SPRING 2010

MILL SPRINGS ACADEMY

MattersIN THIS ISSUE

Winter Learning Review . . . . . .Cover–5Middle School All-SelectBand . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Canned Food DriveResults . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Comm Arts Bake Sale forHaiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Sawnee EMC Grant . . .7Reinhardt CollegeLeadership Conference . .7Alumni Visit Mill Springs . . . . . . . . .7CommArts Has New Face . . . . . . . . . . .8Alumni News . . . . . . . .8MSA’s Star Student . . . .8Students ExploreSustainable Energy . . . .9Geography Bee . . . . . . .9Students Prepare for Trip to CDC . . . . . . . .9MSA Sports . . . . . . . .10Lower School MakesReading Fun! . . . . . . .10Fall ’09 Honor Roll . .11National StudentLeadership Conference . .12The Horseshoe Review . . . . . . . . . . .12Students Learn AboutBanking Industry . . . .12College Acceptances . . .13Homecoming King &Queen Winners . . . . . .13Annual Fund . . . .14–15

Success inSCHOOL… Success inLIFE

Winter Learning 2010MILL SPRINGS WINTER LEARNING PROGRAM always makes for great fun but most of all great learning. The Winter Learning Program (WLP) is a hands-on, experiential learning program where PreUpper, Communication Arts and UpperSchool students take a variety of interest-generated courses. The program lasts fortwo weeks in January and allows students to attend workshops, internships, andweek-long seminars in order to participate in “mobile classrooms” on various topics.Here are just a few highlights featuring the diversity of the program.

PreUpper students Levi Smith and Brett Jackson practicing hand signals.

Students Receive S.C.U.B.A. Certification in FloridaFive PreUpper students with teacher Victoria Jones and Headmaster Robert Moore headed to Crystal River,Florida in early January to brave the freezing weather in hopes of earning their Jr. Open Water SCUBADiving certifications. Even though the trip was delayed one day due to hard freeze warnings in the CrystalRiver area, the group headed down as soon as the air temp got above freezing and enjoyed the toasty 72

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degree spring waters emanating from thearea’s aquifer system. “One of the reasons that the Crystal

River area is such a popular dive site is that10% of the regions Manatee populationswims in from the oceans to seek out these warm springs in the winter,” saidHeadmaster, Robert Moore. “With theweather being exceptionally cold, the firstdive site contained nearly 100 manatee allhuddled together for warmth.”After completing their skills lessons and

saying goodbye to the manatee, students werejoined by John Pertlin, a local veterinarianand manatee rescue and rehabilitation volunteer, who gave a presentation on Three Sister Springs as well as the work beingdone with the manatee. The group endedtheir trip with a final dive at Devil’s Den before heading back to MSA.

Whodunit?That’s what 20 Upper students figured outduring Week 1 of Winter Learning. Oneteam staged mystery games and plays, whilethe other team made lunch and searched forclues. In the afternoons, students played Clueand viewed classic mystery movies such as“Straitjacket” by Alfred Hitchcock.

Dancing with theMSA StarsFor the second year MSA students trippedthe light fantastic in the Winter Learningworkshop, “Dancing with the MSA Stars”.Each day participants learned various danceroutines taught by professional dance instructor, Jillian Hanes including hip hop,latin salsa, line dancing, and disco. Everyonehad a great time and enjoyed the exercise.

Atlanta History TourDuring the first week of Winter Learning,PreUpper School teachers Todd Sentell andMichael Adams took a group of student his-torians to a number of historic sites across thePiedmont, including New Echota, theUniversity of Georgia, the Carter Center,Oakland Cemetery, the original Varsity, andthe Georgia State Capitol, where they touredthe historic seat of state government as well asmet and talked with Governor Perdue andsome members of his staff. Seventh graderAlex Gass was thrilled by the experience ofmeeting the governor. “Seeing this amazingbuilding and meeting the governor of ourstate,” Alex said, “has been one of the mostexciting moments of my life at Mill Springs.”

Winter Learning InternshipsSeveral MSA students participated in internships during this year’s WinterLearning Program. Internships are a terrificopportunity for students to learn somethingabout an occupation or field in which theyare interested. Upper School student, AlexDavis, shadowed an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Christopher Jarrett. Alex received experiential learning by watching Dr. Jarrettexamine patients, give cortisone shots, andeven drain a patient’s knee.

WLP Digital ArtDigital art is an umbrella term for a range ofartistic works and practices that utilize digitaltechnology, or new media art which includesthings like computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, various interactive art

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Front row: Christopher Torres, AustinColeman, Alex Fountain. Middle row:Charlie Kahr, Catherine Simpson, JillianHanes (Instructor), Brenna Gates, HollyThillet, Jake Northrup. Back row: AndrewSmoltz, Brooke Woolf, Claire Droege, JaredSherman, Tim Broadwell, Chris White.

Seventh and 8th grade historians from theMSA PreUpper School meet with GovernorPerdue (center).

Whodunnit? Kneeling—Alex Fountain. Back row, left to right—Nina Gailey, Peter Milord,Holly Thillet, Logan Singleton, Tim Broadwell, Josh Carnegie, Siobhan Sterling, Chris White,and Maura Stevenson.

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technologies, computer robotics and art asbiotechnology. During week 2 of the WinterLearning Program, MSA’s Upper School offered a seminar in which students were ableto take a closer look at this relatively newkind of art.

Career ExplorationUpper School teacher Diane Lewis, andSchool Counselor Ann Holland led a class onCareer Exploration during Winter Learning.Students started their assessments by takingthe Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory to determine their personality types, and thenmatched their results with careers that fittheir type. Students then visited several workplaces and colleges so they could exploresome of their career choices. Some of theplaces that students visited included SCAD,Southern Poly Tech, Publix bakery, GBI andNorth Fulton Regional Hospital.

