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Pinecrest receives $5,000 grant for STEM education CUMMING, Ga. — Pinecrest Academy, a preK-3 through 12th-grade Catholic school in Cumming, has received a $5,000 grant from the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia to help implement the Energy in the Environment and Robotics modules as part of the expansion of science, technology, engineering and mathematics programming (STEM) for
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Georgia Southern University STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern University recently recognized students for excellence in academics on the 2013 fall semester President’s List and Dean’s List. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must have at least a 4.0 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 hours for the semester. President’s List Alpharetta: April Berlyoung, Grant Brown, Megan Byrd, Jordan Chambers, Sydney Doolittle, Jessica Forster, Garrett Frye, Austin Glover, Charles Gravlee, Joe Guenther, Helen Heindl, Austin Holcomb, Elizabeth Iannacone and Olivia Ibrahim. Megan Meyer, Emily Morrow, Lindsey Morton, Jeremy Moss, Douglas Mrsich, Robert Myrick, Samantha O’Connor, Michael Palmer, Jaclyn Sansom, Richard Skinner, Shannon Traylor, David Vater, Olivia Vranjes and Derrick Weiss. Cumming: Caitlyn Curdie, Tiffany Hinkelman, Andrew Johnson, John Eisa Junio, Calen Kirkpatrick, Megan O’Shea, Morgan Podczervinski, Saam Roodehchi, Andrew Smallwood, Ian Trapp, Valerie Welty and Teresa Zittrauer. Duluth: Shun Borders, Graysen Clements, Nicholas Efird and Liana Moran. Johns Creek: Matthew Anderson and Grant Williamson. Milton: Scott Kelly Roswell: Camden Batchelor, Kaley Bergen, Alexander Booth, Sarah Feltrop, Aubrey Flickinger, Sara Ghering, Samantha Goldberg, Laura Henry, Sally Henry, Caroline
Pinecrest middle school students. An additional 135 students will benefit from the two new modules funded by the grant, and the funding will also underwrite teacher training for two faculty members. The following modules that will be added to Pinecrest’s STEM curriculum are energy and the environment for sixth
Hilburn, Trent Hutchins and Elizabeth Kleiber. Katherine McEnery, Katherine McGrath, Emily McManus, Kyle Miller, Amanda Orrison, Andrew Robertson, Taylor Stephenson, Kristen Tillman, Mariaelena Uceda and Jason Willoughby. Suwanee: Alexandra Breed, Jayme Cook, Thomas Cooper, Margaret Corry, Rebecca Farmer, Brooks Kolberg, Kiera Linton, Stephanie Simpson, Sarah Simpson and Taylor Yancey. Dean’s List Alpharetta: Michael Ackerman, Kaitlynn Ball, Whitney Ballew, Samuel Barbosa, Charlotte Beaver, Anukirat Bedi, John Berry, Lindsey Bias, Majeed Bilal, Erin Brink, Emily Brook, Robert Bryant III, Taylor Burns, Chelsea Cagle, Bethany Carman, Emily Cauthen, Brittany Childers and Amanda Clark. Lacey Dennis, Clifton Deputy, Corey Fern, Jacqueline Ferree, Maximilian Fey, Mikaela Fitzpatrick, Alex Forte, Hayden Gerwien, Jeremy Haysman, Sandra Hendow, Mariana Hernandez, Elizabeth Hoehn, Jesse House, Pamela Howarth, Alexandra Hyman, Alexandra James, Jordan Kelleher, Justin Kemple, Jordana Klein and Stephanie Kosturik. Ashlyn Laratta, Michael Liqua, Caitlin Loudy, Kelly Lyall, Matthew Mayfield, Meghan Mills, Matthew Mills, Emily Moroz, Agnes Nance, Samantha Nash, Brenna Needham, Lillian Norris, Emily Odom, Robby Perkins IV, Nick Perzella, William Pruitt, Christopher Purdy, Derrick Ramage, Connor Ramsey, Michael Reighard, Jaquuelyn Riley, Cameron Robertson and Tyler Roquemore. Mila Saitowitz, David Sansom, Jules Schwartz, Kayla Sinkoe, Andrew Smith, Taylor Spung, Reginald Suter Jr., Jeffrey Thomas, Daniel Tuck, Michael Vega, Charles Walker, Harrison Williams, Charlie Witkowski,
Stephanie Woods, Michael Zborowski and Andrew Zipp. Cumming: Lauren Barkie, Cara Carme, Taylor Chesnut, Benjamin Chilton, Danielle Ducharme, Logan Fuller, Emily Grosshans, Christopher Henson, Jordan Knapp, Kevin Lindberg, Michael Scott Madsen, Joseph Maloof, Noah McCutcheon and Hayley McGhee. Courtney Puckett, Melissa Puckett, Corey Purnell, Joseph Sciaretta, Lauren Shimel, Allye Smith, Sreymoun Stinson, Colleen Tereniak, Tyler Vining, Miranda Walters, Andrea Webb, Lauren Weeks, Mitchell Williford and Jason Wood. Duluth: Allison Brophy, Jordan Geren, Kristy Hale, Zachary Hays, Brandon Jacobs, Blaine Kasmer, Alexander Keen, William Kite, Robin Lane, Saralita Matthews, Matthew Monaco, Christina Moran, Jennifer Paquin, Morgan Robertson, Clifford Robinson, Leah Roles, Kristel Schrils, Ashton