Students honored for
excellence in school and community life
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March
24, 2016
– A total of 151 graduating seniors from schools across Georgia have been
recognized as 2016 Georgia Scholars, the Georgia Department of Education
announced today.
Through
the Georgia Scholar program, the Department identifies and honors high school
seniors who have achieved excellence in school and community life. The program
is coordinated by the Department’s Excellence Recognition Office and through
local coordinators in each public school system and in private schools
throughout the state. Each Georgia Scholar receives a seal for his or her
diploma.
“I
offer my sincere congratulations to each of our 2016 Georgia Scholars,” State School
Superintendent Richard Woods. “These students have worked extremely hard and
have engaged with all aspects of the educational process, with the result that
they are truly ready to learn, ready to live, and ready to lead. They have
exemplary academic performance but they’ve also gained soft skills by taking on
leadership roles within their schools and communities. I am confident we will
hear great things about their accomplishments in the near future.”
Students
eligible for Georgia Scholar recognition are high school seniors who exhibit
excellence in all phases of school life, in community activities, and in the
home. Georgia Scholars are students who have carried exemplary course loads
during the four years of high school; who performed excellently in all courses;
who successfully participated in interscholastic events at their schools and in
their communities; and who have assumed active roles in extracurricular
activities sponsored by their schools.
2016
Georgia Scholars:
|
School
District
|
School
|
First
Name
|
Last
Name
|
|
Appling
|
Appling
County High
|
Jacob
|
Bell
|
|
Appling
|
Appling County High
|
Hannah
|
Hughes
|
|
Atlanta
|
North Atlanta High
|
Vajraang
|
Kamat
|
|
Atlanta
|
North Atlanta High
|
Rachel
|
Morales
|
|
Atlanta
|
North Atlanta High
|
Maleni
|
Palacios-Delgado
|
|
Barrow
|
Apalachee High
|
Cassidy
|
Hayes
|
|
Cartersville City
|
Cartersville High
|
Adam
|
Harper
|
|
Cartersville City
|
Cartersville High
|
Braden
|
Meadows
|
|
Catoosa
|
Heritage High
|
Logan
|
Bennett
|
|
Catoosa
|
Heritage High
|
Ingrid
|
Brindle
|
|
Catoosa
|
Heritage High
|
Kate
|
Higgins
|
|
Catoosa
|
Heritage High
|
Michelle
|
Lin
|
|
Cherokee
|
Creekview High
|
Alex
|
Francoletti
|
|
Cherokee
|
Etowah High
|
Madeline
|
Gilmer
|
|
Cherokee
|
Creekview High
|
Alyssa
|
Powell
|
|
Cherokee
|
River Ridge High
|
Laura
|
Triana
|
|
Cherokee
|
Creekview High
|
David
|
Wang
|
|
Cherokee
|
Cherokee High
|
Jessica
|
Wenclawiak
|
|
Clayton
|
Morrow High
|
Jimmy
|
Nguyen
|
|
Clayton
|
Jonesboro High
|
Simon
|
Obi
|
|
Clayton
|
Lovejoy High
|
Joshua
|
Ojo-Osagie
|
|
Clayton
|
Mundy's Mill High
|
Rashidatu
|
Olorunsola
|
|
Cobb
|
Hillgrove High
|
Charlie
|
Boyter
|
|
Cobb
|
Hillgrove High
|
Alex
|
Boyter
|
|
Cobb
|
Hillgrove High
|
Jacob
|
Bristol
|
|
Cobb
|
Allatoona High
|
Isabella
|
Byrd
|
|
Cobb
|
Hillgrove High
|
Bunmi
|
Fariyike
|
|
Cobb
|
South Cobb High
|
Jaster
|
Francis
|
|
Cobb
|
Pope High
|
Madison
|
James
|
|
Cobb
|
George Walton Comprehensive High
|
Aditya
|
Krishnaswamy
|
|
Cobb
|
George Walton Comprehensive High
|
Irena
|
Kuan
|
|
Cobb
|
George Walton Comprehensive High
|
Lindsay
|
McSwigan
|
|
Cobb
|
George Walton Comprehensive High
|
Abhita
