Pinecrest Academy honors Class of 2026 seniors in Forsyth County
Pinecrest Academy’s Class of 2026 headed out with 77% accepted to UGA and 50% to Georgia Tech, then marked graduation weekend in the US Gym and Amphitheater.
Pinecrest Academy’s Class of 2026 left Forsyth County with numbers that stood out well beyond one senior class. The school said 77% of the graduates had been accepted to the University of Georgia and 50% had been accepted to Georgia Tech, with both totals still able to rise if waitlisted students were admitted.
For families in Cumming and across Forsyth County, those acceptances underscored what Pinecrest has tried to build as an independent PreK3 through 12 college preparatory Catholic school: a pipeline that pairs academics with its stated mission to form Christian leaders who will transform society. The college results also placed the class in sharp relief against the schools’ own benchmarks. Pinecrest cited an estimated 29.8% average acceptance rate for UGA, while Georgia Tech’s acceptance rate was described as roughly 28% to 36% for in-state students and about 13% to 14% overall.
Graduation weekend centered on Pinecrest’s Upper School campus spaces. Seniors were required to attend a graduation rehearsal Friday, May 15, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. That same evening, the school held a Baccalaureate Mass at 7:00 p.m. in the US Gym, a tradition that tied the ceremony week to the Catholic identity that shapes the school community. The High School Graduation Ceremony followed Saturday, May 16, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in the US Gym and Amphitheater.
The class also had already been marked by one of Pinecrest’s most recognizable senior traditions, the “Passing of the Torch to Class of 2026” ceremony. The event formally inducted juniors into their role as the senior class, with the entire high school, faculty, staff and parents in attendance. That kind of whole-school ritual has helped make graduation at Pinecrest feel less like a single day than the end of a shared formation process.
The result was a milestone that reflected more than academic success. For Pinecrest families, the Class of 2026 represented college readiness, school identity and a close-knit community investing in the next generation of leaders.
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