No Separation of Students From Prayer on Campus
Clubs gather to worship at public schools such as Arcadia High with the blessings of their principals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
By K. Connie Kang, Times Staff Writer

Every morning, Arcadia High School seniors Catherine Yao, Lucy Li and a dozen of their schoolmates get up at 5 a.m. so they can be at school by 6 to pray before classes begin.

Gathering in the center of the public school campus, they walk up three steps and form a circle. They pray — some quietly, others aloud as the spirit moves them. Then the members of the Christian group, some affiliated with the nondenominational Transformations Community Church and the Campus Christian Club, do a "prayer walk" around the campus. Sometimes they pray for a specific student or teacher. They also pray for Arcadia, Los Angeles, the nation and the world.

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