>>SPARTAN BOOSTER #314

>>February 27, 2006

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TODAY! MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

5:00pm Junior high girls soccer: Buford JH at GACS; Spartan soccer field 5:30pm Boys lacrosse: GACS at Centennial 5:55pm Varsity baseball: GACS vs. St. Pius X; Oglethorpe University 6:00pm Girls lacrosse: Decatur at GACS; Spartan Stadium 6:00pm Junior high boys soccer: Buford JH at GACS; Spartan soccer field 7:00pm Varsity girls soccer: North Hall at GACS; Spartan soccer field

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

4:00pm Varsity tennis: GACS vs. Holy Innocents; Blackburn Park 4:00pm JV tennis: Holy Innocents at GACS; Spartan tennis courts 5:00pm Varsity girls soccer: GACS at East Hall; Gainesville GA 7:00pm Varsity boys soccer: GACS at East Hall; Gainesville GA

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1

4:00pm Varsity track & field: Pace, Rabun Co. & Paideia at GACS; Spartan Stadium

THURSDAY, MARCH 2

4:00pm Varsity girls basketball: GACS vs. Dodge County; State AA semifinals; Macon Coliseum 4:00pm Varsity tennis: GACS at Parkview 4:30pm Junior high boys soccer: GACS JH at Westminster 5:00pm Varsity baseball: Holy Innocents at GACS; Spartan baseball field 5:00pm Junior high girls soccer: Lovett at GACS; Spartan soccer field

FRIDAY, MARCH 3

5:00pm Varsity baseball: Eagle's Landing at GACS; Spartan baseball field 5:30pm Varsity girls soccer: Gainesville at GACS; Spartan soccer field 7:30pm Varsity boys soccer: Gainesville at GACS; Spartan soccer field

SATURDAY, MARCH 4

Varsity boys golf at Apple Mountain Invitational; 901 Rockford Creek Road; Clarkesville GA 3:00pm Varsity girls basketball: State AA Championship Game; Macon Coliseum ____________________________________________________________

>BASKETBALL

FINAL FOUR! LADY SPARTANS PLAY SEMIFINALS ON THURSDAY IN MACON

Coach Mike Mitchell reports:

The Lady Spartan basketball team had a great weekend in Jonesboro winning

two games over Pace and East Hall to qualify for the Final Four in Macon

this week. We will be playing Dodge County at 4:00 Thursday afternoon at the

Macon Coliseum in the state semi-finals.

The ladies played an excellent game Saturday in the quarterfinals against

East Hall winning 57-39. D’Nay Daniels was the leading scorer and rebounder

for the Lady Spartans with 19 points and 6 rebounds. Kiara Swanier added 16

points and 4 assists in the game. Bria Smith and Julio Stephens each had 7

points. The Lady Spartans are now 24-7 heading into the Thursday matchup

with Dodge County.

In the semifinals on Thursday against Pace Academy, D’Nay Daniels led the

Lady Spartans in scoring with 22 and added 7 rebounds. Mollie Mitchell had

9 points and Julio Stephens added 8. Kiara Swanier did a great job defending

Pace’s leading scorer. GACS beat the Lady Knights 54-40. Please congratulate

these girls on their efforts and come support them Thursday in Macon!

CLASS AA: FINAL FOUR SCHEDULE & DIRECTIONS TO MACON COLISEUM

THURSDAY, MARCH 2: CLASS AA SEMIFINALS

4:00pm GACS girls vs. Dodge County

5:30pm East Hall boys vs. Thomasville

7:00pm Wesleyan girls vs. Screven County

8:30pm Buford boys vs. Dublin

SATURDAY, MARCH 4: FINALS

11:00am Girls State Championship Game: Class A

12:45pm Boys State Championship Game: Class A

3:00pm Girls State Championship Game: Class AA

4:45pm Boys State Championship Game: Class AA

7:00pm Girls State Championship Game: Class AAA

8:45pm Boys State Championship Game: Class AAA

DIRECTIONS: The Macon Centreplex Coliseum and Convention Center

200 Coliseum Drive

Macon, GA 31217

From Atlanta:

Take I-75 South to downtown Macon;

Take I-16 East and get off at Exit 2.