LA TripEight of MSA’s talented students are baskingin the excitement of their Hollywood extravaganza during Winter Learning. Funand learning abounded! This was a realitycheck of show business…the glamour andthe hard work from behind the scenes to infront of the camera. A huge highlight was visiting the set of Entertainment Tonight (ET).ET star, Mark Steines acted as a mentor asstudents watched the stars taping and doingvoice-over recordings for the show. Play-by-play commentary of each aspect of theprocess was provided by Mark.Mary Hart and the cast and crew. Then

Mark took the kids on a private, VIP tour ofthe entire studio. They met all of the crewand got to actually spend time in the editingbay, graphics department, costume shop,teleprompter station and with the sound designer, technical director and the director.They watched them work and each crewmember took time to explain everything theywere doing. They told fun stories and sharedphilosophy. We went to the news room andsaw where and how research was done. Thiswas far more than a ‘fluff tour’. It was a truelearning experience.The rest of the week was filled with

exciting workshops and celebrities. Studentsdid a voice-over workshop; audition work-shop; several acting classes; scene study; Q &A’s with industry professionals; saw an im-prov show; theatrical production of Proof;went to Universial Studios; Santa MonicaPier; the beach; Hollywood Bowl; Chinese

Theatre and spent time with celebrities fromAlvin and the Chipmunks, 90210, Better OffTed, 24, All My Children, ER, Spiderman,Disney’s Arron Stone, One Tree Hill, FamilyGuy, …and a lot more! The students repre-sented MSA well! They were joyful, focused, dedicated, kind and appreciative! It was thetrip of a life-time!

Glow in the DarkSeveral PreUpper students learned how toperform a variety of acts of chemistry andphysics phenomena in this year’s WinterLearning seminar, “Glow in the Dark”.

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Students had the opportunity to explore newapplications and effects; allowing them tomake one-of-a-kind artwork out of otherwiseregular photographs.

Ryan O’Rourke with Anne Holland determineRyan’s personality type after administration ofthe Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory.

PreUpper Principal, Susan Sanders (left),PreUpper School teacher, Errol Sanders, andPreUpper teacher, Todd Sentell add in thefinal ingredient to make Elephant Toothpaste.Suspecting a set up, Todd pours his solutioninto Errol’s flask. Too late. Susan’s flask is theonly one that was loaded with the fuel gradehydrogen peroxide that made an overabun-dance of foam.

MSA Drama students visit the set of Entertainment Tonight. Notice Mark Steines, co-star andhost of the show (back row, center) as well as Bryan Rasmussen—TV/film and stage actor fromshows such as 24, Southland, and ER (far right).

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For added fun, the students recreated theirlearning by putting on several performancesfor the Lower, Middle and PreUpper schoolson January 28.

Lasting ImpressionsYou’ve seen them before at the movies and atthe theater: posters, displays and cutouts ofcharacters or scenes from previous or comingevents. Usually larger than life, they wowedyou, enticed you and tickled your imagina-tion. This was the driving force behind week-one of this year’s Winter Learning forMSA’s student artists. Through a class called“Combining Characters, Cutouts and Color,”

students brought to life theatrical productionssuch as Once Upon a Mattress, Little Shop of Horrors, and Joseph and the AmazingTechnicolor Dream Coat with hand painteddisplays. During week two students participated in

“Artistry in Set Design,” taught by Mill Springs’ Technical Director, JamieFambrough. The course was designed to direct students in the masterful art of build-ing and decorating sets and props specific to MSA’s upcoming Spring Musical,Masquerade, and the Middle School’s playThe Bridge to Terabithia. Everyone did a wonderful job in creating set pieces that will continue to spark our memories andimaginations for years to come.

Hiking North GeorgiaFor the second week of this year’s WinterLearning Program, a group of fourteen students from MSA’s Communication Arts Department led by teachers MatthewMcConnell and Michael Griffeth went on a series of day hikes around north Georgia. The group started by climbing up KennesawMountain, where despite the clouds and occasional snow flurries they were able to get a great view of Downtown Atlanta andStone Mountain. As the week continued, students were

able to view the beautiful frozen waterfallsand ice formations at Sweetwater Creek State park, as well as hike Stone Mountainand Blood Mountain via a portion of theAppalachian Trail. Everyone who participatedsaid that the event was something that theywill not soon forget.

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PreUpper student Michael Schuetz created afantastic mask for the upcoming Spring Musical ‘Masquerade’ April 23rd and 24th.

From left to right: Kirsten Smith (UpperSchool), Jacob Fitz (PreUpper), and LoranPutnam (Communication Arts) show off thelarge Mushu dragon in Disney’s Mulan. Thisdragon, along with many other large theaterartwork pieces is hanging in the SAC theater.

MSA students braved the elements to reach the summit of Kennesaw Mountain.

While the William Tell Overture plays in thebackground, PreUpper student ChristopherButters takes aim to shoot an apple off of astudent’s head. Relax. He was aiming an aircannon that shoots a concentrated but harmlesspuff of air at an apple decorated Styrofoam cup.

