CongratulationsClass of 2009 - Fellowship Christian School

Fellowship Christian SchoolSpring 2009/Volume 8CongratulationsClass of 2009

God’s Building at FCSJeff Van PeltVolunteer Project ManagerThe lake is up, and the building ison its way! We broke ground on thenew middle school and elementarygymnasium March 23rd. As of thisprinting, out of the last 8 weeks,6 have brought rain. While this isgreat news for filling the lake andending the drought, it has been asignificant challenge to our constructionschedule. In spite of the challengethe weather has presented,we have made amazing progress.The concrete block walls of the newgymnasium are up, the steel hasbeen delivered and the roof will soonbe erected. Our construction teamis moving as quickly as the weatherpermits. Our plan is to increase thesize of the inside crews once we areable get the building enclosed, allowingus to make up some of the timelost to weather delays. If you havenot been on campus lately, I invite youto take a drive behind the high schooland see for yourself the progress wehave made so far!ON CAMPUS

E LEMENTARYK-4 Nursery Rhyme Day Second Grade at the ZooSmiling on Clown DayElementary EscapadesFirst grade field tripto the Center forPuppetry ArtsPreparing for agrounderFifth grade outing toStone MountainFuture filmmakersSerious competition inthe elementary schoolField DayFCS competes inthe annual PerimeterTrack Meet

This year’s Boosterthon fundraiserwas a joint effort among theelementary, middle and highschools. Together they raised over$40,000 for FCS.The eighth grade Washington D.C. tripMark and Susan Spina presented theGabrielle Spina Character Award andScholarship to Casey Foster at the middleschool awards ceremony yesterday. Thisscholarship is awarded each year in memoryof Gabrielle to one of her former classmates.Pictured with the Spinas and Casey is lastyear’s win receipient, John Hampel, andMiddle School Principal Greg Moser.Zoe Lukashevich, SydneyHuseby, and Brittany JenkinsMoments fromthe MiddleFrom left to right: Stephanie Martin,Kristy Goar and Sydney HusebySeventh graders at the Georgia AquariumMIDDLEThe “After Party” for theEighth Grade CelebrationThe annual Sand SculptureCompetition at the Seventh GradeJekyll Island trip

H IGHHigh SchoolHappeningsThe first annual “GONE” day. This was an opportunity for the servant leaders ofthe school--those who had served over 100 hours in the community so far thisyear--to learn leadership skills in a beautiful North Georgia outdoor setting atCamp Highland under the guidance of Trip Hughes.ABOVE: MaggieJones and LauraChafin modeling their80s garb at theSophmore Social.LEFT: KK Witcher,Jenna Foley, andHaley Sawyer attemptingTwister atthe Sophmore Social.GO Program Abassadors and Service leaders spentan afternoon with Mrs. Purdue at theGovernor‘s Mansion.The Junior/Senior Formal at Atlanta National Country ClubThe Freshmen Social was be-bopping witha period appropriate convertible,poodle skirts, leather jackets andt-shirts and real sock hopdancing lessons.This year’sHealth classessent carebaskets andsoccer balls toour troops inAfghanistan.LOWER

FINE ARTSSixth Grade Coffee CupsMiddle School BandSpring ArtCreationsMr. Durham’s art classes painted many ofthe pieces for the Jr./Sr. Formal.Elementary musical The AristocratsMrs. Gutermann’sart classThe High School Choirat the ACSI ChoralcompetitionHigh School production of Agatha Christie’s The Moustrap. Cast L-R (below):Laura Kinney, Casey McCorvey, Creighton Mclveen, Devin Hopkins, Kathryn Cain,Josh Mitchell, Nathan Cain, Taylor Dekle.Crew (right) L-R: Tyler Berry, Erika Fleming, John McMillan, Katie Kinsey.

