Gwinnett County Public Schools: Peachtree Ridge HS Senior Earns 2022 Gwinnett STAR Student Title

Press release from Gwinnett County Public Schools:

02.10.22

An event celebrating some of Gwinnett County’s brightest students culminated with the naming of Chungin “Roy” Lee as Gwinnett County’s STAR (Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition) Student. He will represent Gwinnett County’s public and private schools at the next level of STAR competition. As part of the recognition, the STAR student selects a teacher who has had a strong influence on his or her academic career. The Peachtree Ridge HS senior selected his Language Arts teacher, Adam Sherman, as his STAR Teacher.

The event recognizes all local school STAR students from each Gwinnett County high school as well as the top student from Buford HS (Buford City Schools). A total of 44 students from 31 Gwinnett schools, both public and private, were awarded the STAR designation. Each local school STAR student is the senior in the top 10% of his or her class with the highest SAT score.

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 HS (public and private), as well as the top student from Buford HS (Buford City Schools). James “Jimmy” Ragazino was named Buford City Schools’ STAR Student and he selected Lisa Cole as his STAR Teacher.

The 2022 Gwinnett County and Buford City STAR Student and Teacher winners will now move on to compete for the regional title. Region winners are considered at the state level for the honor of being named Georgia’s 2022 STAR Student and Teacher.

Click here to see a list of the STAR students and teachers from Gwinnett schools.

Sponsors of the statewide program include the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) and the PAGE Foundation; the Georgia Chamber of Commerce; the Georgia Department of Education; high school superintendents and principals; and more than 165 business and civic groups. Local sponsors of the Gwinnett County STAR Student-Teacher Luncheon include Partnership Gwinnett; Presenting Sponsor—Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; Elite Sponsors—Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine-Georgia Campus, UPS Healthcare, and Georgia FirstGen; and Core Sponsor—Georgia United Credit Union.

This press release was produced by Gwinnett County Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author’s own.