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For Ages 6 weeks - Pre-K —
At the MJCCA's NAEYC-accredited preschools, our
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Age-appropriate programs for infants through Pre-K:
• Dramatic Arts • Judaics • Preschool Garden
• Computer Play • Baby Sign Language • Handwriting Without Tears
• Music • Zoo Phonics • Ready, Set, Go...to Kindergarten
Flexible School Options:
Full- and half-day programs; 2-day, 3-day and 5-day
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3 through grade 12 are encouraged
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28 | SEPT. 20 — OCT. 3, 2013 | www.ReporterNewspapers.net
Holy Innocents’
announces new
head of school
Paul A. Bar
ton is scheduled
to take over
next summer as
the new Head
of Holy Inno
cents’ Episco
pal School, the
Sandy Springs
school an
nounced.
Barton has headed schools for 14 years,
most recently at the Avery Coonley School
near Chicago, Holy Innocents’ said in a
Sept. 16 announcement. Barton will begin
work at Holy Innocents’ on July 1, 2014.
He succeeds Head Gene Bratek, who took
the post in 2011.
During his career, Barton has worked
as a teacher, coach, dean, senior ad
ministrator and admissions officer,
and worked at both public and pri
vate schools, including faith-based and
nonsectarian schools, boarding and day
schools, Holy Innocents’ said.
North Springs
turns 50
North Springs Charter High in San
dy Springs is inviting alumni to return
and neighbors to visit on Oct. 25 to
mark the school’s 50th anniversary.
The school will mark its anniversary
with special events the week of its home
coming celebration, which it is calling
“A Blast From The Past.” The school
will start the celebration with a parade —
the first such parade in nearly a decade
— featuring the North Springs marching
band, cheerleaders and student boats,
the school said in a press release. The
Spartans football team hosts Cambridge
BRIEFS
High in the homecoming game.
On Oct. 22, starting at 6 p.m., the
North Springs Chorus -- joined by
students from Sandy Springs Middle
School and Woodland, Ison Springs and
Dunwoody Springs elementary schools
-- will present an outdoor concert at
Morgan Falls Overlook Park. On Oct.
24, North Springs will celebrate “Inter
national Night” at the school.
For more information: www.north-
springshigh.com or the Friends of North
Springs Foundation at www.friendsof-
northsprings.com/index.html.
Pace students
compete to solve
transportation
problems
Students from Pace Academy are tak
ing on metro Atlanta’s transportation
problems. The Buckhead school’s Social
Entrepreneurship Initiative has joined
the Atlanta mayor’s office and the Global
Studies Center to create a program called
the Pace Academy Social Entrepreneur-
ship Challenge.
Student teams will be paired with men
tors to try to solve the city transportation
issues “through entrepreneurship and in
novation,” the school said. Students will
present their ideas to a panel of judges
next April. The winning team will receive
$10,000 seed money to help launch the
team’s enterprise, Pace said.
“We want to encourage students to
think outside the box, take risks and
consider the social impact of their ac
tions,” Pace Head of School Fred As-
saf said. “Our goal is to build creative
thinkers and leaders who want to make
the world a better place.”
ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Nurturing the formation of Saints and Scholars
OPEN HOUSE - October 27,2-4pm
Principal’s presentation at 2pm
The Tradition Continues... FAITH • FAMILY • FRIENDS
Tours by appointment - 770-394-2880 ext. 423
Application Deadline: January 31,2014
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