Spring Senior MemoriesMatt Parekh receives the A.P.Literature & Composition Award fromCindy Barnwell. Matt was awarded severalawards for his academic prowess.Nobleheart camping trip at Jacks River Fallsin the Cohutta WildrnessSeniors chill out at theDisney Water Park.Ari Durhampresenting LauraAllen with the A.P.Art award.STAR Students (students with thehighest SAT score in one sitting)Jackie Geiken and Melinda Sessomswith the teacher they chose as theSTAR Teacher, Mrs. Cindy BarnwellSenior girls at theMagic KingdomSidney Dodd and WittCarlisle editing their mediaproductions project.Kevin Whitakerand Mrs.McGee dissecting...something.Adam Watsonshowingsome schoolprideSenior class posesin front of the RainForest Cafe inOrlando.Ashley Priddy,Matt Parekh,Alissa McGee,and Bri BarberThe senior guys all dressed upfor the Junior/Senior SpringFormalSENIORS

2009ClassLegacyAcademics:• The class completed a total of145 AP classes, 76 of those duringtheir senior year.• The average Critical Readingand Math SAT score was 1653 of2400.• 49 different colleges and universitiesaccepted our students andone student will go on the missionsfield with YWAM.• 20 received the Fellowship• Scholars Diploma.• 17 received the Honor Roll status,which requires an average of• 90 - 94.99.• 14 received the High Honor Rollstatus, which required an averageabove 95.• 39 received the Hope Scholarship.Sports:• Of the many sports that our classexcels in, we had 7 All-RegionAthletes in football, soccer andsoftball.• At least 3 will compete in college.Service:• 23 totaled over 40 service hours• 8 reached 100 hours and above• 2 passed 200 hours• 1 totaled over 300 hoursMissions:• Members of the class haveserved on mission trips to over 7different countries and 3 continentsincluding Ecuador, Brazil,Africa, Trinidad, Tobago, andMexico, and in the U.S. to WestVirginia.Class Gift:• A donation to purchase acousticaltreatment for the current gymnasiumto improve the sound qualityfor performances, chapels, andathletic events.Valedictorian Matt Parekh andSalutatorian Rachel HenningCommencement Address:GA Secretary of StateKaren C. HandelTyler Berry receives his diploma.Kaki and her proud father,Hank Brink.

Kim Brockhorst showsoff her diploma a few minutesafter graduation.Appalachian State UniversityJonathan DufnerAuburn UniversityNicholas BarnwellKatherine BrinkRebecca EarleDillon HerbertWilliam KayTimothy MatthesenPaige ReidDrew RoladerBirmingham Southern CollegeJames StainbackCornerstone UniversityAdam WatsonEmmanuel CollegeMelinda SessomsGeorgia College and St. Univ.Brianne BarberSidney DoddRobert HudgensGeorgia Institute of TechnologyMatthew Parekh-ValedictorianGeorgia Perimeter CollegeDonné MaraisGeorgia Southern UniversityWitton CarlisleCollegiate MatriculationKennesaw State UniversityLaura AllenChad BeranekRachel BrowerAlexander DoyleDavid RawlingsBryn SoderlundMeghan Van PeltLaGrange CollegeScott GreenMercer UniversityAlissa McGeeAJ ShollyNorth Georgia CollegeNathaniel MillerReinhardt CollegeKimberly BockhorstSouthern Polytechnic St. UniversityAndrew MenearEvan RoeUniversity of AlabamaSara ClarkeUniversity of GeorgiaTyler BerryRachel Henning- SalutatorianJacob PhilpottsSteven RandallCaroline SmithKevin WhitakerMelanie WilsonUniversity of West GeorgiaDavid FischerAharon NajafiAshley PriddyWheaton CollegeJaclyn GeikenRachel OxleyYouth with a MissionTaylor BoneSeniors Dillon Herbert, Melanie Wilson, Sydney Dodd, andKim Bockhorst relax before graduation.Paige Reid presents the Sr. gift.GRADUATION

College SigningsFCSPaladin AthleticsVarsity Baseball 6-17Varsity Girls Soccer12-3Witt Carlisle signs to play soccerwith Georgia Southern UniversityThe girls made it to the state playoffs andfought their way into the second round despiteseveral injuries.Jimmy Stainback signs to playfootball with BirminghamSouthern UniversityAthletic AwardVarsity Boys Soccer7-16Varsity GolfVarsity BoysTennis 2-8Varsity Boys TrackVarsity Girls TrackThe Paladin Award was given toSarah Stainback and Jake Philpotts;both played two sports during theyear, maintained an average GPA of3.5, and consistently provided Christianleadership to their teammates.

