2024 Spotlight: Highlighting the Accomplishments of This Year's Seniors

Seven Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) seniors have earned the opportunity to go to college for free thanks to their hard work and dedication.

Two Discovery High School students have earned the right to represent Georgia at Certiport’s 2024 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship in Orlando, Florida.

Graduation is right around the corner for 14,059 Gwinnett seniors. It is the culmination of 13 years of hard work during their K-12 academic careers, including two years affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gwinnett County Public Schools Office of Counseling, College and Career Services recently honored six outstanding elementary, middle, and high school students with Caring Awards.

Nine Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) seniors have been granted four-year, full-tuition scholarships by the Posse Foundation.

For the first time in its history, Discovery High School’s U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) female drill team earned first place at the JROTC State Championship drill competition.

Collins Hill High School graduating senior Ashley Colón has been awarded a 2024 Belli Scholarship worth up to $20,000.

The Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation Fund, Inc., has honored more than 1,000 Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) students in the Class of 2024 for their work in the classroom.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has named two Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) seniors as recipients of 2024 Corporate-Sponsored National Merit Scholarships financed by corporate sponsors.

Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) has named the recipients of the 2023-24 Outstanding Senior Athlete Award.

Four Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) students have been named 2024 Georgia Scholars by the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE). 

Graduating seniors Allen Garcia from Berkmar High School, Daniel Pham* from Parkview High School, Sophia Ahn from Seckinger High School, and Nashra Khan* from Shiloh High School have been named 2024 Cooke College Scholars by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

  A group of McClure Health Science High School students were recently celebrated at Piedmont Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, Georgia, for completing an internship program with the medical facility.

   Robotics teams from Paul Duke STEM High School and Parkview High School have been named 2024 Georgia State Vex Robotics Overall High School Champions.

Parv Mahajan, from the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science & Technology (GSMST), and Jillian Vacha, of North Gwinnett High School are Gwinnett County’s 2024 STAR (Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition) Student award winners.

The financial cost to go to college just got a lot cheaper for two Gwinnett County Public Schools students after receiving scholarships from College Board.

 Five Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) high school seniors have been selected as semi-finalists in the 2023-2024 Coca-Cola Scholars Program. The GCPS students are among a select group of 1,514 semi-finalists chosen from more than 103,800 applicants.

Officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation®(NMSC) announced the names of 80 Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) seniors and semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.