GPCS Athletic Hall of Fame

GPCS Athletic Hall of Fame:

The first Induction Ceremony was held May 21 at the First Baptist Church of South Portland.  GPCS Athletics inducted:

Jennifer Allen (Class of 1986)


- GPCS Girls Basketball All-Time Leading scorer with 928 Points

- Four Time MVP

- Best Defense Award from 1982-83 undefeated team.

- All-tournament team award from 1984

Played in Division III College Final Four



Mark Farrington (Class of 1988)

- GPCS Basketball All-Time Leading scorer with 1,288 career points.

- Played soccer, basketball, and baseball all four years.

- Captain of the basketball team, and co-captain of the soccer team.

- Two time MVP in basketball (junior and senior years)

- Portland Press Herald's player of the week, after scoring 8 three-pointers in a Friday night game and 42 points in a Saturday game.



Mr. Wayne Farrington (Former Coach and AD 1984-1991)

Coach:

- Soccer, Basketball and Baseball

- Coached all his teams had a better than .500 average in wins.

- Coached soccer teams to Independent League championships in soccer

- Coached Basketball teams that qualified to compete in the MPA Class D Basketball tournament in Augusta 3 years in a row from 1986-1988.

Athletic Director:

- Co- founded the Independent Schools Sports League.

- Both basketball teams made Class D tournament for first time, boys going three times and the girls twice including the Western Maine Finals

- Both the Boys and Girls Basketball teams were recipients of the Good Sportsmanship banner for Western Maine Class D Basketball Tournament.


GPCS Alumni at the Induction were: Janet Deering (class of 1988), Tim Hiltz (class of 1989), Matthew Hasty (class of 1985), Renee Sturgeon Hasty (class of 1988), Chris Wilson (class of 1991), Mark Farrington (class of 1988), James Jones (class of 1990), Tim Chick (class of 1988), & Chris Spaulding (class of 1989). 

Thank you all for coming to the First Induction to the GPCS Athletic Hall of Fame!

GPCS Heritage Banquet

Many thanks to all of the people who pulled a wonderful evening together to celebrate God’s faithfulness to GPCS!


In attendance were some of the founders, former school parents, former board members, alumni, current school parents, former & current faculty, current students, current board members and more.

The speakers were;

Mrs. Anne MacDonald– founder, former faculty

Pastor Stephen Prescott (class of 2003) of The Rock Church

Mr. Keith Dawson– GPCS Head of School

Mr. Bill Bamford– GPCS Board Member

We also enjoyed a slide show put together by Kimberly Verrier Mann (class of 1990).

It was great to see: Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Mary Goodall, Mr. & Mrs. Steve & Anne MacDonald, Mr. & Mrs. Calvin & Lois Libby, Mr. Leon Olds, Rev. Stan Sutton, & Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Ruth McKay. So thankful for the blessings they continue to be to GPCS!

Alumni spotted at the banquet were: Glorianne Chute Schott (class of 1984), Mara Ranger (class of 1985), Susan Sutton Wolf, Jonathan Libby (class of 1985), Timothy Chick (class of 1988), Mark Farrington (class of 1988), Julia Libby Eiten (class of 1989), Chris Spaulding (class of 1989), James Jones (class of 1988), Chris Wilson (class of 1991), Jennifer Jones Libby (class of 1992), Natalie Frye Cleary (class of 2000), Jennifer Keenan Harrell (class of 2001), Stephen Prescott (class of 2003), & David Hasbrouck (class of 2005).

GPCS vs Pinetree Academy Boys Alumni Basketball

GPCS vs Pinetree Alumni  game was held Saturday, April 27 .  GPCS was represented by Dennis Cram (class of 2006), Joel Bamford (class of 2000), Mike Jones and former coach Jim Bauer.

GPCS Athletic Hall of Fame

Greater Portland Christian School will induct the inaugural class of GPCS Athletes into the GPCS Athletics Hall of Fame on Tuesday, May 21 at First Baptist Church of South Portland, 6:00pm. The inaugural class members are:

Mr. Wayne Farrington– Athletic Director & Coach from 1980’s & 1990’s.

Mark Farrington (class of 1988) all time leading scorer in Varsity Boys Basketball, over 1200points.

Jennifer Allen (class of 1986) all time leading scorer in Varsity Girls Basketball, 981 points.

GPCS Musical Performances 2013

This year Greater Portland Christian School will host two music performances.


The first performance is on Saturday, May 11 at 6:30pm. This is a Talent Show featuring many of our elementary students (grades preK-5).

The second performance is on Friday, May 24 at 6:30pm. This evening is to showcase our secondary students (grades 6-12).

GPCS invites you to attend both of these performances. We know you will enjoy seeing and hearing our students

GPCS is accepting registrations for summer camp. Sign up now.

GPCS Basketball Camp:

Week 1: June 17-21 for campers entering K-5th grade. Camp is from 9:00am-2:00pm. Need 10 campers signed up by June 7 to have camp.

Week 2: June 24-28 for campers entering 6th-12th grade. Camp is from 9:00am-3:00pm. Need 10 campers signed up by June 14 to have camp.
GPCS Summer Camp

GPCS Summer Camp is from 8:30am-2:30pm. Campers entering K-6th grade are welcome.

Week 1: July 1-July 5: “If I Were a Pirate”. No camp on July 4.
Week 2: July 8-12: “Artful Antics”.
Week 3: July 15-19: “Where the Wild Things Are”.
Week 4: July 22-July 26: “Under the Sea”.

Applications were sent home and can be downloaded from the web site at www.gpcs.net.

GPCS Graduation

GPCS Graduation 2013 will be Friday, May 7.  Graduation will be held at the First Baptist Church of South Portland beginning at 7:00pm.  GPCS is adding to the number of graduates!  Join us in celebrating with them and their families.

GPCS Alumni Update

Meagan Murray (class of 2006) & Geoffrey Taylor (class of 2006) are engaged.

Jamie Childs Purinton (class of 2005) and her husband are expecting child #2.