Turn left onto Coliseum Drive and follow signs.

SPARTANS EXORCISE DEMONS; MAKE IT TO SEMIFINALS

By Dan Tomayko, Staff Writer

Feb. 26 Gwinnett Daily Post

of the Greater Atlanta Christian locker room after its quarterfinal win on

Friday and one thing was clear.

The Spartans have their eyes on the prize.

"All I want now is the ring," junior post player D’Nay Daniels said. "It’s

all about getting there with these teammates, but the ring makes it even

better."

GAC made it through the quarterfinal round that had been their stumbling

block the past two seasons, advancing to the Final Four in Class AA by

defeating Region 8-AA foe East Hall 57-39 on Saturday at Mt. Zion High

School in Jonesboro.

"The last two years we got knocked out in the Elite Eight, so we knew that

we had to be the team to step it up and make it into the Final Four and we

did it," junior guard Kiara Swanier said.

"The kids have been here before and they want to move on, and they’re

learning again to rely on one another more and more every day," GAC head

coach Mike Mitchell said.

The two teams played a very even first quarter, finishing with a buzzer

beating 3-pointer by Bria Smith to tie it at 13.

"They came at us hard and made two or three runs, but each time we settled

down and answered," Mitchell said. "I can’t give the kids enough credit

The teams split their regular season meetings, each winning by just one

point. But this time it wasn’t nearly that close, as the Spartans started to

pull away at the end of the first half.

"I really like that run at the end of the second quarter where it was back

and forth, and then we do three or four good things and we’re up eight,"

Mitchell said. "That really helped us settle down."

"We knew that we could beat them, and each time we had played them before we

weren’t at 100 percent, and today we were," Daniels said.

It also didn’t hurt that GAC forced 18 turnovers while only turning it over

eight times itself.

"We have that ability, but sometimes we just don’t pay enough attention to

the situations and step in like we did today," Mitchell said.

"We knew that their big girls couldn’t keep up with us, so we tried to make

them keep up with our tempo," Swanier said.

The Spartans continued to play good defense and cause turnovers through the

second half, and weathering a Viking run that cut the lead from 10 points to

five.

"Today it was just a matter of who made the plays more consistently and we

were just the more consistent ones overall," Mitchell said.

GAC used that consistency to pull away in the fourth quarter, stretching the

lead to 13 during a four-minute scoreless drought for East Hall.

Now the Spartans move on to the semifinals, where they will play Dodge

County on Thursday.

"We’re going to Macon for the state championship," Swanier said.

"There’s not much more to say than that," Daniels added.

SPARTANS SURVIVE TO EARN ELITE EIGHT BERTH

By Dan Tomayko, Staff Reports

Feb. 24 Gwinnett Daily Post

start from an expected source, plus some help from an unexpected one.

Mollie Mitchell came off the bench to give leading scorer D’Nay Daniels a

hand and the Spartans held off a hard-charging Pace Academy squad 54-40 to

advance to the quarterfinals of the Class AA state tournament.

Daniels got 15 of her game-high 22 points in the first half as she helped

the Spartans to an early lead on Thursday at Mt. Zion.

"I was definitely feeling it," Daniels said of her first-half performance.

"My mom always gives me some motivation before the game, and today I knew I

had to show up for the team."

"She can play anywhere out there on the floor, and she’s got a tremendous

ability," GAC head coach Mike Mitchell said. "Every night we go out there

and watch what happens."

Mollie Mitchell’s major contribution came at the start of the third quarter

as she scored the first seven points for the Spartans to build a nine-point

cushion. Mitchell finished with nine key points for GAC.

"She came out and got some opportunities there and made the most of them,"

her dad and coach said. "It’s like that every night with this group.

Somebody else steps up, and they’re all capable of doing it. On nights where

all of them do it, wow, they’re fun to watch."

