The Kiwanis Club of Gainesville continued a longstanding tradition of paying tribute to our STAR Students and STAR Teachers with the annual awards luncheon on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at First Baptist Church in Gainesville. All of the city and county high schools’ STAR Students and STAR Teachers were recognized and given a framed certificate, sponsored by Gainesville Kiwanis.

The STAR Students and their STAR Teachers are listed below:

County System
School	STAR Student	STAR Teacher
Cherokee Bluff High School	Nicholas Ginac	Jeremy Purdy
Chestatee High School	Habram Alcantar	Donald Landrum
East Hall High School	Kevin Gonzalez	April Gailey
Flowery Branch High School	Leonardo Nunez	Richard Tison
Johnson High School	Sarah Johnson	Katie Maynard
Johnson High School	Jasmine Munoz	Megan Middleton
Lanier Christian Academy	Haylie Ramsey	John Pae
North Hall High School	Lily Wallace	Paul Johnson
West Hall High School	Murray Moore	Julie Pritchard
Gainesville City System
School	STAR Student	STAR Teacher
Gainesville High School	Samuel Holt	Chandra Karnati
Lakeview Academy	Garv Gaur	Mikhail Lovell
Riverside Military Academy	Thanh Nguyen	Marc Paglia

In addition, STAR Student Leonardo Nunez of Flowery Branch High School with STAR Teacher Harmon Tison and STAR Student Garv Gaur of Lakeview Academy with STAR Teacher Mikhail Lovell received special recognition as System STAR Students and STAR Teachers.

Hall County System STAR Winners
School	STAR Student	STAR Teacher
Flowery Branch High School	Leonardo Nunez	Harmon Tison

Gainesville City System STAR Winners
School	STAR Student	STAR Teacher
Lakeview Academy	Garv Gaur	Mikhail Lovell

 The University of North Georgia’s College of Education will host the Region 2 recognition on March 8, 2022. Region 2 consists of 12 counties or school systems in the North Georgia Mountains including: Dawson, Fannin, Gainesville City, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, White, and Mountain Ed. Charter School System.

STAR Program:

The PAGE Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program is sponsored, administered and promoted by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) and the PAGE Foundation. Since its creation, the STAR program has honored over 28,000 students and the teachers they have selected as the most influential to their academic achievement. High school seniors must have the highest score on a single test date on the SAT and be in the top 10 percent or top 10 students of their class based on grade point average to qualify for STAR nomination.

STAR begins each year in participating Georgia high schools when the STAR Student is named and chooses a STAR Teacher to share in this recognition. The students and their teachers are honored by their schools and receive special recognition in their communities from one of the more than 170 statewide civic organizations and businesses that serve as local sponsors of the STAR program. Students then compete for school system recognition as the top STAR Student, and those winners compete for region honors.

Region winners contend for the honor of being named State PAGE STAR Student. STAR Teachers continue on with their STAR Students at every level of the program. PAGE and the PAGE Foundation honor outstanding students and educators and, encourage academic excellence through competitive academic programs such as PAGE STAR, the PAGE Academic Bowl for Middle Grades and the PAGE Georgia Academic Decathlon.

The Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) is the state’s largest and fastest-growing educator association. Deeply committed to excellence in public education, PAGE provides unparalleled legal coverage, legislative advocacy, and professional learning opportunities to more than 97,000 teachers, administrators, and school personnel. PAGE protects, supports, and empowers members throughout all stages and facets of their career. For more information, visit the website at www.pageinc.org.