Mr. Ventura would like to congratulate Michelle Zhong, Jim Huang, and Jason Swope for a very successful All – State weekend in Savannah, GA (March 3-5). All three were challenged with a difficult selection of music and prepared it for their wonderful performance on Saturday. Their conductors were Mr. Fred Martin and Mr. Robert W. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 27, 2011
8th Grade Social Studies Over 500 United States military veterans shared their stories with Pinckneyville Middle’s eighth graders recently – well, sort of! The Humanities classes have been visiting the Witness to War Foundation website developed by Mr. Tom Beaty of Norcross. By reviewing the stories collected and preserved by the Witness to War Foundation, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 27, 2011
FPS has done it again! All Future Problem Solvers teams at Pinckneyville have qualified for state competition to place 8 of the 35 spots allowed. They will represent our school at the FPS State Bowl in Athens, Georgia March 18 – 19. We wish them the best! Congratulations to the following team members: Lindsey Song, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 28, 2011
Some photos recap of International Night at Pinckneyville Middle School. Alex Howard performed “Let It Be.” Photos courtesy of Robert J. Nebel
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Orchestra News On Saturday, April 24th GCPS’s annual String Fling was held at Sweetwater Middle School. String Fling is a county wide 6th grade honors group where participants are selected by their orchestra directors based on their leadership and performance skills . Please congratulate the following 6th grade orchestra students for being chosen for this [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 2, 2010
Pinckneyville Middle School Music Department Presents: Pinckneyville POPS! Come join the Pinckneyville Middle School Pops Orchestra for a fun filled night of Popular Tunes, show casing students from the Band, Choral and Orchestra programs. Bring a picnic dinner and relax on the lush greens of Thrasher Park. Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010 Time: 6:00 PM [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 2, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 28, 2010
F.L.A.G Good luck to the following 8th grade French students who are competing this weekend in the F.L.A.G. (Foreign Language Association of Georgia) Oral Spoken Language Contest on Saturday, March 27th. Kessler Catterall and Erica Chia are competing at Level 2 and Brandon Pearce and Andres Vazquez are competing at Level 1. They are competing [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 2, 2010
There is a great opportunity to “help in the recycling of electronics” and “help in the providing of jobs to those who are disabled”. Pinckneyville Middle School in cooperation with the Tommy Nobis Center, are having an “Electronics Recycling Day” on Saturday, March 27. Essentially, for a small fee, a carload of electronics will be [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 26, 2010
Every year Gwinnett celebrates the Arts during the Tapestry events. The Tapestry Arts exhibit has tremendous support from students, parents, and community members. Opening Night is March 2, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the Gwinnett County Public Schools Instructional Support Center, 437 Old Peachtree Road, NW Suwanee. All are welcome and encouraged to tour [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Spelling Bee Congratulations to Matthew Chen (7th grade) the winner of the Pinckneyville Middle School Spelling Bee and to Nicholas Bunner (6th grade) our runner-up. Pinckneyville National Geography Bee Do you know that old saying about “Men never stop to ask directions when they are lost”? Well, one Pinckneyville Middle student probably doesn’t need to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 14, 2009
“Panthers on the Prowl” The start of December brought a little more than the chill of winter this year. It also brought the start of the 2009-10 basketball season for the Panthers and Lady Panthers. There is great anticipation surrounding both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams this season and expectations are high for both [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 4, 2009
Reflections 2009-2010 ‘Beauty is….’ Winners A great big ‘Thank you’ to all Reflections’ participants. The entries were so wonderful it was very hard for our judges to choose just one winner. All first place winners entered the county competition on Nov. 21st out of which six will continue to the state exhibition in 2010 FILM [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Follow-up photos from the recent Willy Wonka Drama Performance at Pinckneyville Middle School. Photos by Peachtree Corners photographer Penny Duncan of Penny Pix Photography, one of my favorite Gwinnett photographers!
Continue reading...Sunday, November 15, 2009
Girl Talk is off to a great start and the organizers are looking forward to more girls joining at the next meeting scheduled for Wednesday, November 18th from 4:30-5:30 in the cafeteria. All girls (6th, 7th, & 8th) are invited and can join at any time. They should see Mrs. Hyman and Ms. Atkins for [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 15, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 31, 2009
Peachtree Corners Booster Club & Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation “Peachtree Corners Youth Recreational Basketball League ….A Co-ed Youths Sports League for Boys & Girls” CO-ED Teams: 4th, 5th and 6th grade teams, 7th, 8th and 9th grade team. Program Fee: $145 (out of County participant requires a $50 additional fee) Most Games and Practices [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 31, 2009
Willy Wonka coming soon. Don’t miss the kids in a wonderful drama performance of Willy Wonka on November 13 and 14 at 7:00 PM. During the performances of Willy Wonka, five golden tickets will be placed in authentic WONKA CHOCOLATE BARS and sold during the evening. Each night (Friday and Saturday), five golden tickets will [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 31, 2009
PTSA is starting a Girl Talk chapter at Pinckneyville Middle School. They’re inviting 6th, 7th & 8th grade girls to join them in the cafeteria after school for their first meeting on Wednesday, November 4th from 4:40-5:30. You may be asking yourself, “What is Girl Talk?” Girl Talk is a student to student mentoring program [...]
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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