301 CCSD Students Recognized as Superintendent's Key Scholars
Note: A gallery of photos from the event can be viewed here.
The Cherokee County School District recognized 301 extraordinary high school juniors as Superintendent’s Key Scholars!
During the 14th Annual Superintendent’s Key Scholar Recognition Ceremony held on Wednesday, February 27, at Cherokee High School, these outstanding students were recognized for their scores achieved in October on the Grade 11 PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The program was sponsored by Cobb EMC and LGE Community Credit Union. Dr. Brian V. Hightower, Superintendent of Schools, presented each student with a special patch designed for the award; School Board Chair Kyla Cromer, Vice Chair Kelly Poole and School Board Member Robert Rechsteiner were there to offer their congratulations to students, along with Deputy Superintendent Trey Olson and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Nicole Holmes. CCSD's Division of Curriculum and Instruction coordinated the event.
The Key Scholar Program is a districtwide academic recognition plan that begins in elementary school. Select fourth- and fifth-grade students qualify for the nationally recognized Duke University TIP Talent Identification Program and receive recognition at their school’s year-end awards ceremonies.
Eligible seventh-graders then have the opportunity to take the PSAT through the Duke program, getting a head start on college-entrance exam preparation that usually begins in high school. Select students perform so well they earn State recognition and invitation to a special Duke University ceremony in Atlanta.
High school freshmen scoring at the 80th percentile or above and sophomores scoring at the 85th percentile or above on the PSAT receive a Certificate of Achievement at their school’s year-end awards ceremonies.
Students recognized as Key Scholars are juniors who rank in the top 10% of students nationwide who took the PSAT exam in October. Each student received an embroidered “Key Scholar” letter-jacket patch and will be recognized again at their school’s year-end awards ceremony.
The final step in the program is National Merit Scholars, who are selected during students’ senior year. These academically outstanding students lead their classes as they march across the graduation stage wearing a National Merit Scholar gold medallion.
2019 Key Scholar Recipients
ACE Academy: Grayson Trella
Cherokee High School
Luke Austin
William Beckett
Jonathan Bradley
Anderson Charleston
Rusty Conner
Caitlin Costello
Anna DeYoung
Oumou Diallo
Kylie Dunlap
Luke Flint
Abigail Franklin
Corene Fuller
Noah Garity
Rachel Gooch
Dinah Gorayeb
Avery Grier
Trevor Hands
Hudson Harper
Wilfred Howe
Anna Huller
Ashlynn Kim
Jackson King
Dwight Kinney
Emma Kirkman
Emily LeBlanc
Noah Lee
Jake Matheny
Alexander Mather
Madelin McEuen
Nicole Molinari
Sabrina Nguyen
Ethan Parker
Todd Parks
Benjamin Prien
Leila Raymond-Kaina
Brook Reavis
Chase Ridgeway
Claire Rohrer
Sterling Russ
Jordyn Stanfill
William Stout
Sydney Tang
Lauren Taylor
Alexander Thurman
Edward Tsui
Victoria Walsh
Sydne Watts
David Zhu
Michael Zinkil
Creekview High School
Alexander Baldwin
William Barfield
Maxwell Baxley
Connor Bell
Emma Black
Victoria Boatright
Brooke Bobo
Matthew Bowker
Bryce Boyle
William Cantrell
Jordan Carbia
Siena Cook
Angus Creech
John Driver
Jack Eno
Chandler Epperson
Joseph Gallagher
Grace Godwin
William Griffin
Hannah Horwitz