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Communication ArtsTakes a Monumental Trip The sun rises beyond a panorama of rich-redbuttes, infusing the sky with a kaleidoscope ofreds, pinks, and orange shafts of light. It’s justanother morning in Monument Valley for thestudents of Communication Arts, who traveledto Arizona and Utah for their annual trip toStagecoach Trails Dude Ranch. After experi-encing “the world’s best sunrise,” accordingto student Carly Reynolds, the group hikedthrough the canyons of Monument Valleywith four Navajo Native American guides.“Around every corner there was a spectacularview,” said student Devin Orkin. The guidesshowed the group petro glyphs created by

the ancient Indian tribes. They also learnedthe history of the Navajo code talkers duringWorld War II. One of the highlights of thetrip for student J.C. Howard was the porcu-pine they discovered in a tree. “We had studied the wildlife of the mesa, but it wascool to actually see a real live animal.”Eighth-grade student Lindsey Flax liked the Navajo food: “fry bread rules!,” she exclaimed. In addition to their trip to Monument

Valley, the group enjoyed a train ride toGrand Canyon north where they viewed thebreathtaking vistas of the famous landmark.Then it was back to the Dude Ranch where

they rode horses, had cowboy poetry read-ings, participated in a rodeo, watched oldWestern movies such as Stagecoach starringJohn Wayne, learned to line-dance, studieddesert ecology, and learned to sing oldWestern classics such as Cool Water andHappy Trails. “Our goal is to give the studentsa total immersion in Western and NativeAmerican culture,” said chaperone MatthewMcConnell. “Our students are some of thefew kids their ages who have been exposed toThe Cisco Kid, Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger,and Bonanza,” he added. “For another point of view, we showed them Bury My Heart atWounded Knee, the story of Chief SittingBull’s last days.” The group also traveled to an old western

mining town in Oatman, Arizona where thekids got to pet the wild burros which roamthe streets. Eighth grade student, ErinMcCallum, summed up the trip best whenshe said, “two weeks is not enough outhere…let’s build MSA West right here inArizona.”

Rock Band The screech of a pinch harmonic, the crashing of a cymbal, the utter failure of trying to reach the same pitch of Steven Tylerin Dream On: this was the Winter learningprogram, Rockband. Students joined forcesto form three bands: • M.A.D.E—named for the members whowere Matt Mosley, Alexandra Mail, Erin

Horst, and Dera Anueyiagu.• Peedob Gerg—named as a joke afterUpper School teacher, Greg Bodeep, andcomprised of Chris Torres, Roman Hanna,Jake Kamrass, Alex Davis, and AndyCharles.• You Fall, I Jump— named after a linefrom the movie “Titanic” and made up ofstudents Trey Ayres, Aaron Bradsher, ChrisClaugus, and John Mark.Each band was put together through

auditions by Elizabeth Plastiak, the directorof the WLP music seminar. They werematched by skill level to similar skill levels.This system made it less chaotic in band formation. Students Robert Golden and MaxIntner also participated in the tech area forRockband handling lights, props, and specialeffects. The three groups showed off theirhard work at the end of the week by puttingon a rock concert for the school community.

Staying Fit! Jaime Gutierrez and Carolina Ayerbe spentthe first week of Winter Learning workingout! Twelve Upper students traveled toLifetime Fitness where they were welcomedwith the heated pool, wonderful state‐of‐theart fitness equipment, and fabulous groupclasses, including a kickboxing and strengthcardio. On Thursday, the group took a breakfrom the machines to enjoy ice skating at theIce Forum. We are looking forward to nextyear’s fitness group.

Navajo guides led the students on a hike throughout the spectacular natural wonders of MonumentValley.

Communication Arts students (left to right),J.C. Howard, Ace Webber, Devin Orkin, Erin McCallum, Paul Jarvis, and MeredithLangford, explore the colorful cliffs ofMonument Valley.

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Middle School All Select Band by Elizabeth Plastiak, Music Director

In early February, MSA had the opportunity to participate in the GISA All-Select MiddleSchool Band. Over 100 of the best musicians in grades 5-8 from Georgia’s independentschools gathered together at The Atlanta Academy for a weekend of music, friends and fun!

The musicians were divided up into two different bands, and over the course of Saturday andSunday, they selected, rehearsed and performed a full concert for their friends and families.Congratulations go out to PreUpper students Paul Bain, Jared Brigito and Craig Tillison forbeing selected to participate and for putting on an impressive performance during the final afternoon performance!

Communication ArtsBake Sale for Haiti

The students of Communication Artsheld a bake sale to benefit the victimsof the earthquake in Haiti. Students

baked the treats themselves, and raised$274.27.

CommunicationArts Wins CannedFood Drive. . .Again!

For the third year in a row, theCommunication Arts School hasconquered their arch-nemesis,

PreUpper School, by bringing in a phenomenal 4,485 cans of food for theschool-wide Canned Food Drive. Thatamount averages over ninety-nine cansper student. Principal Kay Morrisonstressed to the students that the mostimportant point of the contest was tofeed more people in need. “We alsostudied the statistics on homelessness inAtlanta, to bring home the reality ofneed in their own community”, saidteacher O.B. Stokes. As usual, the com-petition was fierce, as CommunicationArts principal Kay Morrison and Pre-Upper principal Susan Sanders wagedan e-mail war that kept their studentsand parents fired up. We also pittedhomeroom against homeroom.Matthew McConnell’s advisory ralliedat the last minute to become the cham-pion in Communication Arts. StudentJ.C. Howard said, “It’s really fun tohave the contest, and it’s feels good tobe helping others at the same time.”

From L to R: Jared Brigito, Craig Tillison, and Paul Bain perform with other top musicians inthe GISA All Select Middle School Band.

Communication Arts students are researching charitable organizations to determine which groupwill make best use of their donation.

