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Weekly Update - 1.11.13
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Upcoming Events
January 18
Basketball Elementary Night
January 25Grandparents Day - Peachtree City campus 9am to noon January 27Open House - Fairburn Campus 2 to 4 pm
January 28 Landmark's State Champion Cross Country and Volleyball teams recognition by the City of Fairburn at their Council meeting - City Hall at 7 pm
January 29 Winter sports Senior Night
February 1 Grandparents Day - Fairburn campus 9 am to noon
February 2 Open House - Peachtree City campus 2 to 4 pm
February 6
Signing Day - Main Gym 2:30 pm
***The Landmark calendar on the school website is always the best source of information for upcoming events, especially to see the schedules of our various sports teams. Practice or game cancellations are first posted there. Please check it often.
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Congratulations!
It's a girl! Congratulations to High school English teacher Matthew Huff and his wife Kristen, on the arrival of their daughter Julianna Elise. Julianna was born yesterday afternoon and mom and daughter are said to be doing well.
Congratulations to the 1st - 5th grade students that qualified to compete in yesterday's spelling bee. The top four in 1-4 grade will advance to the ACSI District Bee in Kennesaw in February. The top four in 5th grade advance to the ACSI District Bee at Creekside Academy in McDonough in March Pictured at left are the top four finishers in the 4th grade. (l-r Peter Chapman 1st place, Micah McAllister 2nd place, Grace Mitchell 3rd place, and Carter Carlyle 4th place). They were the last group to finish up the day with an amazing 55 rounds of words to determine a 1st place winner! (Click here to view the photo gallery from the spelling bee.)
The following students were the top four competing spellers in each grade:
First Grade
Myla Morse, 1st, Mikala Knight, 2nd, Kasidy Warr, 3rd, Tim Wilson, 4th
Second Grade
Sam Hagood, 1st, Alex Gardner, 2nd, Ava Stephens, 3rd, Kristin Clark, 4th
Third Grade
Kendall Calhoun, 1st, Gavin Thompson, 2nd, Oliver Gustafson, 3rd, Maile Griffeth, 4th
Fourth Grade
Peter Chapman, 1st, Micah McAlister, 2nd, Grace Mitchell, 3rd, Carter Carlyle, 4th
Fifth Grade
John Nygren, 1st, Travis Powell, 2nd, Maggie Hellgeth, 3rd, Malcolm Walker, 4th
(Click here for a list of all the students who competed by class/grade.)
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Congratulations to senior forward Justin Ross, the newest member of the Landmark basketball 1,000 point club. The second team member to attain this feat in the last two years, Justin scored his thousandth point on December 20 in a 62-43 win over Mt. Dora, a Class AAAA school. The win was in the opening round of the Kiwanis Christmas Invitational in Gainesville, Florida. Justin is averaging 21 points per game this season. He will be honored on January 18 before the boys game.
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Congratulations to the following students for their selection to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's all-area teams for 2012: (Football) Atlanta/South Fulton Offensive Player of the Year - Jeremiah Kirkland, Running Back - Jeremiah Kirkland, Offensive Lineman - Jon-Paul Reed, Honorable Mention: Josh Nobles (Softball) All-region 1st team - Ginny Hearn, Kali Tibbetts, Honorable Mention: Morgan McWilliams
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In wrestling action, Landmark placed third in their area duals tournament last weekend. They defeated Brookstone 42-24, First Presbyterian Day 48-24 and Georgia Military Academy 52-20.
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K4 Muffins with Mom!
'M' is for muffins...with moms! Yesterday, our K4 classes celebrated the letter 'M' by inviting their moms to join them for muffins and juice. The students played a trivia game with their special guests to wrap up the morning.
  
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 General Info:
Tell A Friend! Landmark will host its 2013 Open House dates on Sunday, January 27 at 2pm in Fairburn, and Saturday, February 2 at 2 pm in Peachtree City. You are are very best ambassadors so please tell a friend - or two or three - about our great school!
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Department News
Guidance
- Junior parent meeting - Thursday, Jan 17.
- The application deadline for the University of Georgia is January 15.
- Seniors need to bring in acceptance letters, scholarship letters, etc. The Wall of Fame will be going up in the next two weeks.
- Be sure to check the updated list of scholarships. There are several with deadlines approaching.
Scholarship List
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Athletics Calendar
Friday, January 11:
V Swim @ HOME (Boundary Waters) 4 pm
MS Girls Basketball @ Woodward - 4 pm
MS Boys Basketball @ Woodward - 5:30 pm
JV Girls Basketball @ HOME vs. OLM 4 pm
JV Boys Basketball @ HOME vs. OLM 5:15 pm
V Girls Basketball @ HOME vs. OLM 6:30 pm
V Boys Basketball @ HOME vs. OLM 8 pm
Saturday, January 12:
Youth Basketball - Main Gym and Aux gym Beginning at 8 am
MS Boys B team Basketball vs. Fulton Academy @ W.D. Mohammed 10:30 am
MS Wrestling @ Holy Innocents' at 9 am
JV Girls Basketball @ Woodward 11:30 am
JV Boys Basketball @ Woodward 1 pm
V Girls Basketball @ Woodward 2:30 pm
V Boys Basketball @ Woodward 4 pm
MS Swim @ FPD Macon 12 pm
MS Girls Basketball (Gold Team) @ HOME vs. Trinity Christian 3pm
Monday, January 14
MS Girls Basketball @ HOME vs. Holy Innocents' 4:45 pm
MS Boys B team Basketball @ HOME vs. Holy Innocents' 6 pm
Tuesday, January 15
MS Boys B team Basketball @ Heritage 4:15 pm
MS Wrestling @ HOME (Main gym) vs. Marist 4:30 pm
JV Girls Basketball @ Paideia 4:30 pm
V Girls Basketball @ Paideia 6 pm
V Boys Basketball @ Paideia 7:30 pm
Wednesday, January 16
V Swim @ Pace Academy 5pm
**See the Landmark calendar for away game directions and additional schedules
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