10 | April 16, 2015 | Johns Creek Herald
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Student Leadership JC graduates new leaders JOHNS CREEK, Ga. –The 2015 Class of Student Leadership Johns Creek (SLJC) held recently a graduation ceremony and induction of the new class at Northview High School. Mayor Mike Bodker and Fulton County Schools Area Superintendent Rob Anderson and noted civic leader Roger Wise were guest speakers at the ceremony. One of the students from the SLJC class of 2015 is Sumit Sohani the 2015
Valedictorian from Northview High School. This is a two-year program that involves student leaders from all four Johns Creek High Schools. Participants in the first year program learn valuable leadership skills at the various program dates they attend and then go back to their “feeder” schools and teach these skills in creative ways to their younger peers. Students in the second
Student Leadership Johns Creek announces Class of 2017 After a highly competitive selection process, Student Leadership Johns has announced the Class of 2017 representing studentleaders from all four Johns Creek High Schools. • Centennial High School: Luis Camarillo-Hernandez, Meghan Dougherty, Arantza Echauz, Bobbi Hebermehl, Tegan Kelly, Ashwin Rathie and Jonathon Whitacre. • Chattahoochee High School: Sekani Adebimpe, Delaney Burke, Sarah Chen, Olivia Erickson, Ananya Ghose, Swati Gupta, Neha Joshi, Cecily Mohammed, Philip Pyo, Samhita Ramesh, Chloe Suh, and Benjamin Weiser. • Johns Creek High School: Annabelle Clarke, Emma Crumbley, Lauren Garrett, Sarika Gowda, Randi Jelleme, Rachel Jones, Koosha Kermani, Markiella Lancaster, Jai La Mercer, Amanda Morris, Farid Nat, Brian Sui, Parth Thakkar, and Julia York. • Northview High School: Ruth Austin, Vidya Ganapathy, Amy Jiang, Anthony Jones, Shirin Kuppusamy, Sherry Liang, Sally Pan, Noah Shiffman, Rohan Sohani, Sanjay Sridhar, Liz Wong, Larry Yan, and Raymond Zhu. These student-leaders will represent their respective high schools, the city of Johns Creek and the Student Leadership program in the coming two years.
The Johns Creek Student Leadership Graduation Class celebrates their accomplishments over the past two years. year work more independently, they complete two multi-media projects. One project is an interview with a college student and determine the pitfalls that were not expected as they transitioned from high school student to college student. They also must come up with a 30-day plan for transitioning from high school to college. The second project is to shadow a business professional in a field they are considering pursuing. The business leaders in Johns Creek have
been extremely receptive to the students being their shadow for a day and have included Marilyn Margolis, CEO at Emory Johns Creek Hospital and several of the Johns Creek city engineers. The 26 SLJC students to complete 2-year program are: CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL: Adrian Hoefer, Justin Htay, Neil Jacob, Colton Mack and Jenna LeCates CHATTAHOOCHEE HIGH SCHOOL: Siri Choragudi, Nabeel Khan, Julia Lan, Nikita Varman, Khushboo Sarda,
Pranav Prabu and Ankita Varman. JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL: Drew Fox, Ashlyn Payne, Sneha Iyer, Insiya Essani, Risha Parikh and Alyssa Tromer. NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL: Ankita Shroff, William Custis, Meghna Dash, Ritika Kumar, Hailey Mody, Maggie Xia and Valedictorian Sumit Sohani. For information about Student Leadership Johns Creek go to www.leadershipjohnscreek.com.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Major funding is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners
April 18 - May 13 FRIENDS: Artists’ Show & Marketplace Join Us for the Opening Reception April 18, 6-8pm Free & Open to the Public Show: April 18-May 13, Monday – Friday 9am-5pm All artwork priced $200 or less
Painting by Chris Sherry
This event is made possible by a generous
April 25 1pm - 5pm grant from the City of Johns Creek. Spring Fling: Free Family Fun FAMILY FUN DAY
1pm-2pm LEE BRYAN “The Puppet Guy” Aesop’s Fables 2pm-4pm Make a Puppet and Decorate a Kite Workshops 4pm-5pm Get Your Dance On! Sales and Modern Dance Performances All events are free and open to the public. Due to space, advance registration is required. This event is made possible by a generous grant from the City of Johns Creek.
May 30 1pm - 4pm Young at Art: A celebration of children Free event at Newtown Park
1pm-2pm Mama Koku Storytelling 2pm-4pm Make a Puppet or Decorate a Kite
May 26 - August 7 Experience EARTH Summer Camp 2015 is from May 26-Aug. 7 Drawing and Painting, Clay Arts, Jewelry, Mosaics, Technology Camps and more! Register Online: www.johnscreekarts.org
Johns Creek Arts Center 6290 Abbotts Bridge Rd., Bldg. 700 Johns Creek, GA 30097
www.johnscreekarts.org 770-623-8448
Johns Creek Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering classes, camps and workshops in Sculptural and Functional Ceramics, Visual Arts, Photography, Jewelry, Mosaics, and Theater for youth and adults.