Congratulations to CCSD's 2026 STAR Students and Teachers
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Congratulations to CCSD's 2026 STAR Students and Teachers
Congratulations to the Cherokee County School District’s 2026 STAR Students and Teachers!
The STAR, or Student Teacher Achievement Recognition, Student honor is awarded to the high school senior from each Georgia public and private high school with the highest score on any single test date of the SAT and who also ranks in the top tier of their class for GPA. Each honored student is invited to select his or her favorite teacher to be named that school’s STAR Teacher. An overall CCSD winner additionally is recognized for earning the highest eligible SAT score of all the STAR Students, and this year’s honoree is Levi Cone of Creekview HS! Congratulations to our students and their teachers, thank you to award sponsors, the Canton Lions Club and PAGE, and thank you to our School Board for its laser focus on ensuring our students are learning more, growing more, and achieving more in our classrooms than they could anywhere else!
The CCSD honorees are:
Cherokee HS
STAR Student: Grace Dai
STAR Teacher: Morgan Clifton
Creekview HS
STAR Student and CCSD STAR Student: Levi Cone
STAR Teacher: Drew Lawson
Etowah HS
STAR Student: Alexander Lu
STAR Teacher: Kristy Wiggins
i-Grad Virtual Academy
STAR Student: Michael McGuire
STAR Teacher: Hannah Mitchell
River Ridge HS
STAR Student: Claire Park
STAR Teacher: Tracye Bulger
Sequoyah HS
STAR Student: Ben Koster
STAR Teacher: Dr. Cathy Murphy
Woodstock HS
STAR Student: Daniel Cabra-Lara
STAR Teacher: Kate McIntyre
The CCSD STAR Students and Teachers were honored at the annual STAR Student and Teacher Recognition Ceremony presented Tuesday by the Canton Lions Club, the local sponsor since the STAR program began in 1958. Each of the high school winners receive a scholarship from the club. The overall CCSD winner advances to regional competition, and the 12 region winners will contend for the State PAGE STAR Student title; STAR Teachers continue with their students through these additional levels of recognition.
The Cherokee County School Board and Superintendent of Schools Mary Elizabeth Davis will recognize the students and teachers at an upcoming School Board meeting.
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