North Hall, Gainesville students named 2019 STAR students

Students from North Hall High School and Gainesville High School have been honored as the 2019 STAR Students for the Hall County School District and the Gainesville City School System, respectively. 

Max Hernandez of North Hall was honored as the Hall County STAR student, while Grayson Wagner was selected as the STAR student for the city of Gainesville. Both Hernandez and Wagner will participate in the Region 2 STAR competition at the University of North Georgia on March 7, 2019. Region 2 includes school systems in Dawson, Fannin, Gainesville City, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, White and Mountain Ed. Charter School System.

The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program recognizes high achieving students at each high school in Georgia. To gain STAR nomination, high school seniors must have the highest score on any single test date of the SAT taken through the November test date of their senior year. The students must also be in the top 10-percent or top 10 students in their class based on grade point average. Each STAR student selects a STAR teacher for recognition.

The annual ceremony was sponsored by Gainesville Kiwanis and was held Tuesday, Feb. 19 at The Oaks at Lanier College Career Academy in Oakwood. All of the city and county high schools' STAR students and their STAR teachers were recognized and given a framed certificate at the event. 

The grid below names all STAR students and STAR teachers for the local schools: