(Cleveland)- White County's 2011 STAR Student and Teacher were announced Monday night at a meeting of the Cleveland Kiwanis Club at the Cleveland First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Jessica Anne Thomas is the STAR Student.. and she picked White County High School English teacher Mrs. Tera Johnston as her STAR teacher.
Jessica who scored 2080 on her SAT, and is a National Merit Commended Student will also be a co-valedictorian. Thomas will be attending North Georgia College studying computer science.
Johnston was WCHS's Teacher of the Year in 2003 and 2010 and was the system Teacher of the Year in 2010. .
The STAR program is sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) to recognize academic achievement of high school students and honor excellence in teaching.