At our first home football game last Friday, the players, cheerleaders, and managers honored their teachers in a short ceremony preceding kickoff. Each student wrote a letter to one or more of their teachers, showing their appreciation and inviting them to the game. Student athletes escorted their selected teacher onto the field while the announcer...
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The varsity volleyball team celebrated their seniors last night, Tuesday, October 8, at their last home game of the season. The two seniors, Ashley Postell and Fernanda Banuelos, celebrated their final volleyball game with their families and teammates!
The varsity clay targets team competed on September 14 in an event at Tom Lowe Shooting Grounds. The top three overall shooters from our school were Sam Williams, Max Bendig, and Hector Padilla. The team has demonstrated a huge improvement from earlier competitions by scoring within just 10 points out of second place for the event...
Assistant Principal for Students and 11th Grade Dean David Rosenzweig has been named a Master Teacher by the Georgia Independent School Association. GISA’s Master Teacher designation recognizes teachers who exhibit best practices in the classroom and a willingness to collaborate with others. GISA Master Teachers ...
This year, we are honored to have two students selected as National Merit Scholar semifinalists. Congratulations to Manny Yepes and William Arnold for their outstanding achievement! Manny and William are among the 16,000 semifinalists out of the 1.5 million applicants who took the PSAT qualifying test. The pool of semifin...
We hope your students have had a great start to the school year - and that they are excited about the updates we've unveiled to the House system. Last Friday was our first House Friday! That's a new aspect of the House system this year; students were given House polos in their homerooms this week, and can wear their House polos and ...
Lower School Honor Roll Jump to Upper School The following students were named to the honor roll for the 4th quarter of the 2018-19 school year: The Principal's Honor Roll is awarded at the end of each quarter to any student earning a grade of A- or above for every subject taken that quarter including enrichment areas. 3rd Grad...
On Friday, May 3, the class of 2019 participated in the third annual Senior Pennant Ceremony and hung their pennants to signify their college destinations for next year. The 51 students in the graduating class have received acceptances to over 80 colleges and over $2.7 million in scholarship offers. Our students have again proven competitive across...
We are proud to announce the valedictorians of the Class of 2019, and the guest speaker for this year's commencement exercises. With identical grade point averages, Mikayla Brown and Watson Casal are the co-valedictorians of the Class of 2019. Mikayla Brown is a member of St. Joseph's Cohort, St. Catherine's Closet, ...
We are proud to announce the Head Girl and Head Boy for the 2019-20 school year. Rosie and William have been named as the head of the student body and the House system for the 2019-20 school year, and student ambassadors to the larger community. William Arnold has been a student at Holy Spirit Prep since kindergarten. ...
Congratulations to the team of 8th grade students who placed 2nd at the Archdiocesan Battle of the Books. Students received a list of 20-23 books to read over the course of several months in preparation for the Battle of the Books competition. After in-school competitions held in March and April, the winning team from each grade progressed o...
Last Friday, Upper School art students teamed up with Pinecrest Academy students to present hand-painted murals and art pieces to decorate the walls of Mercy Care’s Recuperative Care at Gateway Center. As the art was unveiled, Father John performed live music, and students chatted and played games with the patients. Recu...
On behalf of the Fulton County Law Week Committee, and its chair, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Gail S. Tusan, we are proud to announce that Camila del Bosque has been selected as one of five “Future Leaders of America” for 2019 and has been awarded with the Montlick and Associates Scholarship. The scholarship covers t...
Thirty volunteers from HSP participated in this weekend's Volunteer for a Better Sandy Springs, improving trails at the Big Trees Forest Preserve and helping out the volunteers at Windsor Park. Since 2003, this service project has contributed more than $700,000 worth of materials and volunteer hours to the city of Sandy Springs. HSP is a spo...
The administration of Holy Spirit Prep is happy to announce its campus leadership in the 2019-20 school year. What We Value in Leadership The school has concluded a search for an Upper School Principal and Assistant Head of School. Our assessment of candidates first began with seeking someone who would have a single-minded commitment to t...
Last week, sophomore Natalie Olsen committed to play college soccer at Northeastern University, an NCAA Division I school in Boston. Natalie has visited Northeastern a few times and was highly recruited by the coaching staff. Over Spring Break, they offered her a spot on the team along with a scholarship, so Natalie and her family took ...