|
Moorthy
|
|
Cobb
|
Hillgrove High
|
Meghan
|
O'Keefe
|
|
Cobb
|
George Walton Comprehensive High
|
Keren
|
Park
|
|
Cobb
|
Hillgrove High
|
Bryce
|
Payne
|
|
Cobb
|
Pope High
|
Brittany
|
Powell
|
|
Cobb
|
Carlton J. Kell High
|
Andrew
|
Taylor
|
|
Columbia
|
Grovetown High
|
Trey
|
Miller, III
|
|
Dalton City
|
Dalton High
|
Mitul
|
Patel
|
|
Decatur City
|
Decatur High
|
Nathan
|
Tumperi
|
|
DeKalb
|
Dunwoody High
|
Matt
|
Bieber
|
|
Dougherty
|
Westover Comprehensive High
|
Ed
|
Belocura
|
|
Dougherty
|
Westover Comprehensive High
|
Grant
|
Brunson
|
|
Dougherty
|
Westover Comprehensive High
|
Juliette
|
Hu
|
|
Douglas
|
Chapel Hill High
|
Kimberly
|
Gessner
|
|
Effingham
|
South Effingham High
|
Parker
|
Gordy
|
|
Effingham
|
South Effingham High
|
Dallas
|
McCorkendale
|
|
Effingham
|
South Effingham High
|
Matthew
|
Stier
|
|
Forsyth
|
South Forsyth High
|
Anirudh
|
Bikmal
|
|
Forsyth
|
South Forsyth High
|
Kyle
|
Crawford
|
|
Forsyth
|
North Forsyth High
|
Eden
|
Dunford
|
|
Forsyth
|
Forsyth Central High
|
Annie
|
Karickhoff
|
|
Forsyth
|
West Forsyth High
|
Zach
|
Willliams
|
|
Fulton
|
Roswell High
|
Kaitlin
|
Dippolito
|
|
Fulton
|
Roswell High
|
Lauren
|
Fuller
|
|
Fulton
|
Roswell High
|
Matt
|
Hill
|
|
Fulton
|
North Springs Charter High
|
Luke
|
Muehring
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Steven
|
Aceto
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Grayson
High
|
Zach
|
Beck
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Parkview High
|
Evann
|
Brantley
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Ashton
|
Carr
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Brookwood High
|
Jenny
|
Choi
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Brendon
|
Darby
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Anna
|
Gerald
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Norcross High
|
Miranda
|
Harmon
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mountain View High
|
Tim
|
Hood
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Grayson High
|
Madison
|
Ives
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mountain View High
|
Amy
|
Jenkins
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Dacula High
|
Chris
|
Larkins
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Hannah
|
Lee
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Ali
|
Lopez
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Sarah
|
Lowry
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Meadowcreek High
|
Eric
|
Martinez
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Grayson High
|
Matt
|
Miller
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Jonathan
|
Moon
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Dacula High
|
Desiree
|
Moore
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Becca
|
Moss
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Parkview High
|
Davis
|
Orr
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mill Creek High
|
Hannah
|
Petit
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Grayson High
|
Anna
|
Scartz
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Mountain View High
|
Lauren
|
Schuster
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Central Gwinnett High
|
Rebecca
|
Thompson
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Parkview High
|
Julie
|
Wang
|
|
Gwinnett
|
Parkview High
|
Grace
|
Xu
|
|
Hall
|
North Hall High
|
Natalie
|
Black
|
|
Hall
|
Robert Wood Johnson High
|