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For the second year in a row, TheCommunication Arts Department hasbeen awarded a $1,500 “Bright Ideas”

grant from the Sawnee EMC Foundation.This program is designed to help schools withprojects that are worth pursuing and thatoffer educational opportunities above and beyond the regular classroom experience. The grant was given to Communication Artsto help support their India Festival, which involved students dressing as notable Indiancharacters, giving a speech about their character, preparing an Indian food, and creating a display featuring the person theyare representing. The students also help design and paint sets for the event.Social studies teacher O.B. Stokes noted,

“The Sawnee EMC grant really helped bringthe cultural experience to a more meaningfullevel. We were able to enrich the festival witha classical Indian dancer who not only taughtthe students the history of Indian dance, butalso taught them the dances. And best of all,

every student at Mill Springs attended theevent, so everyone gets the benefit of thisgrant.” Student Mason Taylor summed it upbest: “Hey, it’s a really cheap way to visitIndia! I felt like I was really there.” O.B.Stokes, the social studies teacher who

organized the festival, also noted that it…“helps our kids learn in the way they lovebest”… “hands-on and experiential. It’s agreat way for students to learn about historywhile getting a boost of self-esteem in theprocess.”

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Alumni Share College ExperiencesWith Communication Arts Students

As part of their Values Curriculum in the Communication Arts School, formerMSA students, who are now in college or working, speak to students aboutwhat to expect after MSA. During the holiday break, Marc Silver, who is a

freshman at Georgia Southern University, shared whatto expect in both the social and academic realms ofuniversity life. “Get used to following deadlines,because in college they don’t take any excuses,”he warned.” Gregory McKenna, who is a freshman at North Georgia College said, “Learnto ask for help if you need it, otherwise you’llsink.” Student Yaakov Drukman said, “I reallylike when students return to speak to us. Itmakes me feel like we can all be successful in

college if we just follow the rules.” Tucker O’Brien,who attends Georgia College and State University, toldthe kids, “One of the best things I learned at MSA wasto advocate for yourself. You’re really going to needthat in college.”

Reinhardt CollegeLeadership Conference

On Friday January 29th a group fromthe Upper School went to ReinhardtCollege for their annual Leadership

Conference. It was attended by Seniors AlexKaplan and Zach Moore, chaperoned byUpper School teachers, G. Paul Kreher andGail Kreher.Zach shared that, “The conference was

enlightening. The speakers were nice and in-formative. . . It was a good experience”.G. Paul said, “The conference was great.

In every session I learned some tips on teach-ing my Personal Finance class. Alex and Zachpicked up some pointers also, especially fromthe keynote speaker on how to present a pro-fessional image to move into a chosen career.Gail learned how to use the new tech toolTwitter in areas of education. We discussedthe conference all the way back to MSA!”

CommunicationArts Wins Grant FromSawnee EMC

The students and staff of Communication Arts who participated in the India Festival, stand infront of their Taj Mahal set.

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Mill Springs Academy’s STAR Student/Teacher

Congratulations to Andrew Smoltz who has been named MillSprings Academy’s STAR Student for 2009–2010. Andrew has chosen Sherry Robinson as his STAR Teacher. The state STAR pro-

gram is coordinated by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators in association with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. The Student Teacher AchievementRecognition (STAR) program honors Georgia’s outstanding high school seniors and the teach-ers who have been most instrumental in their academic development. To obtain the STARnomination, high school seniors must have the highest score on the test date on the three-partSAT taken through the November test date of their senior year and be in the top 10 percent ortop 10 students of their class based on GPA. Congratulations to both Andrew and Sherry!

STAR student, Andrew Smoltz, with UpperSchool English Teacher, Sherry Robinson.

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Patrick Hamilton with Communication Arts student, Mitch Norris.

CommArts Has a New Face

The Communication Arts School is happy to welcome Patrick Hamilton to their teachingstaff for the Spring semester. Patrick is interning at MSA for his master’s degree in SpecialEducation from Grand Canyon University. He’ll be starting his doctorate at the

University of Georgia in July. Patrick earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Georgiaon a basketball scholarship, and still holds the record for the most steals in a game, season andcareer. As a professional basketball player in the NBA, he played with the Cleveland Cavaliersand the Dallas Mavericks. He enjoys playing golf and fishing. Patrick has four children:Christian, Skyler, Peyton and Kaden. His impression of Mill Springs? “I love this Levels system… every school should have this!”

Alumni News

Chris Magill (2009), who is now theUniversity of Arizona, spoke to thestudents in Communication Arts

about how to be successful in college. Chris talked about the importance of timemanagement and meeting deadlines. “If youhave a learning disability, you can get a lot ofhelp, you just need to learn to ask for it,” hestated. The students were full of questionsabout college life: “Forget the book stuff …how’s the food?:, asked a concerned student.Chris hasn’t picked a major yet, but is leaningtoward a career in teaching physical education.

Doug Ceto (1990) recently visited campusfor an Open House to which he brought aprospective family. Thanks Doug...it wasgood to see you!

Patrick Marco (2009) who was a formertrack team captain for the Mighty Mustangsmade a surprise visit and pitched in andhelped run the track meet in early March.Thanks Patrick...we always enjoy whenalumni come for a visit.

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Communication Arts’ “Values” classesare designed to present a range of topics to students that are either

relevant to the times we live in, assist themwith skills they may need in the real world, orallow them to share personal experiences thatare beneficial to the group. In early FebruaryEdgar Monterroso, who works for the Centerfor Disease Control in Atlanta, spoke toCommunication Arts students during one of

their “Values” classes about current healthconcerns in both the United States and areasaround the world. After showing the studentshow the CDC reacts to a disaster like theearthquake in Haiti, he talked to them aboutan issue that is striking the United States:childhood obesity. Student Erin Horst stated,“Wow, I had no idea that being overweightcould cause you to get so many diseases.”

Dr. Monterroso (center, back row) is the fatherof Communication Arts student NickMonterroso. Communication Arts studentswill follow up with a field-trip to the CDClater this month.

