Alpharetta Teen Named Wesleyan School's 2017 STAR Student

From Wesleyan School: Alpharetta’s Angela Yang has been named Wesleyan School’s 2017 STAR student. Angela has selected Deborah Brown as Wesleyan’s STAR teacher who has had the greatest influence on her academic life.

Angela Yang has been offered admission to the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Georgia, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Southern California, and the University of Virginia, and has played a central role in establishing Wesleyan’s math and science teams. As a sophomore, she was selected to attend the Governor’s Honors Program in mathematics. Additionally, Angela works in layout design on the literary magazine, and also plays keyboards in chapel band.

Deborah Brown, Wesleyan’s STAR teacher, earned both her BS and MAT in mathematics from Georgia State University. Deborah has taught for more than twenty years and has taught the entire range of high school math courses at Wesleyan: pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Algebra II, Algebra III, Euclidean Geometry, Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and multivariable calculus. Beyond the classroom, she advises the Wesleyan math team and works in the math lab.

It is its 59th year, the STAR program is sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) Foundation, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, and the Georgia Department of Education. Since its inception, the STAR program has honored more than 25,000 exemplary students, as well as the teachers they have selected. To obtain the STAR nomination, high school seniors must have the highest score in a single sitting on the three-part SAT, taken through the November test date of their senior year and be in the top 10% or among the top 10 students in their class based on grade point average. Students and their teachers are honored by receiving special recognition in their communities from more than 165 statewide civic organizations and businesses.

We are honored to have Angela Yang and Deborah Brown represent Wesleyan as our STAR student and teacher for 2017. Congratulations to them both!

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