PARTING THOUGHTS
FUTURE LEADERS START HERE THE 2018 CLASS OF STUDENT LEADERSHIP JOHNS CREEK (SLJC) HELD THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY AND INDUCTION OF THEIR NEW CLASS AT CHATTAHOOCHEE HIGH SCHOOL. Mayor Mike Bodker, Georgia Revenue Commissioner Lynne Riley, and Fulton County School Superintendent Dr. Jeff Rose were guest speakers at the ceremony. School Board Vice-President Linda McCain and Fulton County Schools Chief Academic Officer Cliff Jones presented graduation cords and completion certificates to all 45 Student Leadership Johns Creek graduates. This is a two-year program that involves student leaders from all
The 2018 class of Student Leadership Johns Creek
four Johns Creek High Schools. Participants in the first-year program learn valuable leadership skills by adopting a community service
JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL: Payton Anderson, Sophia Gurin,
project and documenting the difference their participating made. In
Abby Hislop, Janet Huang, Anna Johnson, Maura McLynn, Spencer
addition, the student attend various program dates and learn about
Olson, Sarina Parikh, Julia Primos, Isabel Shemaria, Avery Wecksler,
their state and city government. Students in the second-year work
Matt Wozniak, Sarah Zhang; NORTHVIEW HIGH SCHOOL:
more independently, they complete two multi-media projects; one a
Meena Chetty, Caroline Custis, Nidhi Dahiya, Danielle Gioia, Vidya
personal portfolio exploring resume building, which serves them well
Gopalakrishna, Drew Hoffman, Sneha Kadiyala, Amaan Supariwala,
as they begin the college application process. In addition, the students
Sylvia Tang, Shawn Varghese, Pooja Vikraman, and Devansh Yerpude.
work with business professionals on mock interviewing skills and proper ways to manage their digital footprint. This year we are excited
MEET THE CLASS OF 2020
that the students will be working with area seniors on inter-genera-
After a highly competitive selection process, Student Leadership
tional mentoring using web devices. The second project is to shadow
Johns Creek is proud to announce the Class of 2020 representing
a business professional in a field they are considering pursuing. The
student-leaders from all 4 Johns Creek High Schools. These students
business leaders in Johns Creek have been extremely receptive to
were announced at a ceremony held on April 18th at Chattahoochee
the students being their shadow for a day and have included Marilyn
High School. The students chosen to participate in this two-year
Margolis, CEO at Emory Johns Creek Hospital, Mayor Mike Bodker,
leadership program are: CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL: Marissa
Revenue Commissioner Lynne Riley, medical professionals from the
Fish, Cathryn Gray, Alex Green, Ariel Harper, Jayla Melvin, Edy Poteet,
area, and marketing experts in many of the area’s top business firms.
Aman Puri, Carter Smith, Lucy Turner, Bodhana Veeramachaneni, Maggie Wall, Wilson Williams and Jake Winokur; CHATTAHOOCHEE
45 SLJC STUDENTS COMPLETE 2-YEAR PROGRAM
HIGH SCHOOL: Dhruv Anand, Caelyn DeSouza, Josef Flagler, Eliza
Student Leadership Johns Creek was pleased to present comple-
Imhoff, Linda Jawahar, Will Johnson, Siri Kanakala, Mallika Kenkare,
tion certificates and graduation cords to the Class of 2018 that have
Natasha Mohanty, Lindsay Morris, Meghana Pothukuchi and
successfully finished their two-year program at a ceremony held at
Anastasiya Viryaskina; JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL: Samantha
Chattahoochee High School. The class of 2018 included the following
Breslow, Liam Friedel, David Hsi, Garge Jamadagni, Kian Kermani,
students: CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL: Christina Fabrizio, Julia
Aamir Khan, Raunak Kumar, Ethan Mingoia, Sajan Parikh, Veeras
Green, Kennedy Harris, Freddie Hernandez, Lauren Ridley, Joseph
Ramsnekar, Olivia Sanford and Nikhil Uppal; NORTHVIEW HIGH
Scott, Anna Smith, and Jacob Stetzer; CHATTAHOOCHEE HIGH
SCHOOL: Kiran Balakrishnan, Kulp Dhru, Pallavi Eranezhath, Sarah
SCHOOL: Will Bracknell, Jake Brown, Melis Demir, Kate Hawley, Josh
Her, Mehak Jain, Nikhita Joshi, Sumanth Kadiyala, Ishan Karanwal,
Kim, Meghan Kulkarni, Sarika Mahajan, Ajay Majmudar, Nandhitha
Tammie Lee, Julia Ouyang, Keya Parikh, Ann Philip and Cherie Sang.
Ramasekaran, Rohan Vuppala, Alex Welch, and Christina Zhao;
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