Taylor and Michael Wigginton. Johns Creek: Daniel Bartlett, Michael Beatrice Jr., Curran Brown, Austin Campagnolo, Shelby Elliott, Shanique Estevez, Alexandra Fragnito, Alexis Hodges, Ryan Jones, Stephanie McNamara, Alexandra Murphy, Jackie Parsons, Megan Pragel, Macintyre Pullen, Katherine Sellers and Kelsey Widem. Milton: Andrew Brantley, Zachary Geurin, Allison Mueller and Marli Ross. Roswell: David Amszynski, Christian Archambault, Alexandra Bennett, Stephen Brennan, Kevin Brown, Kenneth Brown III, David Cano, Bradley Conyers, Luke Cranfill, Hannah Cranfill, Sarah Crossley, Dominique Dailey, Andrew Davis, Diop Gant, Kira Griffith, Kaitlyn Horace, Jack Jacoby, Jordan Kaminer and Tasha Lund. Rachel Marini, Brian Mc-
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grade and robotics for seventh grade. The school has implemented Project Lead the Way’s nationally recognized curriculum in the middle and high schools during the 2013-2014 school year. Pinecrest plans to introduce PLTW Launch, PLTW’s program for kindergarten through fifth-grade students, in the Lower School for the 2014-2015 school year.
The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia is a longtime supporter of Pinecrest Academy. The foundation has provided support for capital improvements and technology upgrades over the school’s 20-year history, both through general funds and the Conrads Family Foundation. — Shannon Weaver
Walters, Dylan Mecher, Joshua Metzinger, Brittan Nocera, Nicholas Nolan, Charles Norman, Christopher Parker, Sarah Parker, Philip Radovich, Christina Ragan, Caitlin Robertson, Sean Ruff, Kiley Schumann, Bailey Semkuley, Nicholas Sligar, Emily Swedorski, Shelby Tippett, Parrish Turner, Sheila Wenger, Kenika Williams and Zakarie Ziobron. Suwanee: Derek Allan, Hailey Allgood, Halie Bellet, Austin Bennett, Lydia Biggs, Victoria Burnette, Erin Caruso, Brett Charron, Jennifer Charron, Katherine Conner, Kaitlyn Davidson, Nicholas Fancher, Laura Goodwin, Claire Goodwin, Tyler Hedges, Emily Johnson, Jane Kenyon, Kaitlin Kidwell, Kierstin Kidwell, Nam Kwon and Heather Lana. McKensie Maple, Morgan McCarthy, William McGinty, Marissa McOmber, Stewart Ragan, Brittany Reese, Collin Rogers, Taylor Sadrack, Zachary Schlosser, Lisa Schwartz, Ashley Sciota, Austin Shenk, Trey Short, Joshua Smith, Sarah Smith, Jessica Stalter, John Stevenson, Marisa Turner, Marcus Walker, Jeffrey Ward, Katherine Willoughby, Anna Wright and Peter Zanetti III.
College of Charleston CHARLESTON, S.C. – Miller S. Fanning, a graduate of Milton High School, was awarded the Academic Achievement Scholarship for obtaining a 4.0 at the College of Charleston. Fanning is a senior majoring in computer science engineering .
Oglethorpe University ATLANTA – The following local students were named to Oglethorpe University’s Dean’s List for the fall 2013 semester. Michael Zambetti of Duluth, Diego Herrera of
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Johns Creek, Ashley Slater of Alpharetta, Ruwa Romman of Duluth, Caleb Connell of Duluth, Harry Dodsworth of Alpharetta, Michael Hancock of Suwanee, Abigail Kreisinger of Suwanee and Claudia Kensela of Roswell. Ana Almeida-Rojo of Roswell, Destin Miller of Roswell, Taylor Bone of Alpharetta, Lindsi Bollinger of Roswell, Carl Sweat of Roswell, Tiffany Zimniak of Cumming, Anthony Amato of Roswell and Gavin Caffrey of Roswell. Reid Cole of Cumming, Andrea Lopez of Alpharetta, Kiara Mora of Cumming, Tyler Salas of Cumming and Kristin Butler of Alpharetta.
Southern Methodist University DALLAS, Texas – Samuel Rudelich, a resident of Alpharetta and a first-year student at Southern Methodist University, was named to the Honor Roll with Distinction for fall 2013 semester at SMU, which includes students in the top 10 percentile. In addition, Caitlyn Rutan, a resident of Duluth and a first-year at SMU, was named to the Honor Roll with High Distinction for the semester, which includes students in the top 5 percentile.
University of Mississippi OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Law took first place at the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, held Feb. 22 at Pace Law School in White Plains, New York. The school’s team, which included second-year law student Caroline Shepard of Milton, defeated 75 other law schools, including Yale and Indiana University in the semifinal round and LSU and the University of Utah in the final round. Shepard won the Best Oralist Award in the first preliminary round.
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