An event which celebrates some of Gwinnett County’s brightest culminated with the naming of Chungin “Roy” Lee as Gwinnett County’s STAR (Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition) Student, representing Gwinnett County’s public and private schools. The STAR student honor is bestowed on the senior in the top 10 percent of his or her class with the highest SAT score. As part of the recognition, the STAR student selects a teacher who has had a strong influence on his/her academic career. The Peachtree Ridge High School senior selected his Language Arts teacher, Adam Sherman, as his STAR Teacher. James “Jimmy” Ragazino was named Buford City Schools’ STAR Student and he selected Lisa Cole as his STAR Teacher.
The Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) Foundation and Partnership Gwinnett partnered to honor STAR Student and Teacher honorees during this year’s STAR Student and Teacher Luncheon on Wednesday, February 9. The event celebrates all local school STAR students from each Gwinnett County high school (public and private), as well as the top student from Buford High School (Buford City Schools).
Local sponsors include Partnership Gwinnett; Presenting Sponsor— Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; Elite Sponsor— Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine- Georgia Campus, UPS Healthcare and Georgia First; Core Sponsor—Georgia United Credit Union.
The 2022 Gwinnett County and Buford City STAR Student and Teacher winners will now move on and compete for the regional title. Regional winners will then move to the state level for the honor of being named Georgia’s 2022 STAR Student and Teacher. On the next page you will find the STAR students and teachers from Gwinnett high schools.
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School |
STAR Student |
STAR Teacher |
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Archer High School |
Grace Ajibola Savion Crawford Daniel Tuten |
Joni Jameson John Jameson Joni Jameson |
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Berkmar High School |
Kamari Aun’yah Pickens |
Jill Stuttgen |
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Brookwood High School |
Darcy Paige Johnson |
Josh Walters |
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*Buford High School |
James “Jimmy” Ragazino |
Lisa Cole |
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Central Gwinnett High School |
Young Bui
Abigail “Abby” Rollins Michelle Ung |
Dr. Tiffany Bookal (teaches at Paul Duke STEM HS) Shannon Rollins Laura Noell (retired teacher from Winn Holt ES) |
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Collins Hill High School |
Irene Park |
Danielle Wilcher |
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Dacula High School |
Jennifer R. Lawler |
Lesley Buchanan |
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Discovery High School |
Miles “Jesse” Chippindale Jayson Fong |
Dr. Jayme Hicks Dr. Jayme Hicks |
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Duluth High School |
An Truong Vu |
Jordan White |
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Grayson High School |
Richard “Hayden” Narey |
Dr. Wendy Dyer |
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Greater Atlanta Christian School |
Harin “Lynn” Sim |
Gary Crane |
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Gwinnett Online Campus |
Lillie Mertelle Rolader |
Hope Campbell |
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Gwinnett School of Mathematics, |
Radhika Sharma |
Dr. Chad Morgan |
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Hebron Christian Academy |
Joshua Mark Hammond |
Angela Brannen (retired) |
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Killian Hill Christian School |
Grant Elder Daniel Noelle |
John Allan John Allan |
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Lanier High School |
Joshua Luis Carreon Canlas Faith Mani |
Collin Jones Michael Cook |
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McClure Health Science |
Adolfo Ruiz Padron |
Kathleen Kangas |
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Meadowcreek High School |
Yahya Tahsin Habib |
Dr. Michael Nguyen-Quan |
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Mill Creek High School |
Justin Choe Cade Holland Wook “Daniel” Jung |
Victoria Wilson Greg Marr Dana Ballard |
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Mountain View High School |
Benjamin “Ben” Chiok |
David Novelly |
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Norcross High School |
Colin Patrick Ryan |
Barbara Bartow |
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North Gwinnett High School |
Thien-An “Annie” Dang Albert Doan Madeline Dodson Isaac J. Kim |
Rebecca Carlisle Katie Massey John Rhilinger Zachary Luna
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Notre Dame Academy |
Megan “Meg” Brodie Willis |
Daniel Jewitt |
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Parkview High School |
Andy Zhu |
John Foulk |
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Paul Duke STEM High School |
Noah Samuel Budnitz |
Philip Peavy |
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*Peachtree Ridge High School |
Chungin “Roy” Lee |
Adam Sherman |
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Providence Christian Academy |
Isaac James Moran |
Brian Brewer |
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Shiloh High School |
Kaamya Mehra |
Daniel Spiegel |
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South Gwinnett High School |
Victor Bunpech Ung |
Carla Jordan |
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Sugar Hill Christian Academy |
Alexander “Zander” Steffey John “Jack” Swift |
Heather Adams Kathey Reinertson |
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Wesleyan School |
Kayla Kim |
Dr. Isiah Hill |
*System winners