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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