See the STARS: Top students and teachers from local high schools

By Chris North on February 24, 2011.
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Every year, the Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation honors top students from across the state at both public and private high schools.

Students who receive the highest scores at their school on the SAT, a college entrance exam, and have grade-point averages in the top 10 percent of their class are recognized as STAR students, which stands for Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program.

Each STAR student then chooses a teacher as his or her STAR teacher. After STAR students and teachers are chosen from high schools, school system winners are named. Winners chosen from 12 districts compete for the title of state STAR student.

Here are the STAR students and teachers from schools in Reporter Newspapers communities: Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs. Their names, photos and the universities they plan to attend, if they have decided, were provided by their schools.

Atlanta International School

Neema Ebrahim-Zadeh STAR Student Stanford

Robert Shaw-Smith, STAR Teacher, Latin and IB Diploma English

Atlanta Girls School

Elizabeth Barsalou, STAR Student, Undecided

Corinne Dedini, STAR Teacher, AP Environment Science, Human Ecology

Cross Keys High School

Vy Tran, STAR Student, Stanford

Monique Whorton, STAR Teacher, English

Chamblee Charter High School

Gautam Goel, STAR Student, Undecided

DeAnn Peterson, STAR Teacher, AP Biology, Magnet Physics

Dunwoody High School

Eilidh Geddes, STAR Student, Undecided

Kevin Travis, STAR Teacher, AP Psychology

The Galloway School

Micah Hosford, STAR Student, Undecided

Terri Evans, STAR Teacher, Music Theory and Chorus

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School

Kathryn Claire Crewdson, STAR Student, Undecided

John Barich, STAR Teacher, AP U.S. History and Ethics

Holy Spirit Preparatory School

Kaitlyn Bregman, STAR Student, Undecided

Jill Stedman, STAR Teacher, U.S. History

The Lovett School

Avery Elizabeth Wiens, STAR Student, Undecided

Bryan Overly, STAR Teacher, Chemistry

Marist School

Mary Claire Martin, STAR Student, Undecided

David Donahue, STAR Teacher, Religious Studies

Mount Vernon Presbyterian School

Zack Cook, STAR Student, Undecided

Krista Parker, STAR Teacher, Science

North Atlanta High School

Grace Shea, STAR Student, Wisconsin

Natalie Brandhorst, STAR Teacher, IB Art

North Springs Charter High School

Charlie Sanders, STAR Student, Georgia Tech

Scott Hetherington, STAR Teacher, Mathematics

Pace Academy

Sam Kallman, STAR Student, University of Pennsylvania

Emily Stevens, STAR Teacher, U.S. History

Riverwood International Charter School

Mallory Hope, STAR Student, Undecided

Daniel Gribble, STAR Teacher, AP World History

St. Pius X Catholic High School

Paul Koenig, STAR Student, Undecided

Eugene Brisbane, STAR Teacher, Mathematics

The Weber School

Leslie Gordon, STAR Student, Undecided

Randall Robson, STAR Teacher, AP English Literature

The Westminster Schools

Matthew Shackelford, STAR Student, Undecided

Tim Howard, STAR Teacher, Performing arts

John Whelchel, STAR Student, Undecided

Gavin Drummond, STAR Teacher, English