Five high school seniors from around Paulding County School District scored big as this year’s STAR Students for their respective schools, and one will continue onward seeking regional and state recognition as well.
Local seniors who made high marks on standardized testing for college admissions were honored by the Paulding County School District for making the highest marks on those tests, and teachers were selected by each school-level winner to be honored as well.
North Paulding High School’s Olivia Hamilton is this year’s District STAR Student, earning the highest SAT score for the Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition program, and finished in the Top 10 in her class in grade point average.
STAR hosted by the Paulding County Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators and MembersFirst Credit Union.
The program also honored East Paulding High’s Atticus Corn, Hiram High’s Oscar Vasquez-Cavallini, Parker Townsend of Paulding County High and South Paulding High’s Ian McConnell.
Each student got to choose the teacher to receive honors with as well. Hamilton chose Sarah Desjarlais to represent North Paulding educators and the district as a whole.
Corn recognized Taylor Ford, Vasquez-Cavallini chose Kevin Rhoads, Townsend picked Tricia Pedersen and McConnell picked DJ McConnell, who is Ian’s father.
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