Jacob
|
Frier
|
|
Hall
|
Flowery Branch High
|
Kristen
|
McCole
|
|
Hall
|
North Hall High
|
Corson
|
Teasley
|
|
Henry
|
Union Grove High
|
Nathan
|
Rhineheimer
|
|
Home School
|
Home School
|
Alan
|
Simms
|
|
Houston
|
Perry
High
|
Raymond
|
Bryant
|
|
Houston
|
Perry High
|
Emily
|
Davis
|
|
Houston
|
Perry High
|
David
|
Forsee
|
|
Houston
|
Veterans High
|
Tyler
|
Frye
|
|
Houston
|
Perry High
|
Matthew
|
Lawson
|
|
Jefferson
|
Jefferson County High
|
Madison
|
Graham
|
|
McDuffie
|
Thomson High
|
Gena
|
Cody
|
|
Muscogee
|
Columbus High
|
Tanner
|
Goldsmith
|
|
Muscogee
|
Columbus High
|
Emily
|
Harvey
|
|
Muscogee
|
Columbus High
|
Monil
|
Patel
|
|
Muscogee
|
Columbus High
|
Ishan
|
Sahoo
|
|
Oconee
|
Oconee County High
|
Marie
|
Benoit
|
|
Oconee
|
North Oconee High
|
Haley
|
Grable
|
|
Oconee
|
Oconee County High
|
Caitlyn
|
Higginbotham
|
|
Oconee
|
Oconee County High
|
Johanna
|
Hoover
|
|
Oconee
|
Oconee County High
|
Jordan
|
Kreimeyer
|
|
Private
|
Christian Heritage School
|
Kameron
|
Hawkins
|
|
Private
|
Eagle's Landing Christian Academy
|
Brittany
|
Dorsey
|
|
Private
|
Eagle's Landing Christian Academy
|
Trent
|
Johnson
|
|
Private
|
Eagle's Landing Christian Academy
|
Danny
|
Kim
|
|
Private
|
Fellowship Christian School
|
Jonathan
|
Ledet
|
|
Private
|
First Presbyterian Day School
|
Jacob
|
Cardis
|
|
Private
|
First Presbyterian Day School
|
Emily
|
Culpepper
|
|
Private
|
First Presbyterian Day School
|
Lizzie
|
Reed
|
|
Private
|
First Presbyterian Day School
|
Nicholas
|
Shealy
|
|
Private
|
Frederica Academy
|
Christian
|
Sullivan
|
|
Private
|
George Walton Academy
|
Jonathan
|
Arrue
|
|
Private
|
Lakeview Academy
|
Stephanie
|
Eubanks
|
|
Private
|
Lakeview Academy
|
Chapin
|
Smith
|
|
Private
|
Mount Pisgah Upper School
|
Elizabeth
|
Dworkin
|
|
Private
|
Mount Pisgah Upper School
|
Almudena
|
Prieto Prieto
|
|
Private
|
Mount Pisgah Upper School
|
Conrad
|
Venizelos
|
|
Private
|
The Heritage School
|
Ashli
|
Alexander
|
|
Private
|
Valwood School
|
Brenna
|
Wilson
|
|
Pulaski
|
Hawkinsville High
|
Bryce
|
Thompson
|
|
Putnam
|
Putnam County High
|
Emily
|
Newsome
|
|
Rockdale
|
Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology
|
Caira
|
Anderson
|
|
Rockdale
|
Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology
|
Matthew
|
Le
|
|
Rome City
|
Rome High
|
Lydia
|
Bailey
|
|
Rome
City
|
Rome
High
|
Tyler
|
Gallagher
|
|
Savannah-Chatham
|
Savannah Arts Academy
|
Elle
|
Cramer
|
|
Savannah-Chatham
|
Savannah Arts Academy
|
Nick
|
Flint
|
|
Savannah-Chatham
|
Savannah Arts Academy
|
Christina
|
Morrissey
|
|
Sumter
|
Americus Sumter High
|
Heeral
|
McGhee
|
|
Tift
|
Tift County High
|
Kaycee
|
Aultman
|
|
Tift
|
Tift County High
|
Michaela
|
Lubbers
|
|
Thomasville City
|
Home School
|
Alan
|
Simms
|
|
Troup
|
Callaway High
|
Jisu
|
Lee
|
|
Valdosta City
|
Valdosta High
|
Lorna
|
Chitty
|
|
Vidalia City
|
Vidalia High
|
Nicholas
|
Owens
|
|
Walker
|
Ridgeland High
|
Emma
|
Jones
|
|
Wayne
|
Wayne County High
|
Wesley
|
Peebles
|
|
Wayne
|
Wayne County High
|
Nicholas
|
Priester
|
|
Webster
|
Webster County High
|
Xavier
|
Blodgett
|
|
Whitfield
|
Southeast High
|
Shelbi
|
Bryant
|
|
Whitfield
|
Northwest Whitfield High
|
Justin
|
Deal
|
|
Whitfield
|
Northwest Whitfield High
|
Anisha
|
Mittal
|
|
Whitfield
|
Coahulla Creek High
|
Ashley
|
Walker
|
|
Whitfield
|
Coahulla Creek High
|
Zach
|
Williams
|
|
Whitfield
|
Northwest Whitfield High
|
Natalie
|
Wright
|
