The Gainesville Kiwanis Club will again sponsor the local tribute to STAR Students and STAR Teachers from Hall County and Gainesville.
This year’s event will be February 23 at noon in the banquet hall at First Baptist Church. Each of the city and county high schools’ STAR Students and STAR Teachers will be recognized and given a framed certificate. In addition, the System STAR Students and STAR Teachers will be announced for the city system and the county system.
The finalists and their selected teachers are:
Hall County School System:
Chestatee High School: Andrew Hathcock and teacher Gary Martin (Da Vinci Academy)
East Hall High School: Kevin Thompson and teacher Donna Shirley (East Hall Middle School)
Flowery Branch High School: Elijah Segraves and teacher Gabrielle Durden-Coffee (FBHS)
Johnson High School: Jissel Becerra Reyes and teacher Ann Brunk (JHS)
North Georgia Christian School: Davis Martin and teacher Beth Kesler (NGCS)
North Hall High School: Alec Zimmerman and teacher Rand Bissell (NHHS)
West Hall High School: Kinsey Poland and teacher Sharon Qualls (WHHS)
Gainesville City School System:
Gainesville High School: Pramoda Karnati and teacher Pamela Michelsen (GHS)
Lakeview Academy: Corey Matyas and teacher Hyuk Kim (Lakeview Academy)
Riverside Military Academy: Jonathan Olson teacher Alan Tallman (Riverside Military Academy)
The PAGE Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program, now in its 58th year, is sponsored, administered, and promoted by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) Foundation. Since its inception, the STAR program has honored more than 25,500 students and the teachers they have selected as having had the most influence on their academic achievement.
To obtain the STAR nomination, high school seniors must have the highest score on a single test date on the three-part SAT and be in the top 10 percent or top 10 students of their class based on grade point average.
Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) is a statewide professional association of more than 90,000 teachers, administrators, and support personnel. PAGE provides professional learning to enhance competence and confidence, build leadership and increase student achievement, while providing the best membership, legislative and legal services, and support.
