Peachtree Corners Life

Pinckneyville Middle School: Future Problem Solvers State Awards

Congratulations to Carol Byess who was selected as Coach of the Year at the 2010 Future Problem Solvers Georgia State Bowl! Also, congratulations to all our students who participated in Future Problem Solvers.  Of the 37 trophies awarded, 19 were awarded to students and teams in the Norcross Cluster.  Of these 19, twelve were awarded to [...]

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Norcross High School: Technology Student Association Wins at State

TSA Wins at STATE COMPETITIONS!! This weekend the Technology Student Association traveled to Athens, Ga to compete with over 1,000 students from across the state and won recognition in a number of areas. This was the first time competing for almost EVERY student from Norcross and to place in the top 10 is EXTREMELY difficult [...]

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Norcross high School: GA TECH Competition & Accounting Winners

The Tenth Grade team won “Most Creative” in a GA Tech Animation competition. The Team of Jake Grubb, Joe Adams, and Phu Duong based their animation on the Man vs. Wild series on the Discovery Channel. Their prize was a choice of electronic products and recognition at “Cool Computing Day” at GA Tech on March [...]

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Gwinnett Science and Engineering Fair Results for Norcross High School

Ten students with 5 projects participated in the Gwinnett Science and Engineering Fair and their results are as follows: 2nd place Microbiology Leah Topper and Claire Shea Dog vs. Human Mouth 2nd place Environmental Sciences Ben Doherty and Matthew White Ethanol Production from Waste Products 3rd place Behavioral and Social Sciences Madison Whelchel and Allison [...]

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Norcross High School’s Academic Team Rocks

Many of you may not know that Norcross has an Academic Team that competes throughout the year at Academic “Quiz” Bowls. We have both a JV and Varsity team that have quietly been doing quite well this year. Recently, the varsity qualified for two National Championship Tournaments: the NAQT Nationals in Chicago and the PACE [...]

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Pinckneyville 8th Grade French head to State’s F.L.A.G.

8th grade French students who were selected to represent Pinckneyville Middle School at the state’s F.L.A.G. (Foreign Language Association of Georgia) spoken language contest on Saturday, March 27th.   Ian Bagent and Kessler Catterall were selected to compete in Level 2 French, and Erica Chia and Brandon Pearce were selected to compete in Level 1 French.   [...]

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Pinckneyville MIS Future Problem Solvers Head to State Competition

Congratulations to the following Future Problem Solving teams who will be going to the State Competition on March 26 & 27 at UGA. 6th graders:  Ian Campbell, Ryan Lokhorst, Lindsey Song, Rachel Flowers 6th graders: John Brantley Evans, Megan Craig, Jason Swope, Tony Thawanyarat 6th graders: Andrew Thunhorst, Jake Karalexis, Caroline Reidy, Alexandra Kim 7th [...]

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Norcross High School: ACADEMIC TEAM QUALIFIES

The NHS academic team on Saturday qualified for the national tournament at Chicago in May. The team earned this honor by finishing in fourth place at the Bulldog Brawl tournament held at Cedar Shoals High School in Athens. Members of the A team, made up of Andrew Kahn, Wade Phenicie, Steven Miller and Petre Petkov, [...]

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