Varsity tennis started their season last week with matches against The Heritage School and Dominion Christian Academy. The boys picked up wins against both opponents, handling Heritage and sweeping the competition from Dominion Christian. In both match-ups, seniors Scott Jackson and Ben Ambo dominated in their singles matches. Another ...
Congratulations to Watson Casal, who was just recognized as HSP's STAR Student for earning the highest SAT score in his class (and for other academic achievements). He picked Mr. Cole to be his STAR teacher and share his recognition. Watson is also a National Merit Finalist! Out of 1.6 million high school students who applied, Watson is ...
Over the past few weekends, our varsity soccer teams have been competing in tournaments. Varsity boys traveled to John Milledge Academy where they came back champions. Both boys and girls played in the Under the Cross tournament at Sherwood Christian Academy where they both finished as runner-up. The boys team played some tough games at the...
Over spring break, 26 students and 3 brave chaperones took a whirlwind tour of Paris, Barcelona, and Madrid. Day One After arriving in Paris, the group met their tour guide at the airport. She was impressed with how lightly our students had packed! At her suggestion, the group grabbed a quick sandwich from the nearest shop, hopped...
Yesterday, we had 34 students celebrate confirmation among their friends, family, and school community. The students had been preparing for this day all year, through the teachings in their theology classes as well as retreats in the fall and spring prior to spring break. The spring retreat reminded the students of the meaning of the sacrament, tha...
Congratulations to the Lady Cougars and Coach Paul Belcher for becoming the 2019 GISA AAA State Basketball Champions. After blowing through the region competition, the girls stayed strong through the state tournament despite lacking some key players due to injuries. The championship game was a rematch of last year's final, our Lady Cougars agai...
Congratulations to the senior class, and immense gratitude to the generosity of our families who donated close to $19,000 to support student scholarships for the annual capstone trip to Rome. One of the most anticipated features of the evening was the Senior Service Auction. This live auction allows the seniors to share their time, tal...
Eighth-grader Issac Olguin has been selected as a member of the GISA All-Select Chorus, a statewide recognition for the best student vocalists in the state of Georgia. In spite of his youth, Issac was appointed to the high school tier of the chorus. The ensemble performed a concert the first weekend in February at Oglethorpe University, with gue...
During Catholic Schools Week, we showed our appreciation for our school, our community, and our faith. We were happy to welcome Bishop Ned Shlesinger to campus for our third of four All-School Masses of the year, his second celebration of Mass at HSP. At the All-School Mass, we recognized teachers who have served at HSP f...
Jack Bohling, Lily Cabrera, Watson Casal, Nolan Gibbs, and Sarah Gunderson, chaperoned by Denise Gunderson and Father John, made a pilgrimage to Panama for World Youth Day 2019. Joined by a number of other pilgrims from the Atlanta Archdiocese, our pilgrims started their journey on Monday, January 21, and spent a week in Panama experiencing th...
Olivia Arnold raised over $12,000 for homeless youth through the Covenant House of Georgia’s Scholars in Service program. She was the only freshman out of 40 high school students selected to “learn the ins and outs of the nonprofit community in Atlanta and contribute their own strengths and skillsets to the continual improvement of the ...
This Saturday, January 26, the varsity boys swim team took 1st place at the 2019 GISA AAA State Swim Meet, successfully defending their 2018 state championship title. We are incredibly proud of our student athletes and Coach Star Brackin for their outstanding achievements this season. The team's win closely mirrored last year's victory, ...
This past summer, Cynthia Liao held an art exhibit entitled “To Seek” in her hometown Shenzhen, China to support the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). With the help of her friend Christina, who lives in Boston, the two curated the exhibit with their own work, paintings and photographs with themes of nature and wildlife. By selling prints on po...
We are proud to announce that three Upper School students are featured in Atlanta InTown's 20 Under 20. Senior Regina Munoz is an honoree, and William Schulman and Christian Rubio made their honorable mention list. The Reporter Newspaper also does a 20 Under 20 which will feature senior Cynthia Liao as an honoree. This article has yet to b...
A team of five students and one chaperone will travel to Panama City for World Youth Day 2019 from January 22-27. World Youth Day is a worldwide encounter with the Pope which is typically celebrated every three years in a different country. WYD is open to all young people and is an opportunity to experience in first person the uni...