Mill Springs’ Parent Prepares Students for Trip to CDC

Geography Bee

During the week of November 30th,50 MSA students from grades 6-8participated in this year’s National

Geography Bee competition. This year’sevent was sponsored by PreUpper WorldCultures teacher, Karen Bradley. Eighthgrader, Craig Tillison, was named MillSprings’ 2010 National Geographic Beechampion, with students Jonathan Seaveyand Neil Jensen taking 2nd and 3rd places respectively. As the winner, Craig Tillison willtake a qualifying test to see if he will advanceto the state level bee which will be held onApril 9. “Congratulations to all the studentswho participated in this year’s Bee,” saidteacher Karen Bradley. “It was a lot of funand everyone did a great job.”

Communication ArtsStudents Explore Sustainable Energy

At the end of the fall semester,Communication Arts 10th gradeEcology class completed an in-depth

study of various “sustainable” energy sourcesincluding biofuels, solar power, wind power,wave power, geothermal power and tidalpower. The group also studied technologiesthat improve energy efficiency. As part oftheir final exam, students were challenged tocome up with conceptual designs that show-cased practical sustainable energy sources.

Communication Arts student, Alex Massonmade a model of a recycling plant that uses geothermal, wind and solar power to processanimal waste into fuel pellets.

Geography Bee winner, Craig Tillison, poses for a picture with teacher Karen Bradley.

Yaakov Drukman made a model of a cityshowing how infrastructure could be plannedto lower energy consumption and increase sustainability.

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Boys’ Basketball

The Boys Varsity Basketball Team recorded a 9–11 overall recordthis season (6–7 in the AAC and 3–4 out of conference).Replacing 97% of the offense from the 2009 AAC Regular

Season Champions, the young Mustangs represented themselves wellposting a 4th place finish in the 2009–2010 AAC Regular Season.The team has a good strong, young nucleus coming back next year toimprove in the 2010-2011 Campaign. “I really enjoyed working withthis team,” said coach Phil Hanson. “Their guts and strong-will rose tothe top as they persevered on and off the floor. We will get back towhere we belong, and I look forward to our summer workout scheduleand our first game on November 2, 2010.”

Tennis

Mill Springs Tennis Team began its season on March 4 withvictories over Kings Ridge and the Cottage School onMarch 4 and 9. Coaches Brian Buxton, Anne Holland and

James Sampson are expecting a great season with hopes of winning another championship title by both the boys and girls teams. Upperstudents Alex Davis and Holly Thillet are just two of the returningplayers of our young team and are the foundation as they vie for another AAC championship.

Wrestling

Mill Springs’ Wrestling Team finished the 2009–2010 seasonwith the state finals held at the Georgia Fairgrounds inPerry, GA. Everyone who participated this year made great

strides and demonstrated enormous determination during the seasonwith five wrestlers attending the state finals (Jason Maza—125 lb.weight class, Adam Bramski—140 lb. weight class, Spencer Murphy—

150 lb. weight class, Brent Shephard—215 lb. weight class, and MarcGlenn—heavy weight class), where the team garnered a total of 17 points.

Track

On March 9, Mill Springs Track Team kicked off their seasonwith the boys placing 4th overall. Several individual teammembers made notable accomplishments including Philip

Early who placed 2nd in the 120m hurdles; Chris Thorne who placed2nd in the Long Jump and 3rd in the 120m hurdles; Michael Palmerwho placed 1st in the 200m run; and PreUpper student HannahBowler who placed 2nd in the 200m and 3rd in the 400m.Come out and support the mighty Mustangs this season by attend-

ing one of our home track meets. For more information on this year’smeet schedule, please visit the althetics link on Mill Springs website.

Girls’ Basketball—3 Time AAC Champs!

Congratulations to Mill Springs’ Lady Mustangs for clinching the 2009–2010 AAC Basketball Championship. This year’svictory marked the girl’s third straight AAC Championship

which was secured after wining a very close game against Academe of the Oaks with a score of 22–19! Special recognition was given tojunior, Brook Woolf who was voted tournament MVP by the coachesin the conference.

MSA Sports

Look at all of our Lower School “Characters”! Everyone on campus had a great time watching the parade.

MSA’s Lady Mustangs basketball team take home their third consecutive1st place title.

Lower School Makes Reading Fun!

Mill Springs’ Lower School students, teachers and principal participated in “Book Character Dress Up Day”. Everyone dressed up as theirfavorite book character, then paraded the campus for all to see. The purpose of the special day was to encourage students to get excitedabout reading and to realize that the entire world opens up to them through books and written word.

A AB B Agoodjobclass!

GOLDMUSTANGS (All A’s)

Middle SchoolKenneth Carmon Cameron Feeley Alexis Herrington Alan McDonald Sam North Madison Orr Emily Pearman Zoe Robinson David Walker

PreUpper SchoolLoren Whitfield

Communication ArtsAlex Calais Lindsey Flax Dave Friedland Daniel Inskeep Paul Jarvis

Upper SchoolAllison Ashlock Garrison Brown West Connor Claire Droege Alex Kaplan Melissa Litow Christina Manna Michael Palmer Hannah Twery

SILVERMUSTANGS (AllA’s & B’s; must have one A in a core subject)

Middle SchoolSara NedblakeCaroline BurdickAlex SilvermanAshley HymanAndrew BalogEli BergerAustin PalmoreLogan FavataHunter BergerChase SmithAlex DiazAndrew SmithSarah KopkinJasmine McDowAlex BeasleyAlex StrandJonathan RossColin WilsonBrett ParksReed LewisNeil JensenAlexander GonzalesErin WelchGarrett McCarthyDylan PorperSam Wolff

