Yesterday was the first day back to school for the Mill Creek Cluster and all of Gwinnett County Schools.  Did your kids survive?

Some years seem more significant than others.  Of course, the first day of kindergarden or 1st grade are huge.  The start of middle school (6th grade here) is also a big milestone. My son, Nick, is in 7th grade at Frank Osborne Middle School.  No special turning point for him this year.

It was the first day of high school for my daughter, McKenzie.  She’s playing softball at Mill Creek High and we’re so very proud of her. So, now we’re getting up at 530am!!  Awesome

We’ve got amazing schools here. Just thought I’d share.

What about you?  Any milestones this year for you?

Yet another awesome golf opportunity is coming up on May 5th at Hamilton Mill Golf Club.

Since it’s “Cinco-de-Mayo” you can’t really WANT to work that day anyway! Plus, it’s for a great cause!

The X men group from Northview Christian Church is sponsoring the tourney to benefit the new YoungLife Group at Mill Creek High School.

Why not sign your group up today!

For more info, call or email to Mike McGuire at 770.403.4140 or mike@northview.us

Or, just enter your info here and Mike will get in touch with you.

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The Gwinnett County Board of Education has just revised the school redistricting originally planned for the 2008-09 school year. This is very exciting news because The amended map shows all of Hamilton Mill now united in one elementary school, Puckett’s Mill. The first proposal would have sent most of our kids to the Puckett’s Mill Elementary and about 300 children to Fort Daniel Elementary. While it does require a change for all of our elementary age kids from Duncan Creek, we’re very excited about keeping Hamilton Mill United. Hamilton Mill parents and community members turned in about 1,200 redistricting comment forms urging the system to keep the children together. They said Puckett’s Mill had enough space for their children and stressed the importance of keeping the community together. Gwinnett school leaders have made the changes after reading the suggestions from parents and community members. Greg Stanfield, the system’s director of planning, shared the revised maps with School Board members Thursday. School district spokeswoman Sloan Roach said more changes are possible before board members vote on the proposal Dec. 13. Two public meetings on the plan are scheduled for next week.

Gwinnett County is moving ahead with planning and construction for a new library located right here at Hamilton Mill

The library will be part of the new Duncan Creek Park which is already under construction at the intersection of Hwy 124 & Pine Road. Duncan Creek Park is a pretty amazing facility — much larger than it appears from the street. Library construction is set to begin next year and be completed in 2009.

It will house 75,000 books and other materials. The $5 million project will be just another great reason to live here in Dacula & Hamilton Mill.

Hamilton Mill Tennis just held their 2nd annual Tennis Extravaganza. This special event raised funds for non-budgeted improvements to the tennis facility. We had 64 players, and over 100 total participants on October 20th. The tennis event was sponsored by Diamond Dwellings and Prince Tennis. Players were divided into 8 “countries” and many sported the colors for their country. Italy was the grand champion, defeating Austrailia in the finals. Food was provided by Antonetta’s, Asian Cafe, Chili’s, Dos Copas, and Log Cabin BBQ. Special thanks to Karen Foley (Simply Tastefully) for the delicious appetizers and munchies. Funds raised will be used for additional shade on court and at spectator areas, and for an online reservation system. The winning team also won a case of tennis balls from Diamond Dwellings!