Peachtree Corners Life

Peachtree Corners Waverunners Swim Team Prepares for Another Summer of Fun Competition

If you haven’t been part of the team in the past, please consider registering your child(ren) to swim with us this summer.  The swim team is a great way for kids to learn good swimming techniques while making lots of new friends at the pool. This season we are beginning a new “Junior Waverunner” program, [...]

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FRANK SKI KIDS FOUNDATION LOOKS FOR THE NEXT MICHELANGELO

Sketch Your Way to Rome with an International Art Excursion WHAT: Frank Ski Kids Foundation’s International Art Excursion: Rome, Italy Contest Launch WHEN: Contest kicks off, TODAY, April 14 and ends April 27 HOW: To enter, visit www.frankskikids.org ATLANTA – From Bernini to Raphael and St. Peter’s Basilica to the Sistine Chapel, for centuries, Rome [...]

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Norcross High School: Weight Lifting Champs

WEIGHT LIFTING CHAMPS This past weekend our Weight Lifting team competed in the Area 2 Weight Lifting Championship at Peachtree Ridge HS. The area consists of schools from Dekalb, Gwinnett, White and Hall county. Norcross went in under the radar and came out in 1st place, beating second place Peachtree Ridge by 21 points. The results [...]

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Norcross High School: Step Team Champs

Step Team Champions This weekend, the NHS Step Team traveled to Columbia, SC to compete in a huge Step Competition featuring over 14 teams. For the 2nd year in a row, we beat the hometown favorite and took the 1st place prize of a trophy and $1,000 to support our program. Source: Blue Devil Bulletin

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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’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 Middle School: Best Festival at UGA

Band Festival The University of Georgia, Hugh Hodgson School of Music will host the 19th Annual Middle School Band Festival from December 10-12, 2009. The Festival is designed to provide a rewarding musical experience for advanced middle school band students. The festival will culminate in a concert to be performed that Saturday afternoon. The following [...]

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Norcross High School: 2009-2010 Reflections Fine Arts Winners

2009-2010 Reflections Fine Arts Winners The 2009-2010 Reflections’ theme is: “Beauty is…’ Congratulations to the following Norcross High School students: Literature 9th grade 1st Place - Ashley Wang 2nd Place - Yi-zhen Tan 10th grade 1st Place - Emily Ralph 2nd Place - John Schmidt 11th grade 1st Place - Emily Kelly 2nd Place - Brian Trieu Musical Composition 9th grade [...]

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