However, between the two Spartan runs, Pace came charging back. The Knights

used a stifling defense to force GAC into a virtual standstill in the third

quarter. Pace reeled off a 12-2 run at the end of the third and beginning of

the fourth quarters to cut the lead to just one at 38-37.

"We were just saying that we just needed to go at it and keep working hard,

and we would eventually start getting more chances and to the foul line,"

Daniels said of the team’s attitude as Pace closed in.

The Knights’ charge was led by 17 points from Lauren Falohun as well as 13

from Megan Elliot. But ultimately, it wasn’t enough.

"We came out and played well, but later on we let them back in it by not

doing things well that I know we can do," Mike Mitchell said. "But in the

fourth quarter we just had some kids make some plays and some free throws to

extend the lead and hold them off."

Free-throw shooting was something that helped Pace get back into the game as

well, with the fouls in their favor by a 10-2 margin at one point in the

fourth quarter.

Pace made only three field goals in the second half, but was able to cash in

from the charity stripe to keep it close for a while, hitting 11 of its 18

free throws in the half.

"They didn’t have to shoot from outside. We were doing a poor job

defensively and giving them shots from the line, and we knew we needed to

fix that," Mitchell said.

They did that and got to the line themselves, going 9-for-11 in the fourth

quarter as the Spartans pulled away for the 14-point win.

In the quarterfinals, GAC will take on region rival East Hall, which won its

Sweet 16 game on Thursday over Model 45-38.

LADY SPARTANS RECORD (24-7)

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GACS 46-55 Marist

GACS 74-30 Chestatee

GACS 75-58 Shaw

GACS 75-35 Lovett

GACS 49-22 Paideia

GACS 81-28 Banks County*

GACS 57-51 Cartersville

GACS 67-12 Union County*

GACS 67-22 Rabun County*

GACS 76-40 Jefferson

GACS 57-39 Buford*

GACS 57-28 Walton

GACS 43-53 South Gwinnett

GACS 55-63 Spartanburg SC

GACS 40-38 East Hall*

GACS 41-25 Dawson County*

GACS 60-34 Chestatee

GACS 43-61 Wesleyan*

GACS 60-36 Providence Christian*

GACS 62-38 Lumpkin County*

GACS 44-45 East Hall*

GACS 51-45 Cartersville

GACS 48-57 Wesleyan*

GACS 92-57 Providence Christian*

GACS 60-57 Buford*

*Region games (10-3)

REGION TOURNAMENT (2-1)

GACS 64-37 Banks County

GACS 59-50 Buford

GACS 59-62 Wesleyan

STATE TOURNAMENT (3-0)

GACS 75-41 Oglethorpe County

GACS 54-40 Pace Academy

GACS 57-39 East Hall

GACS vs. Dodge County; State Final Four semifinals; Thursday, Mar. 2; Macon

Centreplex; 4:00pm

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>GIRLS SOCCER

TONIGHT AT HOME: LADY SPARTANS VS. NORTH HALL; TOMORROW AT EAST HALL

Lady Spartans

Soccer Record (1-4)

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GACS 1-2 Grady

GACS 4-1 St. Vincent's Academy

GACS 1-2 Evans

GACS 0-1 Westminster

GACS 2-10 Woodward

AA/A GIRLS SOCCER

TOP TEN RANKED TEAMS

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1 Lovett

2 Providence Christian

3 Pace Academy

4 Decatur

5 Walker

6 Holy Innocents'

7 Aquinas

8 Paideia

9 Wesleyan

10 Galloway

[Source: divarsity.com]

LADY SPARTANS

SOCCER ROSTER

Name / Grade

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Whitney Adams 12

Sarah Brummett 12

Sarah Gywn 12

Britney Harper 12

Gillian Potts 12

Kathryn Tarulli 12

Allison Turner 12

Megan Klenke 11

Sara Lindsley 11

Lindsey Pimentel 11

Julio Stephens 11

Kristen Frederickson 10

Jenna Hoglund 10

Sammy Abrahart 9

Sydney Eason 9

Morgan Hall 9

Quincy Meyer 9

Head Coach: Troy Bendickson

Assistant Coach: Amanda Cost

Trainer: Chad Dybdahl

>BOYS SOCCER

SPARTANS PLAY AT EAST HALL ON TUESDAY IN VARSITY DOUBLEHEADER

SPARTAN BOYS

SOCCER RECORD (1-4)

