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The Cherokee County School District on Thursday night celebrated 264 outstanding high school students as 2025 Superintendent’s Key Scholars!  

These top students were recognized, through the 20th Annual Superintendent’s Key Scholar Recognition Ceremony, for earning a PSAT National Merit Selection Index score of 185 or greater, which ranks them in at least the top 10% of students nationwide.    

The program aligns with the school district’s Key Priority to “Elevate the Excellence in academics and achievement for all students.”  Supported by the School Board to honor excellence in student performance, the program’s high number of recognized students also reflects the district’s outstanding teachers and support staff.  

Each honoree was congratulated by School Board members and Superintendent of Schools Mary Elizabeth Davis and received a recognition certificate and special keychain.  Students who earned a PSAT National Merit Selection Index score of 200 or greater also will receive a special cord to wear at their graduation ceremony.    

Costs for the ceremony are sponsored by Cobb EMC and LGE Community Credit Union, both CCSD Partners; representatives from both organizations gave remarks during the program.  The program, which was held at Cherokee High School, also featured a performance by the school’s Madrigals choral group directed by teacher Brad Ellis and the presentation of colors by the school’s Air Force JROTC Color Guard.

Congratulations to our Key Scholars:

CHEROKEE HIGH SCHOOL

Archer Bracewell*

Grace Brake*

Tyler Bramblett*

Madison Burnett

Thaxton Cheyne*

Sadie Cohen*

Gaole Dai*

Dillon Dailey*

Kavya Desai*

Parker Duncan

Jacob Duncan*

Marina Federico*

Madeline Flournoy*

Samuel Fox

Layla Gables*

Heather Gilbert

 Bryce Grant-Baul

Audrey Hopkins

Chase Horton

Leila Iovino

Joseph Jarvis*

Adeline Lionbarger

Andrew Lockwood*

Molly McCarty

Lillian Meeks

Amanda Michno*

Lucas Miller

William Mizelle*

Morgan Moon

Henry Morgan

Andrew Murdock

Grant Olds

Grayson Prien*

Margarita Roudoi

Chase Russell

Shane Saulinskas*

Dalyn Schuetze

Kaitlyn Shippy

Ian Southworth

Aoife Stewart

Russell Taylor

Andrew Trowers

Colton Tunget

Deagan Walden

Reese Wendel*

Blake Young

Ian Zeller*

CREEKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL

Brenna Bain

Holden Berumen

Walker Biello

William Brooks*

Adyson Byrd

Jacob Cohrs

Samuel Cohrs*

Levi Cone*

Emeline Cromer*

Nico Dirocco

Hadley Duncan*

Kassidy Eno*

Henry Gilmore

Caleb Glover

Jack Gluckson

Colin Greco*

Marley Greenwell*

Austin Hand

Catherine Harmon

Allison Hefner

Kaylee Horne

Henry Hyler*

Chase Johnson*

Aiden Johnson*

Owen Kreh

Anaya Lawrence

Annabelle Lindsey

Winston McArthur*

Michael McCue

John McDaniel*

Enzo Morelli*

Noah Morris*

Christopher Nash

Matthew Niles*

Levi Norris

Micah Owens

Ryan Pattillo*

Timothy Powell

Autumn Purcell

Mignon Retief*

Caleb Rouse

Caroline Schlueter*

Ishan Sharma

Ella Silvia

Stephanie Turon

John Williams*

Miles Young

Hudson Zieg

ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL

Jasem Amer*

Caleb Archer*

Arden Ashuri

Hans Avellan*

Maanas Bellamkonda

Lauren Bryant*

Phoenix Caesar

Avery Cheatham*

Jillian Copeland

Kaiden Cribbs

Brian Devedzhiev

Dylan Fallin*

Kathryn Flannery

Hailii Hammond

Ava Horan

Ansley King

Sophia Knerr

Kendra Koschewa*

Colby Kuleszynski

Bennett Lawless

Gavin Letendre*

Caitlin Marietta

Amora McClintock

Aubrey Miller

Samantha Moore

Santiago Morales Vides

Alexander Overcash

Rohan Pandya*

Skylee Poirrier

Victoria Ramos-Jackson

Lily Riggins

Gabriel Rojas

Daniel Silveira

Gustavo Strougo*

Pradhyumna Vasishta

Sophia Wadsworth

Colby Weiner

Henry Williams

Skye Wilson

Hailey Yager*

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Sophia Alvarado

Savannah Chao*

RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

Conner Alsip

Lyla Bilodeau

Bryson Boldin*

Logan Bradford*

Julian Brooker

Silas Carley

Eva Cave

Ellinor Charles

Neil Duggal

Christian Farmer

Alexis Fitch

Ryan Foley

Udi Gitau*

Toryn Grunke Guevara*

Ian Haas*

Katelynn Hain

Alexander Henninger*

Hailey Howard*

Felix Jones

Bennett Jurgens

Isabella Kennison

Olivia Kennison*

Gloria Leite

Robert Loeser

Victoria Marin Garzon*

Dennis Melendez*

Etienobong Mfon Okon

Connor Morrison

Gabriela Nichols

Joli Palmquist*

Keshav Patchalla*

Jackson Patchett

Kishan Patel

Camila Perez

Josephine Powers

Aariz Rao

Nicholas Rury*

Tyler Stacey

Bridget Stamey

Mia Stiefel

Miranda Torrans*

Ryan Tucker

Nicholas Waters

Taylor Westbrook

Peyton Westbrook

Julius Wilson

Carter Zwerk

SEQUOYAH HIGH SCHOOL

Shiven Amrith*

Will Bailey*

Ella Baker

Anderson Baker*

Addison Branum

Harper Brown

Riley Buck*

Matthew Chemmala*

Diego Cisneros-Hernandez

Elena Dagostino

Liliana Defiore*

James Driscoll*

Greta Durant

 Finn Evans*

Maria Fisher*

Anjali Gavalas*

Yasmeen Gheith*

Luke Griffies*

Leif Hansen*

Elliott Jongbloedt

Benoit Kanga

Nitin Kathiresan

Connor Kelley

Trevor Kennel

Henry Lane

James Markham 

Nadine Mulligan

Sebastian Murillo*

Riley O'Neill*

Olivia Parks

Keely Price*

Dahlen Roth*

Alexander Severson*

Ilya Shulga

Aubrey Smith*

Piper White*

Dennis Whitley

Jonah Wooten

WOODSTOCK HIGH SCHOOL

Nathaneil Amakelew

Wyatt Barnes

Lillian Barrett

Joel Benson

Rosemary Bragg*

Daniel Cabra-Lara*

Carolyn Dailey*

Kaydence Edwards*

Emily Fernandes

Shelby Gibbs

Connor Grieshaber

Rachel Haynes

Grayson Hunter

Jack Huprich

Micayla Hurndon*

Logan Johnson

Logan Jones

Kaiden Kauffeld

Kaylee Koblasz

Ryan Maatmar

Aeneas Maniatis*

Brendan Maude

Lincoln May

Clayr Mobley

Aaron Omana

Devan Parameswaran*

Brenli Parker*

Isla Price*

Alaya Ragland

Andrew Riddle*

Lucas Rigsby

Manasa Shankar*

Jaxon Singleton

Matthew Smith

Emily Sonntag

Tyler Stewart

Michael Thomas*

Ryder Wall

Christian Werner

Luke Whitlow

Tyler Wilson

Killian Windsor-Reeves

* PSAT National Merit Selection Index score of 200 or greater

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