A monthly publication to share school related accomplishments of
students, faculty, staff, & alumni of Prince Avenue Christian School.
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Prince Seniors Receive Early Hand-Delivered Acceptance from Georgia Tech
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Pictured Left to Right: Katie Faussemagne – Senior Assistant Director of
Undergraduate Admissions for Georgia Tech, Tanner Iley, Sammy Hodges,
Hunter Melton, and Lisa Ricketts – PACS Director of Academic Counseling
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Prince Avenue Christian School seniors Sammy Hodges, Tanner Iley, and Hunter Melton recently received a surprise that they will remember for a lifetime. During their lunch in the Wolverine Den with all of their classmates present, the three students were paid a special visit by the Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Katie Faussemagne had some exciting news.
The three boys were receiving hand-delivered early acceptance offers from Georgia Tech on the day before acceptances were to be posted for all other applicants. There were more than 22,000 applicants to Georgia Tech this year with a total of 4,569 students admitted this round. Only a handful of admissions were hand-delivered a day early.
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Nunn and Culpepper Honored by
Daughters of the American Revolution
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Left to Right: Georgia Nunn and Hamilton Culpepper
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Two Prince Avenue Christian School students were recently honored at the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Apalachee Chapter Awards Luncheon.
Sophomore Georgia Nunn was selected as the winner of the DAR Christopher Columbus Essay Contest. Georgia’s winning essay was titled, “A Sailor’s Experiences as Part of Christopher Columbus’s First Expedition to the Americas”. She was honored as the PACS school winner and the DAR Apalachee Chapter Winner.
Also honored at the luncheon was PACS senior Hamilton Culpepper. Hamilton was nominated by PACS teachers to receive the “Good Citizen Award” in response to his outstanding character and commitment to citizenship both within Prince Avenue as well as in the community.
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Lower School Students, Building Connections through “Building Buddies”
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Left to Right: 4th-grader Bo Tolbert and kindergartener Josiah Chandler
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The beginning of the 2019-2020 Prince Avenue school year brought many changes around campus, but one of the most significant was the demolition of the cottages that had previously served as lower school classrooms. Removing the cottages was a big step forward in the future development of additional classroom space but also required the relocation of eight lower school classrooms to the church building.
While the administration had many logistical concerns to consider during this transition, Lower School Principal Becky Callaway had concerns about the students. She was worried that the pre-kindergarten through first-grade classes would feel isolated from the older classes in the main building. “During the summer, every time I would think about that possibility, I would try to get creative in coming up with some way to ensure that such a thing did not happen.”
Mrs. Callaway’s creative solution has been the implementation of “Building Buddies”. Each month, a class in the church building is paired with a class in the main building. The two teachers collaborate to decide on an activity for their students to do together. The time is meant to be relaxing and relational with very little stress involved in the planning and implementation of the activity. Some Building Buddy times have included reading, drawing book illustrations, kickball, painting pumpkins, and seasonal snacks.
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Children’s Author, Barry Shettel,
Reads to Students
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Prince Avenue Christian School Media Center welcomed children’s author Barry Shettel on Monday, January 13th. Mr. Shettel, affectionately known as “Papabur”, is the father of one Prince graduate and the grandfather of three Prince graduates and one current Prince senior. He was formerly the youth pastor at Prince Avenue Baptist Church for 29 years and has embarked on writing and illustrating in his retirement years. Mr. Shettel has written four books, each about one of his six grandchildren, and has two more books in the works.
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8th Annual PACS Empty Bowls Auction
Raises Money for Homeless Shelter
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The Prince Avenue National Art Honor Society's 8th Annual Empty Bowls silent auction was held Friday, January 24th. PACS high school NAHS members, along with faculty members, created 55 beautiful handmade pottery bowls and filled the bowls with goods. A variety of themes were presented such as coffee, edible goodies, handmade jewelry, and small potted plants.
All proceeds from the auction will go directly to A Bigger Vision, a local Athens-area homeless shelter. PACS NAHS has donated more than $14,000 to A Bigger Vision over the past seven years, and because of the generosity of the PACS community, this year’s auction raised approximately $5000 to add to that total. This total is more than double any amount raised in the past. Students will present the money to A Bigger Vision on a Monday night when they will participate in serving a meal to the residents.
PACS High School Visual Arts teacher Meghan Hudson is the organizer of Empty Bowls at PACS and sees the program as an opportunity for PACS students to use their talents to benefit others and glorify God. “I cannot wait to take this year’s money to the shelter. This helps fill a huge need in our community and is appreciated more than the donors can ever know.”
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Middle School Girls Basketball Team
Places Second in League
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After an undefeated 17-0 regular season, the Prince Avenue Middle School Girls Basketball team finished as tournament runner-up in the Athens Area Middle School League Championship Game. Congratulations to these girls on an amazing season.
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Becky Padgett Honored by Friends and Former Colleagues with Gift to School
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When Prince Avenue Christian School second-grade teacher Becky Padgett accomplished the distinguished honor of Georgia Independent School Association Master Teacher in 2017, a group of her friends and former colleagues took notice.
Previous to coming to Prince Avenue, Mrs. Padgett spent the years 1982-84 and 1999-2013 on the faculty at Athens Academy where she made many friends who are still in contact with her and admire her work with children. It was this group that chose to honor Mrs. Padgett’s Master Teacher accomplishment by sending monetary gifts to PACS in honor of her achievement.
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View & Download PACS Pictures on SmugMug
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Pictures of school events taken by the PACS
Marketing Department can be viewed & downloaded
for free at the school's SmugMug account.
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Prince Avenue Christian School’s mission is to partner with Christian families
to provide scripturally based discipleship while pursuing excellence
in academics, fine arts, and athletics from a biblical worldview.
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