Cherokee County School District Announcements STAR Students and Teachers AnnouncedThe STAR, or Student Teacher Achievement Recognition, student honor is awarded to the high school senior from each Georgia public and private high school with the highest score on any single test date of the SAT and who also ranks in the top 10% or top 10 students of his/her class based on grade point average. Each honored student is invited to select his or her favorite teacher to be named that school’s STAR Teacher.The overall Cherokee County winner is the school honoree with the highest eligible SAT score, which was a three-way tie between Griffen Bon, Braden Flournoy, and Avi Stein. They now advance to regional competition, and the 12 region winners will contend for the State PAGE STAR Student title. STAR Teachers continue with their students through these additional levels of recognition.The CCSD honorees are Cherokee HS’s student Griffen Bon and advanced placement (AP) chemistry teacher Mark Segall and student Braden Flournoy and AP computer science teacher Carla Thornton (tie between two students); Creekview HS’s student Kylie Buchanan and AP chemistry teacher Jason Hardin; Etowah HS’s student Avi Stein and AP English teacher Tina Parmar; River Ridge HS’s student Nandita Bipin and honors English teacher Wendy Vander Veen; Sequoyah HS’s student Taryn Mareau and AP English teacher Dr. Cathy Murphy; and Woodstock HS’s student Lydia Lord and AP English teacher Jacqueline Vance.Seven CCSD Students Named U.S. Presidential Scholars Program CandidatesAs candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, these seven students are among only 5,000 from the more than three million graduating seniors in the nation’s class of 2023 selected to participate in the prestigious recognition program. Only 173 students from Georgia were named candidates. Established in 1964 by executive order of the president, the program was designed to honor and recognize extraordinary graduating seniors. Candidates for the invitation-only recognition program are initially selected based on outstanding performance on the ACT or SAT. For the next round of competition, semifinalists will be selected based on an application that considers overall academic excellence, personal character, leadership, and service activities. Finalists will be selected based on further review of their success in these areas, with 161 Scholars to be named in the spring. Scholars receive national recognition and an invitation to an all-expenses paid trip to the White House. Mill Creek MS Teacher Named Georgia Science Teachers Association 2022-23 Teacher of the Year Ann-Margaret Somers has been recognized as “a distinguished teacher who exhibits ongoing excellence in the teaching of science and commitment to its improvement.” One winner at each level — elementary, middle, and high — is selected statewide. Winners are chosen based on an outstanding record of exemplary classroom instruction, demonstrated innovative teaching strategies, strong professional engagement, and recommendations by colleagues and supervisors.Liberty ES Earns Recertification as Georgia School of CharacterLiberty ES is one of only 73 schools around the world, and one of only two in Georgia, to be recognized by the nonprofit Character.org as a state 2023 School of Character. The organization advocates for all people to become “educated, inspired, and empowered to be ethical and compassionate citizens.”
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