Georgia Bulletin

Cumming

• Marian Devotion Flowers At Pinecrest Academy

  Published May 24, 2007

  Pinecrest Academy held its annual May crowning on Friday, May 4. During the crowning every child in the school brings in a flower to place at the feet of Mary, while the students sing songs honoring and praising the Blessed Mother. Each year in the fall, the eighth-grade girls are asked to consider during the […] Full Story

• Pinecrest Checks Off First Game In Win Column

  Published April 6, 2007

  After a shutout loss to North Cobb Christian School on Aug. 20, the Pinecrest Academy girls softball team defeated Furtah Preparatory Academy 17-4 in their second game of the season (and the team’s first home game at Sharon Springs Park in Forsyth County) Sept. 4. Eighth-grader Katerina Saker pitched five innings with three strikeouts. Eighth-grade […] Full Story

• Pinecrest Gets First Win On New Field

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published March 29, 2007

  It was reminiscent of the line “If you build it, they will come” from the baseball movie “Field of Dreams.” The people definitely came out for the March 24 ball game and dedication of Pinecrest Academy’s new baseball field, “Fathers Field.” The field was designed and constructed by Pinecrest parent Ed Mangan, who is the […] Full Story

• Pinecrest Finishes As GISA AA State Runner-Up

  Published March 22, 2007

  Pinecrest Academy advanced to the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) state finals after defeating Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta, in the semifinals 54-40 at the Georgia College and State University Arena, March 2. In the championship game against Furtah Preparatory School, Acworth, Pinecrest was defeated 62-51. Junior guard Mike Metz led Pinecrest with 25 points. […] Full Story

• State Semifinals Pair Pinecrest, Holy Spirit

  Published March 1, 2007

  The Pinecrest Academy boys basketball team has made it to the Georgia Independent School Association Class AA State Final Four. With a 69-41 win over Memorial Day School, Savannah, and a 64-61 overtime victory against Piedmont Academy, Monticello, the Paladins were able to advance. In the Feb. 22 game against Memorial Day, Pinecrest junior guard […] Full Story

• Pinecrest Academy Wins Thriller At Buzzer

  Published January 11, 2007

  If you were on hand for the Jan. 5 basketball game in the Pinecrest Academy gymnasium, Cumming, you were lucky enough to witness the “Metz Miracle” in the school’s 2007 home opener against Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta. Holy Spirit was undaunted from the tipoff, jumping out early with an 8-0 run. They held the […] Full Story

• Pinecrest Academy Boys Win Holiday Tournament

  Published January 4, 2007

  The Pinecrest Academy Paladins varsity basketball team traveled to Columbus Dec. 15-16 for the Calvary Christmas Tournament, where they were crowned tournament champions. Pinecrest was victorious over Calvary Christian School by a score of 51-38. Sophomore Michael Metz had a “double double” with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Franco Garcia and Brian Guhde added nine […] Full Story

• Construction Begins At Pinecrest

  Published September 28, 2006

  With three permanent brick buildings already in use, the sound of heavy equipment is filling the Pinecrest Academy campus yet again, with construction of a dedicated chapel building and two new sports fields. In a burst of generosity that caught the pre-K to 12th-grade school community by surprise, an anonymous benefactor offered to fund the […] Full Story

• Pinecrest Juniors Look Ahead To Graduation

  Published May 11, 2006

  The day he or she receives her class ring is a big deal for any high school student. But for the 15 members of Pinecrest Academy’s class of 2007, the event was a day in history shared by the entire school. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory visited Pinecrest Academy to celebrate Mass and bless the class […] Full Story

• ConQuest Games To Be Held At Pinecrest

  Published October 20, 2005

  On Saturday, Nov. 5, youth athletes will take to the field in a day of sport and Christian fellowship at the fifth annual ConQuest Games. The games are a chance for boys from various schools to come together for a daylong competition for awards and fun in a variety of sports, including flag football, soccer, […] Full Story

• Pinecrest Honors Archbishop With Prayers, Racquet

  Published October 13, 2005

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory recently visited students of Pinecrest Academy for the first time, celebrating Mass with the faculty and more than 700 students. On Sept. 19, Archbishop Gregory arrived at Pinecrest to the sounds of a cheering crowd. Then, while Pinecrest High School “secret service” members escorted him, the archbishop was chauffeured in a […] Full Story

• Scouting Day Of Reflection Planned

  Published August 18, 2005

  All Catholic Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, sixth grade and up, and adult Scouts are invited to attend a Day of Reflection on the Eucharist on Saturday, Aug. 27, at St. Brendan Church, Cumming. Sponsored by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting, the day will begin at 11 a.m. and conclude with the celebration […] Full Story

• Student Art Project Becomes A Memorial

  By ALISON BATLEY
  Published April 21, 2005

  The pope mosaic was originally designed as a gala project at Pinecrest Academy, but I believe God intervened because he wanted it as a Pope John Paul II memorial for the school. The tribute began in the fall of 2004 in the 10th-grade sculpture classes. Each student sculpted an individual six-inch square clay tile of […] Full Story

• Capital Punishment ‘Dangerous Waters,’ Famed Nun Says

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published February 17, 2005

  Sister Helen Prejean published her second book in opposition to the death penalty in January. In the book, entitled “The Death of Innocents,” Sister Prejean examines her relationships with two of the five condemned men she has journeyed with to their executions, both of whom she believes were innocent. She also addresses how 117 people […] Full Story

• Catholics Reflect On Death Penalty, Moratorium

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published February 17, 2005

  Following her talk on capital punishment at St. Brendan Church, Sister Helen Prejean went down to the parish hall where she signed copies of her new book and posed for pictures. A group of student actors from Oxford College in Covington looked particularly pleased to have a picture taken with the smiling sister, who was […] Full Story

• Sister Helen Prejean To Speak At St. Brendan Church

  Published January 27, 2005

  Sister Helen Prejean will present “Raising Life & Death Questions” at St. Brendan Church in Cumming at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2. A Gospel perspective on issues of life and death will be the focus of this special presentation by the internationally acclaimed Sister of St. Joseph, who ministers to prisoners on Death Row […] Full Story

• Janelle, Canadian Singer, To Perform At Pinecrest

  Published May 13, 2004

  The Pinecrest Academy Parent Association will present a live concert with Catholic recording artist Janelle and her band ONE80 on Sunday, May 23, at 6 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium. Janelle, a French Canadian who hails from Alberta, Canada, is best known as the singer of the 2002 World Youth Day theme song, “Light of […] Full Story

• Pinecrest Students Become Traveling Missionaries

  Published March 25, 2004

  Twenty-one members of the ninth-grade class of Pinecrest Academy, Cumming, went to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21-26 to participate in the March for Life and Youth for the Third Millennium (YTM) missionary work, and to visit sights in Washington. The trip was an opportunity for the Pinecrest class to grow in their faith while having […] Full Story