Spring 2009MS Boys Tennis 5-3MS Girls Soccer7-6-1First ever FCS middle school boystennis team finished 5-3 and 2nd intheir division. They made the NAMLplayoffs, but lost in the first round.MS Boys Soccer 5-3-2MS Girls Tennis 0-77th Grade Boys Baseball 2-6MS Boys TrackThe FCS middle school boys track team finished2nd in the NAMLchampionships and 7th overall in the MAACchampionship.8th Grade Baseball 7-6The 8th grade baseball team made it into the firstround of the playoffs.P ALADINSMS Girls TrackThe FCS middle school track teamfinished 3rd in the NAML Championshipand 2nd overall in theMAAC Chanpionship.

ALUMNIWhat Have They Been Up To?Jared Flowe (’98) and Emily GraceWeeks were married on April 25,2009 at Big Canoe. Jared is employedby Appalachian CommunityBank. The Flowes reside in Woodstockand attend Northpoint CommunityChurch.Alicia Hobby Bond (’99) and herhusband David live in Forsyth Countyand have an18-month-oldson namedAsher. Theyare expectingtheir secondson in mid-June. Aliciais a part-timeelementarymusic teacherat Black’sMill ElementarySchoolin DawsonCounty. The Bonds attend MountainLake Church in Cumming.MarissaVelezKraxberger(’98) is anArt Director/GraphicDesigner atDiane vonFurstenberg.Marissa andher husbandNathanhave beenmarried five years and attend ForefrontChurch, where they serve on thecreative team. They reside in NewYork City with their Yorkshire Terrierpuppy, Rider.Anna Boyle (’01) received her Masterof Public Administration degree fromAmerican Universityin Washington,D.C. on May9, 2009. Annawas inductedinto Pi Alpha Alpha,the NationalHonor Societyfor Public Administration.Sheplans to seekemployment inthe public sector,either with government or a non-profitorganization in the Washington D.C.area.Esther Mitchell Turner (’01) andClark Turner (’01) have been marriedfor three years. Clark graduatedfrom UGA and Esther graduated fromAuburn University in 2005. Clarkstarted ProServe Home Solutions,which renovates houses for resale andinvestment property. Esther is attendingRichmont Graduate University(previously known as PSI - PsychologicalStudies Institute) and is studyingto become a licensed marriage andfamily therapist. The Turners reside inWoodstock.Dan Wagner (’01)is currently attendingKennesawState University.He is serving inthe United StatesMarine Corps andis scheduled to bedeployed to Iraqin late summer of2009. In his leisuretime, Dan enjoys attending UGA andFalcon football games and Bravesbaseball.Seth Horrigan (’01) graduated fromthe University of California at Berkeleyin May with a masters in ComputerScience, and is pursuing a careerin software development in the SanFrancisco Bay area. In his free time,he teaches all forms of social dancing,enjoys long distance bike riding,and volunteers at his church, ChristChurch Berkeley.Libby Williams Chalk (’02) andMorgan Chalk (’01) live in Roswell.They will celebrate five years of marriagein July 2009. He is employedby Ronald Blue &Co. as a certifiedFinancial Planner. Libby is employedpart-time as a therapist in Mariettaand part-time as Children’s MinistryProgram Director for Fellowship BibleChurch. Morgan is serving on the

