education FACTBOOK 2011
Staff/Todd Hull
Ciera Echols carried a 4.508 grade point average at Marietta High School and will be attending Duke University.
Leading scorer That’s academically, as well as athletically, for Ciera Jones, who’s at the top of her game By Kathryn Malone / kmalone@mdjonline.com
ard work is a value for Marietta High’s Ciera Echols. A two-sport varsity athlete, a Gates Millennium Scholar and the student body copresident — Ciera Echols has done it all at Marietta High School.
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her at an early age the imporOn top of her laundry list of tance of working hard. academic and athletic awards, “I try to do my best in everyCiera, 18, graduated with a full thing so I won’t have any reInternational Baccalaureate degrets later,” Ciera said. gree and a 4.508 “When I started high grade point averSUPER school I just knew age. She is headthat I wanted to ing to Duke SENIOR work really hard. I University in the fall, 2011 was going to do my where she plans to best at whatever I did, study political science or and whatever grade I international relations. got as a result of As captain of the girls that I knew I was varsity basketball team, a going to be member of the girls varpleased with it.” sity track team, president of the In her senior year, Ciera’s Math Honor Society, and a hard work has paid off. She was member of the National Honor one of 1,000 students nationSociety, the Latin Honor Sociwide to receive the Gates Milety, the Spanish Honor Society lennium Scholarship. She also and the BETA Club, Ciera said received a partial scholarship she learned that the key to success in high school is time man- from the Alexis Grubbs Memorial Scholarship Fund. agement. Noel Jenks, Ciera’s Latin “I just tried to balance my time the best way I could,” Ciera teacher at Marietta High School for four years, lauded the teen’s said. “I still managed to have an amazing high school experience. dedication. I wasn’t studying every night, “She’s an excellent student,” but still realizing what was imJenks said of Ciera. “She is very portant, which was school.” reliable. She does her preparaThe Marietta High School tion well. She’s not afraid to ask senior said her parents, Harvey questions. She makes sure she and Jeanine Echols, instilled in understands the material.” MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL l SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2011 l MDJONLINE.COM
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