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The DeKalb Merit Scholars were among 102 Georgians who have been awarded more than $355,500 in scholarships so far.

28 seniors among DeKalb Chamber’s PAGE STAR Student DeKalb, Decatur City, private schools represent School

City Schools of Decatur System winners teacher Chris Curtis, student Luke Downs, Principal Arlethea Williams, student Nora Moore, and teacher Jennifer Gonzalez are pictured.

Twenty-eight seniors made the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce’s annual PAGE STAR Student list. The 2016 honorees include students from 20 DeKalb School District high schools, two from Decatur City Schools, and six from the private Atlanta Jewish Academy, Ben Franklin Academy, Greenforest-McCalep Christian Academy, Marist and St. Pius X Catholic High. The DeKalb School STAR students include nine students who hold the top two positions in their class, five valedictorians – Aomeng Cui, Chamblee Charter; David Nguyen, Cross Keys; Parul Rai, Dunwoody;

Kamal Hughes, Lithonia; and John Robertson, Stephenson – and four salutatorians – Amira Daugherty, DeKalb Early College Academy; Nasreen Abd Elal, DeKalb School for the Arts; Sri Bhat, Lakeside; and Nekabari Ereba, Redan. The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition Program honors Georgia’s outstanding high school seniors and the teachers who were most instrumental in their academic development. Since its launch 58 years ago, it has honored more than 23,500 high school seniors and their teachers. During the recognition held in March, the DeKalb Chamber presented the annual

Arabia Mountain HS Atlanta Jewish Academy Ben Franklin Academy Cedar Grove HS Chamblee Charter HS Clarkston HS Columbia HS Cross Keys HS DECA Decatur HS Decatur HS DeKalb School of the Arts Druid Hills HS Dunwoody HS Greenforest-McCalep Christian Academy Lakeside HS Lithonia HS Marist School Martin Luther King, Jr. HS Miller Grove HS Redan HS Ronald E. McNair HS Southwest DeKalb HS St. Pius X Catholic HS Stephenson HS Stone Mountain HS Tucker HS

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Quinton Victor Abigail Stein Erin Catherall Diana Orabueze Aomeng Cui Ubah Ahmed LaCee Lockhart David Nguyen Amira Daugherty Luke Downs Nora Moore Nasreen Abd Elal Ben Furman Parul Rai Deanna Lanier Sri Bhat Kamal Hughes Charles Daniel Marquise McFarland Andrea Glaze Nekabari Ereba Mariah Monk Jordan Brown Maud Kelly Jodi Robertson Mirage Durrah Jacob Simon

$1,000 Alonzo L. McDonald Sr. Scholarship, which recognizes the highest-scoring STAR student, to Chamblee Charter High valedictorian Aomeng Cui who made a perfect 2,400 score on the SAT. Aomeng and her teacher Adrienne

STAR Teacher

Marcus North Patsy Cain Martha Burdette Linda Jackson Adrienne Keathley Shawna Tamakloe Ashley Ellison Jake Eismeier Jason Butler Chris Curtis Jennifer Gonzalez Jose Gregory Lisa Johnston Bryan Boucher Rhonda Hicks Garry Saltmarsh Timothy Grant Rand Wise Matthew Candis Tasha Taborn Candace Williams Maronda Hastie Raymond Maple Melissa Beam Mario Miner Lester Adams Teresa Milam

Keathley and Decatur High students Luke Downs and Nora Moore and their teachers Chris Curtis and Jennifer Gonzalez also represented the DeKalb School District and City Schools of Decatur at the regional PAGE STAR regional event.

National Merit Scholars include DeKalb valedictorians and salutatorian Five DeKalb seniors, including two valedictorians and a salutatorian – Parul Rai of Dunwoody High, Aomeng Cui of Chamblee Charter High, and Sri S. Bhat of Lakeside High – are among 2016 National Merit Scholars. The other Merit Scholars are Chamblee seniors Yalini Senthil Kumar and William A. Linde. Aomeng Cui Parul Rai Parul’s $178,000 Merit Scholarship from Sri S. Bhat the University of Texas at Dallas gives her full ride, including room and board plus a study-abroad stipend. Aomeng, who is Chamblee’s Magnet valeArabia Mountain High School dictorian, and Sri, Lakeside’s salutatorian, won $2,500 Merit Scholarships. Aomeng will attend Columbia University in the fall to pursue her dreams of becoming a physician. She is the only DeKalb student this year to gain a perfect 2,400 on the SAT. Sri will study computer science at Georgia Tech. Yalini, who plans to study computer science, was awarded the Battelle Scholarship. She has been accepted to Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer SciCongratulations to our Honors ence, Georgia Tech and Emory University Graduate! We are so proud of you! but has not yet made a decision where she Mom & Dad will go.

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William, who plans a career in human rights, got the UPS James E. Casey Scholarship, awarded to children of United Parcel Service Yalini Kumar employees. Both are getting awards of $2,500 to $6,000, which are renewable for up to four years for undergraduate study. The scholarships provide annual stipends ranging from $500 to $10,000 per year. The DeKalb Merit Scholars were picked from 15,000 finalists nationwide. They are among 102 Georgians, announced April 20 and May 11, who have been awarded more than $355,500 in scholarships so far. More college-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners will be announced in June and July 18. Nationally, 7,500 Merit Scholars will get $33 million in college scholarships this year. The quest for the 2016 winners began in October 2014 when more than 1.5 million juniors in 22,000 high schools took the

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