oard of Broken Voices, a non-profitorganization, and Libby is working onbecoming a fully licensed therapist bythe end of 2009.Courtney Doran(’02) graduated fromthe University ofGeorgia with a dualdegree in marketingand public relations,and a certificate inleadership. Duringher time there, shecreated a collegephilanthropy for children with HIV/AIDS, which has grown to becomethe largest in the southeastern UnitedStates. She is currently with theGlobal L.E.A.D. Program, which is aservice oriented study abroad. Courtneycan be reached at Courtney@GlobalLeadProgram.org.Sarah Geurkink (’04) graduated fromCalvin College in 2008 with a degreein International Development Studiesand Business. She is currentlyemployed with the American RedCross as the International ServicesCoordinator in Grand Rapid, Michigan.She helps refugees locate theirrelatives and also works with UNICEF,the United Nations, and the Centersfor Disease Control in the effort toeradicate measles.Cadet Billy Stainback (’06) finishedhis junior year at the United States AirForce Academy and will be a CadetMajor as a first class cadet (senioryear). He has been selected for US AirForce UndergraduatePilotTraining (UPT),to begin afterhis graduationfrom the Academyin May of2010. While atthe Academy,Billy playedfootball forone year, hasbeen a leader in FCA, plays club volleyball,is an honor representative forhis squadron, and participates in BigBrothers and Big Sisters of ColoradoSprings.Darren Orr (’06) is attending PerimeterCollege majoring in BusinessMarketing. He is currently employedat Covenant Health Clinic. In hisspare time, he continues to be activewith guitar, singing, and his art. He isplanning on transferring to the AtlantaArt Institute this coming fall.Austin Berry (’07) is a junior attendingAsbury College and majoring inmedia communications. He will beemployed at next year’s winter Olympicsin Vancouver with a foreign mediacompanyas a representativefrom AsburyCollege,which has along historyof sendingcommunicationsstudents towork as paidprofessionalsduringthe Olympics.Laura Thompson (‘08) attends AverettUniversity in Danville, VA, majoringin Equine Business Management.Laura is a member of the IntercollegiateDressage Association, co-captainof Averett’s IDA team, a Dean’s ListStudent, and member of Fellowship ofChristian Athletes. She was one of 48individual ridersin the nation toqualify for the2009 IDA Nationalsheld atthe University ofFindlay in Findlay,OH, on April18 & 19, 2009.Laura competedagainst 11 otherriders from all over the country andtook first place in her Lower TrainingLevel division.The First Annual Alumni Baseball Game was heldMarch 7, 2009 at the new Paladin Park. Pictured L to R(front row) Alex Colwell ’99, Josh Reser ’03, Michael Axt’02, Jordan Lyerly ’08, Greg Olsen ’08, Drew Emrich’03. (Back row) Kevin Patterson – coach, Hilton Hobby’01, Adam Emrich ’01, Jeff Boyle ’99, Lance Chatham’03, Dave Emrich-coach, Anthony Fidele-coach, MattBrinkley ’99, Chris O’Neal ’99, Jared Flowe ’98, JustinAllison ’98, and Andrew O’Neill ‘01FCS alumni graduating from Samford Universlty, leftto right: Oliver Jones (‘06), Ashley Reese (‘06),Britney Griffin (‘05), and Tim Eachus (‘05)A LUMNI

Fellowship Christian School10965 Woodstock RoadRoswell, Georgia 30075NONPROFIT ORGU.S. POSTAGE PAIDROSWELL, GAPERMIT NO 423RETURN SERVICE REQUESTEDFellowship Christian School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnicorigin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accordedor made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basisof race, color, national and ethnic origin in the administration of its education policies,admissions policies, scholarship, athletic and other administered programs.Save This Date…6th Annual “Educating for Eternity” BanquetKeynote Speaker Mike HuckabeeMonday, October 5, 20097:00 P.M.Cobb Galleria CenterFormer Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is the host ofthe number one rated weekend program “HUCKABEE” on the FoxNews Channel and is heard three times daily across the nation on the“Huckabee Report” on the ABC Radio Network, the fast growing newprogram on the ABC Radio Network.He is the author of 6 books, the most recent being Do theRight Thing, which spent its first 7 weeks of release in the top ten ofthe New York Times Bestseller List.After his quest for the Republican presidential nominationin 2008, in which he finished second to John McCain, he formedHuckPac to assist Republicans running for office nationwide and hasamassed a volunteer army of thousands of activists in all 50 states.