The North Springs Wrestling Spartans had four wrestlers place in the top four at the 2023 Individual Traditional wrestling tournament, each earning a berth to the sectional competition this weekend. Taj’ Marie Mapes finished fourth at the women’s regional competition in dominate fashion by pinfall in only 25 seconds in the first period.  She won the team's quickest pin award and will be giving out free high-fives all day today. Henry Marmo finished 4th, and TJ Alexander won a 3rd place bronze medal at the boy's competition on Saturday.  Jaden Young picked up a second-place silver medal in the 175-pound weight class.  Let’s Go!!!  

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The meet is 4&5A combined state meet. Top 20 from prelims in the morning come back to compete at finals. Here are the results of the 4 swimmers who came back for finals:

Leo Roden 1st (state champ) 200 free- 1:38.00

1st (state champ) 100 free - 44.79

*the 100 free time was the fastest posted across all classifications (1-7A)

Wally Christman

2nd place 200 IM - 1:54.76

2nd place 100 Breast- 58.31

Sydney Smith-

7th 200 IM- 2:13.12

6th 100 Back- 59.47

Kate Zaparaniuk-

19th 100 back- 1:04.19

The following athletes will be representing North Springs at the GHSA State Swim Finals on Saturday, February 4 at GA Tech. The following is a list of the swimmers and the events they will be entered into: 

Girl Individual Events

Sydney Smith - 200 IM and 100 Back

Kate Zaparanuik - 100 Fly and 100 Back

Girl Relays

200 IM and 200 Free - Sydney Smith, Kate Zaparanuik , Hailee Walker and Joelle Streeter

Boys Individual Events

Leo Roden - 100 Free and 200 Free

Walter Christman - 200 IM and 100 Breast

Boys Relays

200 IM and 200 Free - Leo Roden, Walter Christman, Gavin Friedman and Matan Gil

Preliminary heats will be at 10:00 AM - starting time. Top 20 will return at 6:00 PM.

Please congratulate the students listed below for their Scholastic Art and Writing Award Recognitions!

Isabel Benitez: Painting - Honorable Mention - "Lollipops"

Chanie Morris: Digital Art - Honorable Mention - "Swimming with the Lilies Self Portrait"

Chanie Morris: Drawing & Illustration - Honorable Mention - "Untitled Charcoal Self Portrait"

Chane Morris: Digital Art - Silver Key - "Day 1-2: Is it Hot in Here?"

Chanie Morris: Digital Art - Silver Key - "Don't Run With Scissors"

Maria Clara Peres: Drawing & Illustration - Honorable Mention - "Clara"

Tatiana Plummer: Digital Art - Honorable Mention - "Overwhelmed" 

Melanie Roman: Painting - Honorable Mention - "Galactic Lollipops"

Good afternoon North Springs Senior Parents.

A quick note to our senior parents about things for our seniors to be aware of as we approach the end of the school year.

Senior Dues
Seniors Dues are $125. Please make sure to get your dues taken care of as quickly as possible. These monies go to cover the cost of graduation and all senior activities. To be transparent and keep you informed, the rental of the Graduation venue is $30,000.00 (this includes facility rental, security, medical, staffing, etc.) Your senior dues helps cover that cost in addition to all the activities and events we host at school for the seniors.  Click the link below to pay your dues!
North Springs OSP for Senior Dues

Cap and Gown
As of January 20th, only 160 seniors have purchased their cap and gown. The ordering deadline is January 31st after which time, an additional late fee will be added. All seniors must have a Cap and Gown in order to participate in the graduation ceremony. Please contact 3rd Ascent, our graduation business partner, to order yours today!! Don’t delay! See the attached flyer or go to www.3rdascent.com  to order

GRADUATION!!!
WE OFFICIALLY HAVE A GRADUATION DATE!!! We are very happy to announce that we have been confirmed for Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 9 am for our Graduation ceremony. We will once again have our ceremony at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre. This is an outdoor venue that is covered and has plenty of seating. While in the past, we have traditionally had evening ceremonies, we are excited to have this morning ceremony opportunity. A morning ceremony will allow for cooler temperatures, an earlier finish time, the rest of your day available to spend with family; meals, parties, etc. AND an early start to you Memorial Day Holiday Weekend!

Graduation Tickets
Ameris bank has set a limit of 10 tickets per graduate. We will be able to provide each student a total of 10 tickets for the graduation ceremony.

We will share more information for our seniors as we move through the rest of the semester.

Congratulations to our North Springs FBLA Chapter-  recipients of the following awards:

Champion Chapter Summer Starter Award for October 2022

Champion Chapter Shaping Success Award for November 2022

Please join us in congratulating Samuel Kuran for being selected North Spring CTAE Student of the Year. Sam will now go on to compete with other CTAE students from across the county. If you have him in your class or know him, please congratulate him on a job well done!

Way to go Sam!

Please congratulate the following students who received recognition from the Georgia Scholastic Press Association for their work in the 2021-2022 Echo Literary Magazine!

Emily Hoff: "All Georgia" award for Poetry

Mya Wesley: "All Georgia" award for Artwork

James Satterfield: "All Georgia" award for Cover Design

Nadine Mitchell: "Superior" for Photography

Turner Taggart: "Superior" for Spread Design

2021-2022 Echo Magazine : "Superior" for General Excellence.

The students will be honored at a ceremony in March.

Thank you to everyone who encouraged their students to submit, and for supporting Echo!

The Fall awards announcements can be viewed here:

https://www.ugagspa.org/news/2022/11/11/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2022-fall-yearbook-and-literary-magazine-contest

Marlenny Hernandez and Annalucia Preval are two violin students selected to represent North Springs High School at the Fulton County Honors Orchestra event to be held in Cenntenial High School on November 14 and 15.

In the audition last week, out of 76 registered violinists from all Fulton High Schools that auditioned for the honors orchestra, Marlenny and Anna were among 44 students selected to perform in the event. In order to pass the audition, they had to perform a couple of prepared pieces and sight read a new selection on the spot.

If you see them, please congratulate them for this wonderful achievement! Congratulations Marlenny and Anna!

Dr. Mirna Dinovic

Meet a few of our coaches!

Meet a few of our awesome teachers!

August 2022