Thanks to Maureen Klinkmueller, clerk for the Wheeler Magnet school, the Center for Advanced Studies, for passing along some great news about and the above photo of junior Alessa Cullinan, who has scored a composite score of 36 on the ACT.
Alessa scored 36 on the Math, Reading, and Science sections for a Composite score of 36. Maureen tells that in 2017, only 0.136% of more than 2 million test takers nationwide earned a composite ACT score of 36.
Some other news about the magnet students at Wheeler, which this time a year ago was designated the first STEAM school in the state by the Georgia Department of Education:
- Samuel Adkins, ’19, James Briley, ’19 and Stephanie Yao, ’19, are the newest 800 Club members after scoring an 800 on the Math portion of the SAT;
- Rebecca Simonson, ’19 for getting a 36 on the Reading and English sections of the ACT, and Zachary ElJiche, ’19, who scored a 36 on the English section;
- Cori Mayne scored a 36 on the Reading section of the ACT;
- 2018 Design It Digital Contest Finalists Shair Sekhar and Gareth Thompson are two of six high school finalists who will be winning a prize package. The winner of the competition will be announced at International Woodworking Fair (IWF) Atlanta on August 22-25 at the Georgia World Congress Center;
- Elijah Pritchett, ’19, scored an 800 on the Math portion of the SAT.
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