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GACS 2-0 Grady

GACS 2-3 Savannah Country Day

GACS 1-3 Aquinas

GACS 1-4 Lovett

GACS 2-5 Walker

AA/BOYS SOCCER

TOP TEN RANKED TEAMS

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1 Aquinas

2 Savannah Country Day

3 Walker

4 Lovett

5 Buford

6 GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN

7 Providence Christian

8 Brookstone

9 Paideia

10 Savannah Christian

[Source: divarsity.com]

SPARTAN BOYS

SOCCER ROSTER

Name / Grade

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Nick Ramon 12

Tom Ream 12

Roy Lee 12

Sam Arthur 11

Taylor Wisted 11

Russell Holzgrefe 11

Matt Wolfe 11

Alex Powell 11

Matt Carroll 11

Nick Doris 10

Andrew McPheeley 10

John Strohmeyer 10

Peter Lobona 10

Cole Maenza 10

Logan Ream 10

Evan Turner 10

John Max Bolling 9

Zach Johnson 9

Eric Fletcher 9

Richard Klemm 9

Chris Thomas 9

Head Coach: Thom Jacquet

Asst. Coach: Joe Aaron, Sean Wickham

Trainer: Chad Dybdahl

>TENNIS

GIRLS TENNIS

Coach Dana Davis reports:

Congratulations to the varsity girls’ tennis team who defeated Woodward

Academy Thursday by the score of 3-2. Our JV boys also defeated Woodward

yesterday by the score of 3-2. The varsity boys and JV girls lost hard

fought matches to strong Woodward teams.

Christy Couch powers GAC girls tennis

Greater Atlanta Christian beat Woodward 3-2 Thursday. GAC's winners were

Christy Couch (No. 2 singles), Abbey Whitward (No. 3 singles), and Abby

Rising and Caroline Greenwood (No. 1 doubles). GAC's boys lost 5-0 to

Woodward. [Feb. 24 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

GAC 3, Woodward Academy 2

win over Woodward Academy Thursday.

Christy Couch (6-0, 6-4) and Abbey Witner (1-6, 7-5, 10-6 tie-breaker due to

darkness) took points in singles and the team of Abbey Rising and Caroline

Greenwood (6-4, 6-2) won in doubles for the Spartans. [Feb. 24 Gwinnett

Daily Post]

>BASEBALL

TODAY! SPARTANS OPEN SEASON VS. ST. PIUS AT OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY

Follow Spartan baseball at the team's website:

Brock Bennett - catcher

Landon Bennett - pitcher, centerfield

Louis Brooks -

Brent Burrows

Colton Chapple

Lee Chapple - first base

Mark Edwards - shortstop

Dillon Geraghty

Ian Graham

Ryan Griffin - pitcher

Hunter Montgomery

Patrick Savage

Brock Snead

Taylor Wood - pitcher, first base

John Wood - outfield

Class AA PreSeason

Coaches Poll

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1 Bacon County

2 Jeff Davis

3 GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN

4 Wesleyan

5 Calhoun

6 Vidalia

7 Buford

8 Bleckley County

9 Dade County

10 Blessed Trinity

[Source: divarsity.com]

SPARTANS WILL PLAY AT TURNER FIELD ON MAY 10

Greater Atlanta Christian and Wesleyan will play at Turner Field on

Wednesday, May 10 as part of the Spring Baseball Classic benefiting

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

The Spartans and Wolves will play at 4 p.m., followed by Georgia vs. Georgia

Tech at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10. Seating is general admission. For

information, call Joe Chapple at 404-663-9453 or e-mail him at

Chapple@wpyba.org [Feb. 15 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

Game Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2006.

First game: GAC Spartans vs. Wesleyan Wolves at 4:00pm.

Second game: Georgia vs. Georgia Tech at 7:00pm.

Location: Turner Field.

