March Membership Breakfast

March Membership Breakfast honors STAR Students and Teachers

The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2018 STAR Student/Teacher Achievement Recognition awards program at the March membership breakfast held at the Carroll County Schools Performing Arts Center. The local Chamber has co- hosted this program for 63 years with the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) recognizing the highest achieving high school seniors with the highest SAT scores, and the teacher each student chose as having the most influence in their academic development.

During the STAR ceremony, students from the Carroll County School System, Carrollton City School System and Oak Mountain Academy were recognized. The honorees, their teachers and parents, and school administrators heard from Carroll County School Superintendent Scott Cowart, Carrollton City Schools Superintendent Dr. Mark Albertus, and Oak Mountain Academy Head of School Paula Gillispie.

Local high school STAR honorees from the Carroll County School System include Bowdon High School student Elise Patrick and her teacher Carrie Gay; Central High School student Anna Handley and her teacher David Rooks; Mt. Zion High School student Cade Barrow and his teacher Austin Smith; Temple High School student Sydney Price and her teacher Dianne Ledford; and Villa Rica High School student Avery Hill and his teacher Cynthia Kruger.

Oak Mountain Academy honored STAR students were Austen Clay and Josie Francis, and they both selected Andy Denny as their teacher. Carrollton High School honorees are student Katie Rubino and her teacher Kim Eason.

Two students and their teachers were chosen as System Winners to represent at the PAGE STAR Region One Recognition. Carrollton High senior Katie Rubino and teacher Kim Eason will represent Carrollton City School System; and Anna Handley and teacher David Rooks from Central High School will represent Carroll County Schools.

STAR Student/Teacher Winners: 

Back Row (l-r): Carrie Gay, STAR teacher Bowdon High School; Dianne Ledford, STAR teacher Temple High School; Austin Smith, STAR teacher Mt. Zion High School; Andy Denney, STAR teacher Oak Mountain Academy; David Rooks, STAR teacher Central High School; Avery Hill, STAR student Villa Rica High School; Kim Eason, STAR teacher Carrollton High School

Front Row (l-r): Elise Patrick, STAR student Bowdon High School; Sydney Price, STAR student Temple High School; Cade Barrow, STAR student Mt. Zion High School; Austen Clay, STAR student Oak Mountain Academy; Josie Francis, STAR student Oak Mountain Academy; Anna Handley, STAR student Central High School; Cynthia Kruger, STAR teacher Villa Rica High School; Katie Rubino, STAR student Carrollton High School

(l-r): David Rooks, STAR teacher Central High School; Anna Handley, STAR student Central High School; Katie Rubino, STAR student Carrollton High School; Kim Eason, STAR teacher Carrollton High School