The Kiwanis Club of Savannah will  host the annual Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program on Tuesday, February 17th, at the Scottish Rite Freemasons Hall, 3001 Chatham Center Drive, Savannah GA 31405 at 12:00PM.

The program, now in its 68th year, is the most significant event in Chatham County to recognize and honor our top performing seniors. It is sponsored, administered, and promoted by the PAGE and the PAGE Foundation. Allen Fore, Vice President of Kinder Morgan, the corporate sponsor, will deliver the keynote address. 

Since its creation, the STAR program has honored over 30,000 students and the teachers they have selected as having had the most influence on their academic achievement. To obtain the 2026 STAR nomination, graduating high school seniors must have the highest score on a single test date on the SAT and be in the top 10 percent or top 10 students of their class based on grade point average.  A full list of the Chatham County award recipients is shown below.

STAR begins each year in participating high schools throughout Georgia when the STAR Student is named and chooses a STAR Teacher to share in this recognition. The students and their teachers are honored by their schools and receive special recognition in their communities from one of the more than 170 statewide civic organizations and businesses that serve as local sponsors of the STAR program.  The top student in the County will go on to compete with other students throughout the state.

The event is by invitation only. For further information or questions please contact Amy Davis, President of the Kiwanis Club of Savannah at [email protected].

For more information about the Kiwanis Club of Savannah, please visit their website at www.savannahkiwanis.org.

SCHOOL STAR TEACHER STAR STUDENT

Beach High School Kelsy Andersson Ligia Gaymon

Benedictine Joe Tvrdy William Routhier

Calvary Day School David Bergevin Joseph Kim

Jenkins High School Susan Mullis Nolan Tanner

Jenkins High School Kristen Wilson Siddartha Sarakadam

Johnson High School Amanda Fanelli Jacob Miller

Islands High School Stephanie Lash Holly Kachmar

New Hampstead HS Paris Viens Evelyn Chen

Groves High School Christopher Mehl Trinitee Fair

Groves High School Derek Boyd Dontay Palmer

Savannah Arts Academy Craig Sapp Aiden Lee

Savannah Christian Allyson Faircloth Suan Kim

Savannah Classical Karizma Tarrance Maria Martinez

Savannah Country Day AJ Goldman Ally Park

Savannah Early College Antoinette Kavoori Jacob Thorne

Sav-Chatham E-Learning James Edwards Xavier DesLauriers

Savannah High School Patrick Norris Markus Pinkney

St Andrew’s School Laura Gross Sage Lough

St Vincents Academy Daniel Snope Ayden McKenzie

Veritas Academy Sarah Crowe Oliver Payne

Windsor Forest HS Cameron Osborn Virginia Fogleman

Woodville-Thomkins HS Jennifer Hicks Zylee Slusser