Scott CollinsAlasdair BoneyThomas MooreBrandon McCormick

PreUpper SchoolPaul Bain Bryan Baloh Jon Mark Brasher Courtney Connell Steven DiPaola Rachel Freeman Paolo Gatica Alex Holmgren Chandler Holt Jason Karner Danielle Lampert Peyton Lockwood Matt Manna Michael Matthews Josh Moore Noah Rittenberg Grey Scheinman Michael Schuetz Matt Shaffer Claire Sims Andrew Solis Jonathan Strothmann Josh Swartz

Communication ArtsRebecca Ascher Tyler Buice Yaakov Drukman Devin Hazzard Erin Kennedy

Meredith Langford Max Martens Alex Masson Matt Moseley Dan Raji Ryan Sarver Daniel Schmidt Jasmine Steinway Mason Taylor Ace Webber

Upper SchoolAaron Bradsher David Cauthen Andrew Charles Alex Davis Philip Early Alex Fountain Morgan Friedman Brenna Gates Rebecca Hallowell Roman Hanna Lauren Hays Jake Kamrass Andrew Katz Aria Khodayari Doug Marcotte Zach Moore Jake Northrup Mallory Oberholtzer Jeff Roberts Rebekah Schultheis Brent Shephard Logan Singleton Andrew Smoltz Chris Thorne Josh Turner Jessica Vosburgh Lea Waldstein

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Honor Roll—Fall Semester 2009

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The HorseshoeReview

Mill Springs Academy now has itsown literary and art journal…The Horseshoe Review (THR). The

student managed and teacher led journal wasdeveloped by the Upper School EnglishDepartment as well as several students whohave participated in the school’s GeorgiaWriter’s Workshop during Winter Learning.Submissions for the THR can come from any member of the MSA family (students,grandparents, parents, faculty/staff, etc.). The inaugural issue will be published in May, 2010.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION• Submit unpublished poetry, essays, andshort stories of superior literary merit nolonger than 2,000 words and of any theme• Please use MLA format where appropriate• Artwork, including photography, must bein black and white• THR does not pay for publications

HOW TO SUBMIT• Please introduce yourself in the body of thee-mail and attach your submission• If your nonfiction piece includes photo-graphs, please include the name of the author and explanatory information• Send your submission and any questions toJason Rosenberg, Submissions Director at thehorseshoereview@millsprings.org• E-mail artwork if possible. If you must mail,send it to MSA attention The HorseshoeReview. • The submission deadline is April 2, 2010.

Communication Arts student, Meredith Langford, is looking forward to representing MSA in theNational Student Leadership Conference this summer.

Left to right: Lindsey Flax; J.C. Howard,Linda Pike, Brandon Pike, Nick Monterroso,Francis Abernethey, and Mac Morris.

Communication Arts Student Chosen forNational Student Leadership Conference

Meredith Langford, a 10th grade student in the Communication Arts Department, hasbeen chosen to represent Mill Springs Academy in the National Student LeadershipConference this summer. The NSLC is a fast-paced, interactive career-focused leader-

ship program for outstanding high school students. Based in Washington D.C., the program allows students to experience exclusive behind-the-scene tours and give them a realistic previewof life in a specific profession. Meredith has chosen forensic science for her “summer career,”where she will participate in a crime scene simulation, a forensic workshop which includes fingerprint analysis, a guest speaker from the FBI Crime Lab, and a visit to the Museum ofCrime and Punishment. Meredith states, “I’m looking forward to not only exploring a careeroption, but getting to meet other kids who share my passion for forensics.”

Students Learn aboutBanking Industry

As part of their values curriculum, theCommunication Arts students were treatedto a seminar on finance and banking by

Linda Pike, branch manager of The Bank of NorthGeorgia in Alpharetta. Linda showed the kids howinvesting early can increase your savings for yearsahead. They also learned about interest rates, bonds,IRA’s, and other investment opportunities.

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Congratulationsto Mill Springs’2010HomecomingKing and QueenWinners! PreUpperClaire Sims & Jonah Swartz

CommArtsRebecca Ascher & Max Intner

Upper SchoolNina Gailey & Mike Kline

2010 PreUpper, Communication Arts and Upper School homecoming court.

College AcceptancesCongratulations to the following seniors on their early college acceptances:

David Friedland—The Horizons School

Marc Glenn—Georgia Military College, Andrew College

Cullen Jacob—NASCAR Technical Institute

Cassie Kanelos—New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts

Alex Kaplan—Young Harris College*, Georgia State University

Elliott Keating— Southern Union State Community College

Melissa Litow—Kennesaw State University, Georgia Southern University

Alexandra Mail-Lopez—Andrew College

Bret Miller—Tusculum College, Kirkwood Community College

Christina Manna—Auburn University, Belmont University, College of Charleston, Appalachian State University

Paul Manners—Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Zach Moore—Reinhardt College

Jason Rosenberg—Jacksonville State University, University of West Georgia, Valdosta State University

Catherine Simpson—Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Middle Georgia College, Georgia Perimeter College,Georgia Highland College

Kirsten Smith—Art Institute of Atlanta

Andrew Smoltz—Michigan State, St. John’s University, Oglethorpe University, Hampden-Sydney College

Maura Stevenson—Kennesaw State University, Reinhardt*, Western Carolina University

Chris Thorne—Bethune-Cookman University, Saint Paul’s College, Saint Augustine College, Fort Valley StateUniversity, Johnson C. Smith University, Savannah State University, Armstrong Atlantic StateUniversity, Benedict College