Tickets are $10 each.

Seating is general admission.

For questions about this event, please contact Joe Chapple at 404-663-9453

or Chapple@wpyba.org

>GOLF

GOLF SCHEDULE

Day...Date...Opponent/Tournament...Location...Boys / Girls

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Sat. March 4 Apple Mountain Invitational Clarksville GA Yes No

Tues. March 7 Wesleyan at Berkeley Hills CC; boys only

Friday March 10 Gwinnett Co. Open Reunion Golf Club; boys & girls

Monday March 13 Providence Christian BHCC; boys & girls

Monday March 20 Providence Christian BHCC; girls only

Thursday March 23 Dawson Co. BHCC; boys & girls

Monday March 27 Carrollton Invitational Carrollton; girls only

Tuesday March 28 Providence Christian Northwoods CC; boys & girls

Monday April 3 Atlanta Athletic Club Invitational Atlanta Athletic Club;

boys only

Fri-Sat. April 7-8 Indian Classic Vidalia; boys only

Friday April 14 Manington Tournament Calhoun; boys only

Saturday April 15 Mannington Tournament Calhoun; boys & girls

Tuesday April 18 Dawson Co. Gold Creek; boys & girls

Sat. April 22 Maple Ridge Invitational Columbus; girls only

Friday April 28 Region Tournament Gold Creek; boys & girls

Monday May 8 State Golf Boys - Rocky Creek Golf Club, Vidalia GA

Monday May 8 State Golf Girls - Vidalia Country Club, Vidalia GA

BOYS GOLF ROSTER

Name / Class

Blake Joiner - Senior

Pavle Potparic - Senior

Jonathan Hull - Senior

Patrick Howard - Junior

Brad Bartlett - Sophomore

Mark Knauss - Freshman

Nate Cho - Freshman

CJ Williams - Freshman

Justin Ernest - Freshman

Head coach Gary Richey

GIRLS GOLF ROSTER

Name / Class

Katie Tufts - Senior

Rebekah Osteen - Senior

Lisa Licata - Sophomore

Kim Moore - Sophomore

Lauren Rogers - Freshman

Lindsay Adams - 8th grade

Assistant coach: Steve Tufts

>BOYS LACROSSE

TONIGHT! BOYS LACROSSE TEAM PLAYS AT CENTENNIAL

GAC parent Doug Curd reports:

Spartans' Boys Lacrosse team defeated a strong challenge from Wesleyan

Friday night with a score of 9-7.

Spartans' scoring was led by William Shuford with 5 goals. GAC got the

remainder of their scoring from Jeffrey Johnson's two goals and one each

from Cooper Wisted and Nate McCarter. GAC led 2-1 after the first quarter.

It was 5-4 GAC at the half; and 7 to 6 GAC after the 3rd quarter. This was

their second consecutive victory of the year in their inaugural season at

GAC. The team goes on the road for the next two games; Centennial will be

today [Feb 27] and Kell on March 6th. The next home game is on March 10

against Northview at 7 PM.

2006 Boys Roster

Name / Grade

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Thomas Bolton 12

McLaine Merrick 12

Ty Smith 11

William Shuford 11

Ryan Terrana 11

Alex Davis 10

Christian Fretz 10

Nate McCarter 10

David Paris 10

Robert Boccolucci 9

Tyler Boyd 9

Ryan Campbell 9

Nathaniel Einfeldt 9

Jay Jackson 9

Jeffrey Johnson 9

Micahel Kennedy 9

Banks Lee 9

Brett Shanley 9

Andrew Starcher 9

Drew Curd 8

Ryan Daughtery 8

Blake Guy 8

John Hattaway 8

Bryan Savage 8

Justin White 8

Cooper Wisted 8

Head coach Corbin Wilhelmi

>GIRLS LACROSSE

LADY SPARTANS PLAY AT HOME TONIGHT VS. DECATUR AT STADIUM

Coach Gerry Hill reports:

The Lady Spartans Lacrosse team was rained out on Saturday against Rockdale

County. A make-up date is currently being worked on for that game. Tonight

the Lady Spartans are at home against Decatur at 6:00. Come out and support

the Lady Spartans as they look for their first win of the season.