The clay targets team enjoyed its second year in the GISA shooting disciplines of skeet, trap, and sporting clays in heavy competition around the state. The team, founded by senior Nolan Gibbs last year, grew in numbers from eight (The Great Eight) to eleven shooters out of seventeen that actually tried out for the team, and who are also members of...
The incorrupt heart of St. Jean Marie Vianney visited Holy Spirit Catholic Church last Friday and Saturday as it stopped in Atlanta during its national tour. Students in grades 5th-12th made a special visit to the church to venerate the relic on Friday during school. Seeing the relic, 6th grade students were inspired by the incorrupt heart. ...
For the fifth consecutive year, the Holy Spirit Prep community has provided Christmas for the kids of Whitley City in McCreary County, Kentucky. As a significant piece of the St. Joseph’s Cohort outreach to Appalachian Kentucky, Appalachian Christmas Child helps bring gifts, good cheer, and smiles to the kids of this little corner of southern...
Congratulations to Juliette McKinley for representing the state of Georgia at the National 4-H Congress that was held here in Atlanta over the Thanksgiving break. National 4-H Congress is a five-day event that engages high school aged 4-H members in leadership, citizenship, global awareness, and inclusion. Participants not only have the opport...
The varsity swim team is off to a great start. They've competed in two meets, the Atlanta Kickoff Classic and the Lakeside Invitational. At these meets, 13 of our swimmers qualified for the GISA state meet this spring. The team competed at the Lakeside Invitational this past weekend, and every swimmer beat their personal record ...
Both varsity girls and boys basketball dominated against Creekside Christian Academy at home this past Friday. The girls held the game early and prevented Creekside from putting any points on the scoreboard until the second quarter, the first ending 19-0. The girls' final score was 57-24. The boys dunked their way to another win with a f...
Holy Spirit Prep is proud to debut the inaugural issue of its magazine for alumni, enrolled families, and other friends of HSP, Ministrāre. The planned biannual publication features stories covering recent events in school accolades, academics, athletics, and faith. The fall 2018 issue also includes the 2017-18 Annual Report.
Last Friday night, our Cougar Basketball program celebrated the start of the season with our 3rd Annual Basketball Jamboree. The night consisted of scrimmages, starting with our 3rd grade teams. In between scrimmages, some of our families participated in relays and won awesome prizes; our cheerleaders raised over $400 through their...
Congratulations to Upper School science teacher Mrs. Jimenez for being accepted to attend the 2019 Faith and Astronomy Workshop sponsored by the Vatican Observatory Foundation. This four-day workshop in Tucson, Arizona is "designed to bring those working in Catholic parishes and schools an up-to-date overview of the universe: from th...
We're super proud of 9th-grader Kaylin Harris, who was accepted into the Harvard Debate Council Diversity Project! Now she starts an intense 10-month training regimen culminating in a residency at Harvard in summer 2019. Students in this program will be exposed to rigorous academic content in the subjects of political science, philosop...
Subject to the final tally and an audit, here are the results from the Clay Target Meet this past Saturday, September 22.
The Cross Country team had their 4th meet this past Thursday, September 13 at Mill Springs Academy. Congratulations to our student athletes who placed in the 5k race! Girls Results Julia Del Bosque, 1st Place Camila Del Bosque, 2nd Place Elizabeth Perez, 3rd Place Boys Results Nolan Gibbs, 4th Place Alejandro Mata, 7th Place
Congratulations to Watson Casal for being selected as a National Merit Scholar semifinalist! Watson is now eligible to be named a finalist in the spring. About the National Merit Scholarship Corporation The mission of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) is to recognize and honor the academically talented students of the United S...
After a bumpy start to the season, the girls varsity volleyball team added some Ws to their record after beating both Fulton Science Academy and Dominion Christian Academy, 3-1. The girls have a busy schedule this week with four matches in three days followed by the Rally High tournament this weekend at LakePoint. They fell to No...
We're excited to announce our Upper School fall play, Children of Eden. Stephen Schwartz's pop musical tells the story of creation and mankind's first days in the wilderness outside the Garden. In this production, the entire cast serves as an ensemble “troupe” of storytellers. The entire cast will remain onstage for ...
Congratulations to our varsity football players who won their first two games! Although the boys had to start their season on the road, they still performed against Hearts Academy and dominated the field. The final score was a staggering 53-20, and the Cougars saw their first victory. Their second game was the first home game of the season....