Josh Turner—University of West Georgia, Georgia Southern University

* Denotes scholarship

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Daniel and Christine AbernethyRhonda AcarkanCarol and Tarpley AdamsMichael and Kim AdamsDeb AdkinsBarbara AdlerCarmen AllenIvan Allen IVMargaret AllenJudy ArgoEarl and Lisa ArtisHugh and Kim AsherTom and Spring AsherHoward and Colleen AustinCarolina Ayerbe and Damian FarrierBain and Melissa AyresDavid and Janet BainTurpin Ballard and Cindy NolanJoe and Cheryl BalogBruce and Michele BalohPaul and Mary BarkleyThomas and Kella BarnettJanice BartonBrent and Tana BeasleyDavid and Michelle BergesonMark and Cathy BermanGregory BodeepWill and Jackie BorderJohn and Addie BourneMike and Betty Rose BowersJohn and Barbara BowlerSteve and Trish BoyerKaren and Justin BradleyMark and Pam BrasherCraig and Lisa BrazemanJohn and Rita BreenDana BrewDan and Myra BrigitoMargaret and Robert BritoTim and Annette BroadwellDebbie BrownJeff and Traci BrownLisa BrownEric BrownBruce and Marie BrownlowJames and Coleen BryantBuckhead UniformsIan Buda and Bari CalaisBill and Lori BudwitzErin BuiceJeff and Pam BurdickGeorge and Barbara ButtersBrian and Lisa BuxtonMonte and Pam CagleWayne Carey and Yvonne SatterwhiteWarren and Stephanie CarmonJacqueline CastagnoJim and Lisa CauthenNicholas and Margaret CetoRobin Chamberlain

Don and Beverly ChapmanRobert and Paula CharlesWayne and Beth ChiuMichael and Jinjie CiccoMark and Heather ClarkTom and Karen ClaugusFran ClineElliott and Judith CohenJeff and Susan CohenKent and Lisa CohenMarc and Robin CohenDarryl and Teri ColemanJim ColemanJoyce ColemanLynda ColemanRichard and Leslie CollinsJoe and Judy ComisClarence and Anne ConkinKeith and Gina ConnellGreg and Frances ConnorJamie and Lin ContinoKarla and Donald CoopMichael CowanAlan and Cathy CrowleyJohn and Sylvia CutchinTom and Martha DallugeJesse and Sharon DavisRobert and Barbara DaySusan DayDorothy DeSantisPeter and Lorrie DeSantisDarrell and Lyn DeVeauxEllen DeweeseJosh and Paula DeweeseJorge Diaz and Karen HallockAlan and Sue DimickSimone and Carmela DiPaolaRon and Linda DobosLarry and Karen DomenicoWoody and Genie DriskillMark and Monique DroegeRichard and Laura DrukmanJack and Rigby DuncanKirk and Lizzie DuncanCarolyn EarlyJae and Lee Ann EarlyJodi Easter-Smith and Bruce SmithWayne and Jenny ErgleMildred EstesKris and Scott FarrellRob and Melissa FavataMark and Natalie FelixRichard and Sandra FelixSheila and John FitzGeraldHugh and Robyn FlaxJanet and Scott FordJim and Donna FosterHank FreemanBob and Susan FreemanLance and Susan Friedland

Ken and Simone FrisardMike and Norma GaileyGerry and Sue GarrickNeil and Jacki GassDoug and LeAnna GatesMarcelo and Shadia GaticaJack and Ellen GlennMelvin and Gwynneth GlennSteve and Kelly GlennBarbara Friedland GoldDrew and Holly GoldenChip GonzalesHilda GoodelmanLeonard and Deborah GoodelmanDaniel and Maritza GraciaGrogan's Sani-Service, Inc.Anne GrossmanRael and Vicki GrosswaldJaime GutierrezJamie and Lisa GuttmanFred and Kristin GuytonKatie and Mike HadawayDeborah HaertelJohn and Marlene HaighRandy and Sandra HainDavid and Paula HallowellMark and Lindell HannaFred and Lynn HannaPhil HansonJohn and Lisa HardinGary and Annette HarmonAnn HartinCheri and Jim HarwoodMark and Kim HawksScott and Linda HaymanGeorge and Linda HaynesEd and Carol HaysPaul and Dawn HazzardThomas and Lee HealeyJack and Bette HeinzelmannPatricia HerndonWayne and Brenda HerringtonDon and Jeanne HodsonAnne and Jeff HollandGreg and Susan HolmgrenMichael and Vicky HoltJoe and Helen HowardTerry and Paige HowellJim HudsonJay and Vicki HudsonBranigan and James HughesRolf and Waldtraut HummelSirka HummelBarry and Sylvia HymanJeff and Nancy InskeepJim and Mindy IntnerMark and Teresa JacksonRon and Stacy JarvisSteve and Wendy JensenTodd and Lori Jensen

Annual FundThe Annual Fund isthe most importantgift our parents,board, and

faculty/staff are asked to make to theschool each year.This year’s goals are:

n Raise $250,000n Receive 100% participation from our entire school family (parents, board, faculty/staff )

Please join the following list of families and

individuals who havealready shown

their support to theschool by making a gift or pledge.

REMEMBER… participation

means a gift of any size!

