In high school, baseball was his everything. He lived and breathed the sport. Making it to the major leagues was the ultimate goal for John Paul Kakos, but after a series of injuries, he had no choice but to turn in the bat.
In the spring of 2017, when John Paul Kakos walked off the Mountain View High School baseball field for the last time as a senior, it was a bittersweet moment. It was the end of his baseball career and the start of a new chapter in his life. John Paul had dreamed of playing baseball in college and beyond, but several shoulder injuries caused him to rethink his path.
This past summer our immediate staff (family and Meredith who is like family but much calmer) made a decision by not making a decision. None of us went on vacation. By late August we were a pleasant but zombie like group.
Dacula – GeekSpace Gwinnett Odyssey of the Mind team won first place at the Georgia Odyssey of the Mind State Finals Tournament which was held April 9, 2016 at Columbus State University, Columbus.
Five universities recently announced that they will award scholarships to a group of Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) graduates from the Class of 2014 who soon will enroll as their own college students.
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I will forever think of fall 2013 as the time when I realized that for all the blessings I was born with: great family, an unforgettable singing voice and the ability to NEVER sun burn, I was ripped off by having short legs.
“Home of the Bears” is a charming nickname for Mountain View High School but it became more than a little ironic,
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