The Rotary Club of North Jackson recognized STAR Students and Teachers from area schools during its April 19, 2022 meeting. Students and teachers from Madison Ridgeland Academy, St. Andrews Episcopal, and St. Joe Catholic were represented. The STAR program, sponsored by the Mississippi Economic Council and the M.B. Swayze Foundation, recognizes students who have an ACT 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. STAR Students choose their STAR Teacher. The following are the STAR Students and Teachers that were recognized; John David Phillips (Matt Bramuchi) from MRA. Advikaa Anand (Thomas Risesenberger), Raymond Huang (Nancy Rivas), Mary Elizabeth Kees (Emily Jones), Jacob McGrath (Carolyn Brown), Richard Miller (Sallie Moseley), Oluwadamiloju Oluwatade (Sallie Moseley), Rhodes Pharr (Gracie Bellnap) and Catherine Purvis (Hannah Halford) from St. Andrews. And John Provine (Ellis Riser) and Avery Calvert (Sister Maria Thuan) from St. Joe. Here is the link to the meeting video https://vimeo.com/704785099. Shown in the below photo are the STAR Students and Teachers recognized.