James Kruger
Daniel Leeds
Alexis Lewitt
John Lindsay
Rose Little
Chelsea Mandel
Jeremy Mavromatidis
Elizabeth McTyre
Justin Moon
Bailey Newell
Zoe Norred
Emma Nunnally
Lauren Pitkins
Brandon Pocchio
Caroline Richardson
Matthew Rudolph
Karlyn Runyan
Audrey Rupert
Brendan Saunders
Tyler Silvers
Haley Smith
Lilly Steiner
John Stiles
Colin Thomas
Samuel Tidd
Lyriel Todd
Samuel Turner
Rachel Wahlbom
Jack Wallace
Nicholas Weeks
Hannah West
Alyssa Williams
Tera Yeager
Ethan Youmans
Alexandra Young
Dilyn Zertuche
Isaac Zieg
Etowah High School
Melissa Alvarenga
Ashley Barnett
Mason Belleza
Frank Beltran
Angelica Beltran
Madeline Bernard
Riley Bowen
Sofia Carrow
Portia Carrow
Madeline Carver
Alexander Cliver
Christopher Cooke
Carrington Cruickshank
Andrew Cua
Grayson Davis
Sarah Deiters
Raymone Devezin
Keirra Dodd
George Dong
Jenna Doran
Zoe Douglas
Kylie Geist
Tyler Goold
Carlos Andre Gossmann Torres
Jacob Greenwald
Maelee Hagan
Garrett Heath
Richard Hoepfinger
Rachel Hugenberg
Elizabeth Hughes
Haley James
Madison Johns
Aaren Johnson
Andres Jorquera
Sydney Kahn
Catherine Keleher
Mark Kopeski
Kayla Lambert
Kayden Lewis
Abigail Madsen
Maxwell Marchetti
Marla McCord
Sydney McCready
Dilan Mehta
Charles Meyer
Sarah Morgan
Benjamin Nelson
Amelia Neuhoff
Taylor Nichols
Dean O'Brien
Stephen Palazzo
Eve Pepin
Gwendolyn Peppers
Samantha Phipps
Thomas Rhoads
Samantha Rife
Jason Rodriguez
Chloe Sanders
Nathan Sasapan
Jesse Sebring
Katherine Slacanin
Hunter Smith
Kaleb Spain
Hannah Squires
William Tanner
Mary Adeline Voytek
Lily Wardrip
James West
Lauren Wheeler
Hannah Wysocki
Ashi Zain
River Ridge High School
Matthew Adams
Emma Benton
Alexander Blankinship
Celeste Bryson
Brayley Clark
Aarsh Desai
Timothy Goff
Callie Goins
Joshua Halim-Rotinsulu
Isabelle Keenum
Ragan Martin
Alicia Mazzurra
Ava McDonald
Celeste McMullen
Rick Miroskin
Jacob Morrison
Sathvika Narasimhan
Claudia Nickell
Ezekiel Palermo
Aidan Pittman
Kofi Reeves-Miller
Michael Self
Abigail Thomas
Liam Vander Veen
Divya Velivela
Emily Wilken
Sequoyah High School
Valerie Ambriz-Villela
Ella Avery
Kaitlyn Ayral
Matthew Bagtas
Nicholas Ballance
Margaret Bennett
Cole Burton
Noah Campbell
Anthony Cangemi
Patrick Denney
Andrew Doerr
Zane Durham
Spencer Gerdes
Alexander Gerdes
Nora Greene
Riley Gutmann
Ayden Harris
Jeremy Hill
Torre Hillhouse
Cailyn Hooper
Danielle Hunter
Madison Joy
Alyssa Kirby
Maxwell Kountz
Eric Lee
Dylan MacConnachie
Ethan Manigbas
Jack McGarry
Shannon McLaughlin
Alexandra McRaney
Izabella Mingolla
Chad Morrow
Cassie Myers
Carter Neuman
Austin Perales
Marko Petrovic
Kaitlyn Pulse
Jordan Robertson
Jack Sanders
Halee Shapland
Caleb Struchtemeyer
Jackson Taylor
Joseph Trlica
Andrew Turk
Alina Wargacki
Elizabeth Williams
Katherine Williams
Anna Yobp
Woodstock High School
Heather Austin
Dayne Bergman
Kailee Bradix
Riley Briggs
Laney Broussard
Michael Brown
Anna Case
Marissa Chudy
Tess Cope
Felipe Duque
Ella Elbeck
Itzel Franco
Katelyn Hackett
Logan Haines
Abigail Halls
Jocelyn Helsby
Thomas Hunter
Brandon Jack
Hayden Johnson
Nathan Kashani
Zakwan Khan
Stephen Klein
Thomas Lawrence
John Lawyer
Ethan Lindquist
Brodie Marcinkowski
Anastasia Markosi
Nathaniel Mathers
Doris McBride
Averie McDaniel
Kate Meredith
Lauren Neville
Malachi Norton
Nicolas Orjuela-Germon
Isabel Plower
Kaaliyah Potts-Heard
Zachary Price
Carter Reed
Hayden Rieder
Juan Rincon
Tiana Ruffin
Walter Saunders
George Saunders
Collin Schaferling
Madeline Shepard
Samuel Smith
Hannah Suh
Kaley Terlep
Owen Vance