public Schools, participating in the national and international prayer event known as See You at the Pole. Student-initiated and student-led, they prayed for their school, their families, friends, and country.

See You at the Pole (SYATP), an annual gathering of thousands of Christian students at school flagpoles for purposes of worship and prayer, officially began in 1990 in Burleson, Texas, when a group of teenagers gathered to pray for several schools. Prayers organized by students themselves are allowed and protected by free speech rights. Student-led SYATP events held before or after school are approved by the ACLU, provided the school neither encourages nor discourages participation. Pastors, teachers, and other adults may also be involved, so long as the event is student-led.