Congratulations to CCSD's 2025 STAR Students and Teachers
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Congratulations to CCSD's 2025 STAR Students and Teachers
STAR Students, from left, top row: Raphael Aca, Audrey Warnick, Satyajit Prabhuram, Alexander Johnson; bottom row: Kevin Duncan, Robert Raymer, and Sebastian Lamprea.
Congratulations to the Cherokee County School District’s 2025 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 10 percent or top 10 students of his or her class based on grade point average. Each honored student is invited to select his or her favorite teacher to be named that school’s STAR Teacher.
The CCSD honorees are:
Cherokee HS
STAR Student: Raphael Aca
STAR Teacher: Lori Pangburn
Creekview HS
STAR Student: Audrey Warnick
STAR Teacher: Morgan Hudson
Etowah HS
STAR Student: Satyajit Prabhuram
STAR Teacher: Rebecca Schwartz
i-Grad Virtual Academy
STAR Student: Alexander Johnson
STAR Teacher: Heather Craighead
River Ridge HS
STAR Student: Kevin Duncan
STAR Teacher: Kayla Yoder
Sequoyah HS
STAR Student: Robert Raymer
STAR Teacher: Brian Carnes
Woodstock HS
STAR Student: Sebastian Lamprea
STAR Teacher: Kate McIntyre
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 Kevin Duncan of River Ridge HS. He now 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.
All of CCSD’s STAR students and teachers were honored Tuesday evening at the annual STAR Student and Teacher Recognition Ceremony presented by the Canton Lions Club, which has been the local sponsor since the STAR program began in 1958. Each of the high school winners received a scholarship from the club.
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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STAR Teacher, from left, top row: Lori Pangburn, Morgan Hudson, Rebecca Schwartz, Heather Craighead; bottom row, Kayla Yoder, Brian Carnes, and Kate McIntyre.