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North Hall, Gainesville students named 2019 STAR students

By AccessWDUN Staff
Posted 9:00AM on Wednesday 20th February 2019 ( 5 years ago )

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:

School

STAR Student

STAR Teacher

Cherokee Bluff High School

Savannah Lunt

Mrs. Amy Hansen

Chestatee High School

Cuong Huy Tran

Mr. Daniel Merck

East Hall High School

Justin Berry

Mr. Matt Turner

Flowery Branch High School

Keegan Vaughn

Mrs. Katie Scali

Johnson High School

Riley Catledge

Ms. Brooke Evans

Lanier Christian Academy

Brice Bennett

Mrs. Fe Gladden

North Hall High School

Max Hernandez

Mrs. Lori Barrett

West Hall High School

Vanessa Nunez

Mrs. Cherie Hathcock

                                                   City System     

School

STAR Student

STAR Teacher

Gainesville High School

Grayson Wagner

Mr. Chandra Karnati

Lakeview Academy

Chris Mills

Mr. Craig Waddell

Riverside Military Academy

Colin Wu

Mr. Jared Koldoff

 

 

 

Dr. Laurie Ecke, Assistant Director of Innovative & Advanced Programs for the Hall County School District congratulates the STAR students and STAR teachers for Hall County and the City of Gainesville. Pictured left to right: Ecke, Gainesville STAR teacher Chandra Karnati, Gainesville STAR student Grayson Wagner, Hall County STAR student Max Hernandez and Hall County STAR teacher Lori Barrett.
Max Hernandez (pictured second from right) is the Hall County School District STAR student. Hernandez is a senior at North Hall High School. He is pictured here with his parents and his STAR teacher Lori Barrett (pictured second from left).
Grayson Wagner of Gainesville High School (right) selected Mr. Chandra Karnati (left) as her STAR teacher. Wagner was named the STAR student for the City of Gainesville on Tuesday.

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