Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) is highlighting the work of 27 high school students. The students were honored at the GCPS 2024 Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education Student of the Year awards program. The event recognizes student achievements in Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education courses during their high school careers. The honorees were selected from a field of high-performing GCPS high school students.

 

The 2024 GCPS winners are:

 

 

Scholarships are provided by the Jody Reeves Scholarship Fund.

 

 

The top GCPS students are:

• Abby Taylor of Archer High School
• Mykenea Belnavis of Berkmar High School
• Isam Alam of Brookwood High School
• Michael Abraham of Central Gwinnett High School
• Krish Saxena of Collins Hill High School
• Tristen Lowell of Dacula High School
• Taiwan Townsend of Discovery High School
• Sarakay Leatherberry of Duluth High School
• Lena Tata of Grayson High School
• Laura Call Gómez of Grayson High School Technical Education Program - Finalist
  (Laura attends Duluth High School and is enrolled in Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education courses at Grayson High School Technical Education Program)
• Randy Diaz of Gwinnett Online Campus
• Zachary Cobb of Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology
• Marae Keniston of Lanier High School
• Zach Weldon of Maxwell High School of Technology - Finalist
  (Zach attends Dacula High School and is enrolled in Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education courses at Maxwell High School of Technology)
• Aynslee Cooper of McClure Health Science High School - Finalist
• Melina Martinez Duran of Meadowcreek High School
• Skylar Strickland of Mill Creek High School - Finalist
• Austin Mutters of Mountain View High School
• Carolina Chacon of Norcross High School
• Amy Filippone of North Gwinnett High School - Finalist
• Mehrish Charania of Parkview High School
• William Susskind of Paul Duke STEM High School - Finalist
• Marina Mikhail of Peachtree Ridge High School
• Renatta Benitez of Phoenix High School
• Maxwell Orwin of Seckinger High School
• Lyric Larkins of Shiloh High School
• Afomia Giday of South Gwinnett High School

 

Nominees were required to submit a resume, a letter of recommendation from the nominating teacher, information on participation in a Career and Technical Student Organization, community service, and an essay. Finalists were interviewed by a panel of judges consisting of business and industry leaders.

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