2005-06 Roster

Name / Grade

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Katie Bolton 11

Stephanie Pendleton 10

Jessica Coan 10

Meredith Thomas 10

Paige Colgrove 10

Caroline Foster 10

Reagan Page 10

Margie Fisher 10

Austin Macenczak 10

Taylor Bauer 10

Laura Hobbs 10

Kelsey McDavid 10

Corbin Aiken 9

Whitney Deedy 9

Savannah Lazarus 9

Ellen Begley 9

Lauren Sgro 9

Megan Thomas 9

Head coach Gerry Hill

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THE BEST OF GAC ANNOUNCEMENTS [reprinted from

Congratulations to Grant Vickery for placing first in the Georgia

Shakespearean Competition. He performed a monologue and a sonnet at the New

Shakespearean Tavern on Sunday and was awarded the first place award. This

means he will represent Georgia in the National Shakespeare Competition in

New York in April. The winner of that contest will receive a trip to Oxford

England for one week this summer. Way to go GRANT!

CHANCELLOR JESSE LONG IS RECOVERING AT HOME

Ronnalee Strickland reports:

Jesse came through the hernia surgery this morning [Friday] just fine. First

question he asked the doc is: "When can I play golf?" Please continue to

pray for his healing and recovery. If you have a chance, please send him a

card or note to the home address:

5700 Hershinger Close

Duluth, GA 30097-6429

STAR STUDENT ALLISON TURNER CHOOSES MIKE GLENN AS HER STAR TEACHER

By Rubina Madan, Staff Writer

Feb. 25 Gwinnett Daily Post

STAR banquet. They all got the highest scores at their respective schools,

some of them without even studying for it.

All the students were also in the top 10 percent of their class. They each

chose a teacher to recognize as having a strong influence on their

successful academic careers.

The county will be sending the two students with the best scores to the

regional STAR competition. Buford High School senior Will Hunter will

represent Buford City Schools, along with his teacher Tim Harris. Amanda

Brouillette of Parkview High School, who got a perfect score, will represent

Gwinnett County Public Schools. She chose Doug Wagner as her STAR teacher.

Hunter admitted he didn’t really have to study for his stellar score. He

didn’t give away any secrets on how to excel on the SAT, except the obvious:

"Know your math and English well," he said.

All of the top-scoring students, and their teachers, were honored at the

banquet at the 1818 Club. One by one, their school superintendents and

principals presented them with certificates. Both public and private schools

were represented.

"It’s the whipped cream on top of the cake," said Louise Radloff, vice-chair

of the Gwinnett Board of Education. "We want to believe all our children can

be successful, and all of these children have excelled."

The school system sent six students to the regional competition last year.

All of them had tied with a perfect score of 1,600. It is more difficult to

get a perfect score on the new SAT, which has three sections: writing,

critical reading and math.

Brouillette was the only student in Gwinnett County to get the highest

possible score, 2,400, on the new SAT. But because she was attending a

fellowship program at the University of Georgia, she couldn’t make it to the

banquet to accept her award.

Her father, Gerald, didn’t think the new SAT writing section was a challenge

for his daughter.

"She happens to be very good with language arts and essays, so the addition

was good for her," he said.

Brouillette and Hunter will go on to represent the county at the regional

level. A panel of judges will choose the Georgia STAR student and teacher

from the regional winners. Selection is based on scholarship,

extracurricular activities, citizenship and leadership initiative.

Last year, the top Georgia STAR students were both from Gwinnett County.

Lucas Bermudez of Parkview High School was the 2005 state STAR student, and

he named his physics teacher, Philip Heier, as his STAR teacher. Joseph Song

of Brookwood High School was the first runner-up in the state competition.

He chose biology teacher Dan Rawlins as his STAR teacher.

