ENGAGEMENTS

Mackenzie Ryals ‘11 and Colin Stone became engaged in July 2022 on Tybee Island, Georgia. They are planning an October 2023 wedding in Savannah. Mackenzie graduated from the University of Georgia in 2015 and currently works for IHG Hotels & Resorts as a Senior PR Manager.

Remi Bagwell ‘12 and Samuel Douglas became engaged in October 2022 and are planning a May 2023 wedding.

Rachel Harris ‘13 and Daniel Heath became engaged in October 2022 in Maui, Hawaii, and are planning a late 2023/early 2024 wedding in Atlanta. Rachel graduated from The University of Mississippi in 2017 and recently celebrated her fifth anniversary with Synovus, where she works as a Strategy Analyst for the Consumer Bank.

Claudia De La Rosa ‘14 and Michael Newberry became engaged in August 2022 and are planning a March 2023 wedding. Claudia graduated from Georgia College and received her Master of Arts in Teaching degree there in 2019. She is an ELA teacher at Tyndall Academy on Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida.

Madelyn Livingston ‘14 and Avery Wright became engaged in October 2022. Madelyn graduated from the University of Georgia in 2018 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography. She currently works as a portrait, engagement, and wedding photographer in Atlanta.

Ethan Scott ‘15 and Loring McDonald became engaged in June 2022. Ethan is a 5 th and 6 th grade Christian Education teacher at King’s Ridge Christian School.

Arden Holt ‘19 and Reid Dowling became engaged in October 2022. Arden attends the University of Georgia and will graduate in the spring of 2023.

Ellie Ackerman ‘20 and Braxton Chadwick ‘20 became engaged in July 2022 and are planning a June 2023 wedding. Ellie is a student at The University of Alabama Birmingham School of Nursing and Braxton is a student at Savannah State. KRCS alumna Carly Smoltz ’16 took their engagement photos.

Weddings

Miles Marshall ‘12 and Cheyenne Moon were married on May 28, 2022, in Ball Ground, Georgia.

Anna Byrnes ‘15 and Jonathan Oshinski were married July 16, 2022, in Roswell, Georgia.

Helena DeGrazia ‘15 and Emil Muly were married June 5, 2022, in Tate, Georgia.

Updates

Julia Martin ‘14 graduated from Samford University in 2018 with a degree in Nursing. She worked at Children’s of Alabama, a pediatric acute care hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, for four years before continuing her education in the Nurse Anesthesia Program at Wake Forest University.

Bekah Powell ‘17 graduated from the University of Georgia in 2021 and is currently a student at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. She plans to receive her DMD degree in 2026.

Ella Welch ‘17 relocated to Dallas, Texas, and is working for Goldman Sachs as an Analyst in the Human Capital Management Group.

Alumni Family Spotlight

When you arrive on the KRCS campus any evening, you will immediately notice the beautiful uplighting on the High School building and Kendrick Center. You may not know that the lighting was installed by a generous donor, now an alumni parent.

Chris Wakefield is the owner of The Outdoor Lights, Inc. in Cumming, and his company added the finishing touch when the High School building opened in 2013. Chris and his wife Tracy had two students here at that time - both now KRCS alumni. Tanner ‘17 attends Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina, where he plays baseball for the Patriots. He received a BBA focusing on Supply Chain in 2021 and is currently working on an MBA and preparing for his final season at FMU. Brelin ‘20 is a student at the University of Georgia.

Keeping the family tradition of support for the school is Chris’s father, George Wakefield. Some will remember Mr. Wakefield as one of our biggest Tiger baseball fans during Tanner’s years at King’s Ridge. Now he participates in another important way. Each year, a new senior class composite is beautifully framed by Mr. Wakefield’s company, GW Moulding, before being installed in Legacy Hall.

The KRCS Office of Development recently reconnected with Chris to thank him for yet another incredible act of generosity. Every Christmas season, his company lights the beautiful trees on our front lawn at no cost to the school. Chris said, “We are happy to continue our support of King’s Ridge and feel blessed that our children could attend school there. We believe it gave them an excellent foundation for life.”