A dozen Hall County high school students named part of the Georgia Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program were recognized Tuesday afternoon during an annual luncheon hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Gainesville.
Nine students each represented a different high school within the Hall County School District, while the other three each represented Gainesville High School, Lakeview Academy and Riverside Military Academy. The students and their respective STAR teachers were presented with a framed certificate sponsored by the Gainesville Kiwanis.
Two students and two teachers out of the twelve were recognized as System STAR students and teachers. Flowery Branch High School student Leonardo Nunez and teacher Harmon Tison were recognized as the STAR Hall County System winners. Lakeview Academy student Garv Gaur and teacher Mikhail Lovell were recognized as the STAR Gainesville City System winners.
The full list of winners includes:
Cherokee Bluff High School
Nicholas Ginac (student)
Jeremy Purdy (teacher)
Chestatee High School
Habram Alcantar (student)
Donald Landrum (teacher)
East Hall High School
Kevin Gonzalez (student)
April Gailey (teacher)
Flowery Branch High School
Leonardo Nunez (student)
Harmon Tison (teacher)
Johnson High School
Sarah Johnson (student)
Katie Maynard (teacher)
Johnson High School
Jasmine Munoz (student)
Megan Middleton (teacher)
Lanier Christian Academy
Haylie Ramsey (student)
John Pae (teacher)
North Hall High School
Lily Wallace (student)
Paul Johnson (teacher)
West Hall High School
Murray Moore (student)
Julie Pritchard (teacher)
Gainesville High School
Samuel Holt (student)
Chandra Karnati (teacher)
Lakeview Academy
Garv Gaur (student)
Mikhail Lovell (teacher)
Riverside Military Academy
Thanh Nguyen (student)
Marc Paglia (teacher)
The two system winners will be recognized again during the University of North Georgia’s College of Education Region 2 recognition on March 8.
The PAGE Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program is sponsored, administered and promoted by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators and the PAGE Foundation. High school seniors must have the highest score on a single test date on the SAT and be in the top 10 percent or top 10 students of their class based on grade point average to qualify for STAR nomination.
Each year, a STAR student is named at a participating high school and chooses their STAR teacher. The students and their teachers are honored by their schools and receive special recognition in their communities.
Students then compete for school system recognition as the top STAR Student, and those winners compete for region honors. Region winners compete for the honor of being named State PAGE STAR Student.
