Senior High Awards Atlanta Journal Cup – Parker Stevens STAR Student & Teacher – Katie Irwin & Donna Love Ray Kroc Award – Hannah Runkel Frederick Douglass & Susan B. Anthony Award – Adebisi Thompson Governor’s Honors – Sam Casey & Caroline Stiles
Math Team
Bryan Collins Demonbreun Scholarship – Emily Woody
GAC Math Team wins 2nd in AA in the state at Middle Georgia State College in the GCTM Varsity State Mathematics Tournament.
National Hispanic Achievement Award – Sarah Schurr National Merit Scholarship Winner – Katie Irwin National Achievement Scholarship – Damani Bailey & Salome Gulent Boys State – Parker Bryant, Robert Jackson & Brandon Toomey Girls State – Katherine Harper & Adebisi Thompson
The team also swept top awards at a tournament for high school students throughout Georgia hosted by the Department of Mathematics at Georgia Southwestern. 1st place – Team – Division AA Math Team Individual Winners:
Scholar Athlete Award – Katie Irwin & Landon Keller
1st place AA – Rebecca Buechler (top 5 A-AAAAAA)
Prudential Spirit of Community Award – Katie Lowenstein & Preston Oakes
3rd place AA – Owen Meng
Stellar Spartans – Rory Alston, Laura Fey, Trent Fowler, Ripley Fricano, Claire Holcomb, Abby Kettle, Miller Kettle, Jamie Lu, Caroline Mainous, Stephanie Reynolds, Hannah Runkel, Harrison Sloan, Erik O. Smith, Kathryn Wilson Citizenship Award – Sam Casey, Reilly Corkran, Alex Hines & Nicole Smartt Scholarship Award – Rebecca Buechler, AnnaBelle Hellinger & Abby Kettle AP Scholars – Reagan Cink, Hunter Dye, Stephen Gilbert, Griffin Hornyak, Dylan Kearney, James Li, Lora Li, Knox Martin, Owen Meng, Emeritus Morris, Isaac Na, Annie Pham, Megan Staebell, Caroline Stiles, Modupe Thompson, Madison Ward, George Winfrey AP Scholars with Honor – Giorgi Arnett, Natalia Brody, Katie Irwin, Landon Keller, Miller Kettle, Dasha Kyrychenko, Sarah Schurr, Gavin Sun AP Scholars with Distinction – Harry Qiu, Micahel Xu
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2nd place AA – Gavin Sun (top 5 A-AAAAAA)
SPARTAN
SPOTLIGHTS
The Academic Team finished 2nd in AA at the Georgia State Championship.
AC A D E M I C S
This year’s team: Damani Bailey (captain, 12th), Paula Cuadrado (11th), Wesley McDowell (12th), Annie Pham (captain, 12th), Michael Xu (12th) and faculty sponsor, Brad Denton.
Naya Ohuabunwa (4th) was declared the 2015 Elementary Spelling Bee Champion out of 24 contestants. Alex Hermosillo (5th) and Justin Moore (4th) were runners up.