For more information on the Georgia STAR competition, visit

STAR Students

Allison Turner, Greater Atlanta Christian School

Kelly Shaul, Berkmar High School

John McCurdy, Brookwood High School

Will Hunter, Buford High School

Jacqueline Mirandola Mullen, Central Gwinnett High School

Kristen Harris, Collins Hill High School

Brett McAdams, Dacula High School

Yiran Luo, Duluth High School

Joshua Wilkinson, Grayson High School

Ray Gesualdo III, Hebron Christian Academy

Caty Pendley, Killian Hill Christian School

Huyen Pham, Meadowcreek High School

Maria Li, Mill Creek High School

David Mlaver, Norcross High School

Katherine Park, North Gwinnett High School

Amanda Brouillette, Parkview High School

Sagar Gandhi, Peachtree Ridge High School

Ashley Stanford, Phoenix High School

Emily Tuttle, Providence Christian Academy

Ming-Yee Lin, Shiloh High School

Peter Heisler, South Gwinnett High School

Austin Cunningham, Wesleyan School

STAR Teachers

Mike Glenn, Greater Atlanta Christian School

Rose Marie Mason, Berkmar High School

Debra Hilliard, Brookwood High School

Timothy Harris, Buford High School

Kim Mallett, Central Gwinnett High School

Carolyn Garner, Collins Hill High School

Jonathan Crymes, Dacula High School

Mary Anne Meeks, Duluth High School

Billy Jones, Grayson High School

Scott Gaffney, Hebron Christian Academy

Dan Trotten, Killian Hill Christian School

Joseph Cox, Brookwood High School (nominated by Meadowcreek student)

Kelly Buchanan, Mill Creek High School

Dorothy Lewis, Norcross High School

Sue Pinion, North Gwinnett High School

Doug Wagner, Parkview High School

Ronald Mangrum, Peachtree Ridge High School

Sherry Fowler, Phoenix High School

Kay Mahne, Providence Christian Academy

Stephen Dartt, Shiloh High School

Susan Healey, South Gwinnett High School

Joseph Cooper, Wesleyan School

HAVE FUN, WILL TRAVEL: TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES WITH GACS NEXT YEAR

GACS will be traveling to London, Paris, and Rome during Spring Break next

year: March 28-April 6, 2007. A deposit of $95 will reserve your place on

the trip and save you $300, if you respond before March 31. The final

payment is not due until December 1, 2006.

Additionally, GACS will be traveling to Madrid and Barcelona May 30-June 7,

2007. A deposit of $95 will reserve your place on the trip and save you

$300, if you respond before March 31. The final payment is not due until

February 1, 2007.

Who can participate?

All GACS students*, families, and friends. For details call the Academic

Office at 770-243-2258, or check the web at

high students need to be accompanied by a parent or an adult chaperone.

>2006 SCHOOL CALENDAR

March 23 & 25 Spartan Spectacular

March 31 Grandparents' Day (noon dismissal)

April 3-7 Spring break

April 28 Junior/Senior Banquet

May 5 Celebration Dinner

May 25 Commencement

August 10 GACS registration

August 14 First day of school

See the school calendar online at

>SPARTAN ALUMNI NEWS

KATIE AGIN

GAC Class of 2005

Freshman at Furman University

GAC parent Tony McDonald reports:

Katie Agin had her best game yesterday for Furman against Davidson. She

played 21 minutes, scoring 9 points, 6 rebounds, a block, steal and assist.

Too bad they lost a close one in overtime. Furman plays College of

Charleston in the first round of the Southern Conference tourney in

Charleson at McCallister Arena on the campus of the Citadel on Thursday.

[photo below]

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| KING'S GATE THEATRE

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| Mar. 10-11............DINNER THEATRE

| Mar. 17-18............VISION SHOWCASE

| May 11-13............COMEDY OF ERRORS

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>SPARTAN PHOTOS ONLINE

Martin Photography link

Gwinnett Daily Post link

----------------SPARTAN PHOTO GALLERY BELOW---------------------------

1. Katie Agin - Class of 2005; now at Furman [photo provided by Tony

McDonald]

2. Lacrosse at Spartan Stadium on Feb. 24 [photo provided by Doug Curd]

3. Scenes from State basketball quarterfinals.