Catching up with some news from earlier this week, about some talented students who were honored as STAR students and teachers in Cobb. 
They were recognized at a banquet sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Metro-Marietta and Professional Association of Georgia Educators.
STAR stands for Student Teacher Achievement Recognition, and the program honors students from each Georgia public and private high school. According to the Cobb County School District, “the 2019 STAR Students stood out for having the highest SAT score on a single test and also having a grade point average in the top 10 percent of their graduating class. Several Cobb students tied for the STAR student recognition at their school and so share the honor for 2019.”
Multiple winners from a school reflect a tie vote.
The following East Cobb STAR students, and their respective STAR teachers in parenthesis, were honored. In addition, Cobb Board of Education members David Chastain and David Banks of East Cobb were in attendance at the banquet:
- Kell High School: Anabelle Colmenares (Davan Silva) and Reilly McLean (Lauren Forbes);
- Lassiter High School: Peter Jacobson (Dianne Adams);
- Pope High School: Hannah Rose Grant (Luisa Munar);
- Sprayberry High School: Yllona Coronado (Scott Grant);
- Walton High School: William Ellsworth (Doug Wolfe), Albert Tingand (Brian Wilson) and Jayson Wu (Laura Speer);
- Wheeler High School: Andrew Koo (Nicole Ice) and Daniel Zhou (Susan Phillips).
Later this month, Cobb’s 2019 STAR students will compete against the students from the north metro Atlanta region for the chance to advance to state.
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