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Stan and Cristy JohnsonHank Jones and Saisai ZhangJeff and Kim JonesLaurie and Will JonesTaniah JonesVictoria Jones and Dave FairleyMichael and Lori JordanKaty Kane and Keith RateliffJim and Becky KanelosDavid and Lori KaplanTodd and Julie KarnerBarry and Barbara KatzStanley and Rosalyn KayeBill and Leslie KeatingBetty and Danny KellenbergerNeb and Nita KendrickEd and Teresa KennedyJim and Dianne KilicMartin and Bobbie KitePhil and Cathy KleiberSheila KleinLexi KlupchakShannon and Patrick KochMark KopkinJennifer and Lou KramerKevin and Sue KrausPaul and Saundra KrausPaul and Gail KreherKSA Insurance AgencyLarry and Carol KurlanderSteve and Deb KushnickWayne LampertDavid and Leslie LangfordJack and Margaret LangfordAndy and Helaine LaskyRachel LaskyRosie LehrBrian and Kathy LevittDiane LewisMark and Lisa LewisLaura LinkEd and Laura LittleDennis and Sandy LockhartRobert and Kristi LockwoodJuan Lopez-CarrionJason and Stephanie MackBill and Joan MadisonNeil and Leslie MannaMr. and Mrs. Paul E. MannersAndy and Laurie MarksPhil and Carol MartensJudy and Henry MartinAnita MastersBob and Dianne MatthewsCharles and Kim MatthewsConnie McCallumMichael and Barbara McCarthyMatt McConnellJeff and Carrie McCormickHarvey and Carolyn McCroan

Alan and Roxanne McDonaldKate and Don McElliottLanny and Janie McNabbKenneth and Sandra MeyersCurtis and Elaine MilesMike and Alison MillerDoug and Perilyn MitchellBob and Addie Ann MonetteEdgar and Marcia MonterrosoCarl and Robin MooreDonna and Patrick MooreDoug and Donna MooreRobert MooreThomas and Sara MooreCraig and Kelli MoraesKaren MorrisScott and Caroline MorrisKay and Cliff MorrisonTrisha MoseleyMartha A. MuirKeith and Kathy MumaMark and Karen MurphyDan and Angel MurrJeff and Leah NedblakeBilly and Charlotte NelsonEric and Cheryl NelsonJackie NoonanPasi Noronen and Patrice VillemureJim and Judy NorrisBill and Katherine NorthVic and Rochelle NorthrupMark and Sharon OberholtzerJohn and Frances O'BrienJeremy OliverTom and Amy OlneyAdam and Amy OrkinTim and Patti O'RourkeChris and Beverly PalmerRobert and Catherine PalmerA.G. and Patricia PalmoreJohn and Liz ParksMichael and Janine PearmanDon and Jill PeckTom and Beth PhillipsElizabeth and Ivan PlastiakDavid and Luanne PorperChris and Mary PoulosHeffy and Mary ProvostPublix Super Markets Charities, Inc.Alex and Connie RajiVaidehi and Murthy RallapalliMary and Felipe RamirezTimothy RayErika ReadJim and Beth ReavesLou ReavesChap and Kristen ReedCalvin and Jean ReinkingKenneth and Sherrie ReishMartin and Relda Reish

Philip Rhodes and Melissa AdamsRob and Amy RichardsLavone RippeonWilliam RittenbergTom and Kathy RobertsKeith and Gillian RobinsonShelley RobinsonSherry and Terry RobinsonTom and Ellen RoperEd and Tanya RosenblattNancy Rosenblum-TillisonDoug and Cindy RossRuth and Irwin RothchildCarol and Rick RothschildJames and JoAnn SampsonErrol and Susan SandersRandy and Shawna SarverRob and Kathie ScheinmanTom and Nancy SchmidtMike and Ingrid SchneiderStephen SchuetzAndrew and Jeanette SchultheisMike and Carla SchultheisDon and Marian SeamanJeff and Jennifer SeaveyJack and Susan SellJack and Joan SentellTodd SentellKellie ShafferMisty SheffieldMike and Sandi ShephardDavid and Elisa SiegelSteve and Carolyn SigmanWendy SilvermanJim and Jeanne SimpsonBill and Kathy SimsDon and Beth SingletonTenessa Singleton and Geoff GottliebFred and April SiskDavid and Ann Marie SkinnerBob and Beryle SlaydenDavid and Caroline SmithGil Smith and Judy ShurlingJoe and Jill SmithLeila and Rusty SmithGeorge and Julie SmithPaul and Pam SmithDyan SmoltzEric and DeShawn SnowMitch and Paulette SolisGene and Virginia SparlinLynn and Don StallingsDavid Starr and Lisa TorranceJohn Starr and Maria BaxterMerna and Allen SteinBill and Sherry SteinwayMack and Marcia StevensonOB StokesRich and Kathryn StrandJim and Jill Strothmann

Bob and Peggy StrubleHarold and Donna SupperKem and Lindy SwansonEric and Kama SwartzKathleen SwiftBill and Cheryl SyrettDenise TaylorKenneth and Michele TaylorMelanie TaylorBill and Sylvia TaylorJohn and Jean ThomasRegine Thomas-CarnegieCindy ThorneRoberto TijerinaElizabeth A. TorresCarissa TownleyCandace TracyCynthia Traylor and Daniel DeleveauxLisa Trivers WolfDoug and Michelle TriversAthan and Jeannie TsarouhasEve TurnerWilliam TurnerHector TurradoBernie and Rita TuvlinScott Twery and Debbie TheissenSuzanne Van de MarkJohn and Nancy Van SlootenButch and Patti VosburghMary WaggonerBrad WahlBrad and Debbie WaldsteinTom Walker and Suzanne MoonJohnny WalkerMike WebberLarry and Danyse WeinbergSteve and Shari WeissDebbie WelchGordon and Marilyn WerbelAl and Charlotte WheelerJerry and Charlene WhiteMr. and Mrs. WhiteNell White-VanattaMark Whitfield and Kim IrelandMiles and Hannah WhitlockHolly WilkesCasper and Helen WillWilliam B. Orkin Foundation, Inc.David and Beth WilsonGeorge and Carole WilsonDale and Marianne WindsorJack and Peggy WithrowBrad and Betsy WolffMark and Julie WoodsFred and Melissa WoolfSandra Zelley and Dwight Long

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