At its May 5, 2020, meeting the Rotary Club honored the Star Students from four North Jackson high schools: Jackson Academy, Jackson Preparatory School, Madison Ridgeland Academy, and St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and their Star Teachers. Those honored were as follow:
- Jackson Academy, Carter Elliott, and his Star Teacher Richard West-Griffin. Mr. Elliott will be attending the University of North Texas where he will be studying Jazz Piano.
Jackson Academy - Miles Johnson and his Star Teacher Sarah Shaw. Mr. Johnson will be attending the University of Alabama in the fall to study Aerospace Engineering
Jackson Academy - Anna Kathleen Ray and her Star Teacher Judy Mckeigney. Ms. Ray will be attending Dartmouth College in the fall
Jackson Prep - Hannah Grace Biggs and her Star Teacher Lauri Byrd. Ms. Biggs will attend the University of Mississippi in the fall
Jackson Prep - Olivia Clapp and her Star Teacher Beth Watts. Ms. Clapp will be attending Mississippi State University in the fall to study in the Early Entry Veterinary Medicine Program
Jackson Prep - David Crews and his Star Teacher Corinne Ciacco . Mr. Crews will be attending the University of Mississippi in the fall to study Computer Science
Jackson Prep - Nicholas Dean and his Star Teacher Kimberly Van Uden. Mr. Dean will be attending the University of Mississippi in the fall to study Pharmacy
Jackson Prep - Leigh Hardin and her Star Teacher Marsha Hobbs. Ms. Hardin will be attending the Honors College at the University of Mississippi in the fall to study engineering with the objective of attending medical school.
Jackson Prep - Olivia Moore and her Star Teacher Beth Watts. Ms. Moore will be attending the University of Mississippi in the fall to study English.
Jackson Prep - James Underwood and his Star Teacher Hunter Upchurch. Mr. Underwood will be attending Harvard in the fall to study sciences with the objective of attending medical school.
Madison Ridgeland Academy - Holly Hendry and her Star Teacher Matt Bramuchi. Ms. Hendry will be attending the University of Alabama in the fall to study biology with the objective of attending medical school to become a pediatrician.
Madison Ridgeland Academy- Arnob Iftekhar and his Star Teacher Matt Bramuchi. Mr. Itfekhar will be attending the University of Alabama at Birmingham to study pre-med with the ultimate goal of becoming a neurologist.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School - John Kees and his Star Teacher Thomas Riesenberger. Mr. Kees will be attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the fall to study Music.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School - Vinson Lu and his Star Teacher David Maier. Mr. Lu will be attending Rice University in the fall to study engineering.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School - Wake Monroe and his Star Teacher Ruth Holmes. Mr. Monroe will be attending the University of Mississipi in the fall to study biochemistry with the ultimate objective of attending medical school.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School - Toni Oluwatde and her Star Teacher Wesley Saylor. Ms. Ouwatade will be attending Yale University in the fall to study French.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School - Victoria Wang and her Star Teacher Dr. Krissy Rehm. Ms. Wang will attend the University of Mississippi in the fall with the objective of attending medical school.
The STAR Student program is a program of the Mississippi Economics Council and it seeks to recognize students for academic and ACT test achievement. Students are awarded a certificate and medallion as recognition upon becoming a STAR student.
The STAR student program does not directly award scholarships - any scholarship a student is granted is given through the Kelly Gene Cook, Sr. Charitable Foundation, Inc. or other outside organizations.
To be eligible for the STAR Student honor, a student may be a regularly enrolled senior or an approved dually enrolled student in an accredited public or private high school and or an accredited post-secondary institution. The student must be completing his or her last year of work and must be eligible to receive a diploma in the current school year. The student must have an overall ACT composite score of at least 25 and an overall average of 93 or above in selected subjects in the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and first-semester twelfth grades.
The STAR Student is asked to designate his or her STAR Teacher. The STAR teacher should be one of his or her elementary or secondary classroom teachers (active, former, or retired). The teacher selected is, in the STAR Student’s opinion, the person who has made the greatest contribution to the student’s scholastic achievement.
The Rotary Club of North Jackson congratulates these students and teachers. They are shown as a composite group in the following photo with Club President Greg Campbell who is second from the left in the top row.
