Recent News

Cecil Flowe, a legendary football coach at Parkview, has been selected to the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Flowe, who will be inducted in May during a ceremony in Dalton, joins Steve Pardue (football), Cecil Barber (baseball), Bill Thorn (cross country/track), A.C. McCullers (basketball) and Max Bass (football) in the latest class. Three other football coaches with Gwinnett ties have been inducted recently into the prestigious hall of fame — Dave Hunter (Brookwood), T. McFerrin (South Gwinnett) and Dexter Wood (Buford).

Gwinnett students and parents have a few days left to help their favorite teacher win a $200 gift card for their classroom.

The Georgia School of Orthodontics is hosting voting in its “Books & Braces” program until Thursday. Students, parents and friends can vote daily by completing a form at www.BracesToday.com/WishList.

The theater was practically Laura and Sarah Lindahl’s babysitter when they were kids. The sisters and their brother Matt would spend afternoons at Brookwood High School, where their parents were both theater directors.

Laura, director of the theater department at Brookwood High School, and Sarah, theater director at Mill Creek, coached both of their One-Act Play crews to GHSA region championships last month. They both qualified for the state championship competition on Saturday at Buford High School.

Juan Harris remembers as a kid that it didn’t come down to only his immediate family to raise him, teach him right from wrong and sometimes discipline him. Neighbors, distant relatives and teachers were all role models and authority figures, not just parents.

“It takes a village, for real,” Harris said

Mill Creek High School Theatre recently won Best Play in the Region AAAAAA One Act Play competition for its production of “Rabbit Hole.”

Led by director Sarah Lindahl, Mill Creek defeated productions from Collins Hill, Discovery, Duluth, Mountain View, North Gwinnett and Peachtree Ridge in the regional competition.