Both the varsity and JV girls volleyball teams started their seasons this past Monday with their first game against Cornerstone Prep. The varsity girls will compete in the Endless Summer volleyball tournament this weekend, August 17-18, hosted by Dominion Christian. The schedule for these games is as follows: Date Opponent ...
Our varsity football team will start their season with an away game this Friday, August 17 at 7:30pm against Hearts Academy. The first home football game will be the following week on Friday, August 24 at 7:30pm against Solid Rock. We hope to see everyone come out and support our boys as the begin their season! Note: All of o...
We check in with Michael Agrippina, ’11. After earning his B.S. in Business Administration and Mass Communication from Washington and Lee University, Michael worked in strategy and operations with Deloitte Consulting. This summer, he will join Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education as a Teaching Fellow, committing to two years...
2013-14 Head Girl Aimee Sinks inspired us when she entered the United States Coast Guard Academy. This May, she graduated from the Academy with her degree in Marine Environmental Science. Ensign Sinks now heads to the USCGC Resolute, a 210-foot cutter home ported in St. Petersburg, Florida, for her first assignment. According to Ensign Sinks, th...
Head of School's Honor Roll is awarded at the end of each semester to any student earning a grade for the semester of A- or above for every course taken that semester. Students must be taking at least seven credit courses to be eligible. 7th Grade Adam Anulewicz Claire Donner Riordan Gatwood Julia Kerew Charlotte Llop Daniel Llop ...
Our 2018-19 Head Boy and Girl Congratulations to Holy Spirit Prep's 2018-19 Head Girl, Elizabeth Perez, and Head Boy, Conner McKittrick! The two rising seniors have been named as the head of the student body and the House system for the 2018-19 school year, and student ambassadors to the larger community. Elizabeth and Conn...
Dear Holy Spirit Prep Family, Happy Catholic Schools Week! I thank you for your support and partnership with Holy Spirit Prep. As a token of gratitude, one of our alums, Tom Yao ’16, donated a series of greeting cards to each of our families. Tom is an accomplished artist who converted to the Catholic Faith while at HSP. I include a l...
St. Joseph’s Cohort 2017: What a Wonderful World “Load ‘em up!” The shouts rang out through the Holy Spirit Prep parking lot on Saturday morning, June 17th. The big vans were loaded with tools and luggage, and the little Cougar vans were loaded with more tools and luggage. The parents exchanged their last hugs, “be ...
Jump to Upper School 2nd semester Honor Roll Lower School 4th Quarter Honor Roll Principal's Honor Roll is awarded at the end of each quarter to any student earning a grade of A- or above for every subject taken that quarter including enrichment areas. 3rd Grade Giulia Bryant Alexis Coury Elizabeth del Mazo Madeleine Hathorn Solya...
Holy Spirit Prep is proud to announce the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Class of 2017, and the guest speaker for this year's commencement exercises. Natalie Casal is the valedictorian of the Class of 2017. A student at Holy Spirit Prep since 1st grade, Natalie is a member of the National Honor Society, National Latin Honor S...
Holy Spirit Preparatory School has won the inaugural State Chess Championship sponsored by the Georgia Independent School Association. The tournament, hosted on Thursday, March 23, at Marist School in Atlanta, pitted six varsity chess teams against each other in six rounds of individual chess matches: including 1st-place Holy Spirit Prep, runner-up...
July 15, 2016 Feast of St. Bonaventure Dear Holy Spirit Prep family, Our students make me very proud each summer when they take the lessons of formation they learn at HSP and put them into action. In June, Fr. Juan led a team primarily of HSP boys on a mission trip to the outskirts of Cancun, Mexico. They spent their time at an assisted l...
During the summer, Holy Spirit Prep's offices are open Monday-Friday, 9:00am-3:00pm. Offices will be closed July 4-8, reopening on Monday, July 11.
Jump to Upper School Lower School 4th Quarter Honor Roll Principal's Honor Roll is awarded at the end of each quarter to any student earning a grade of A- or above for every subject taken that quarter including enrichment areas. 3rd Grade Alexander Carreras Alexander Guido Anthony Lombardi Bridget Durham Chelsea Taylor ...
Lauren Bohling is the valedictorian of the Class of 2016. Lauren has attended Holy Spirit Prep since ninth grade. She served as Holy Spirit Prep's Head Girl, and is a member of Alpha Phi, HSP's service sorority; a student ambassador; a member of the Latin, Math, and National Honor Societies; and is involved...