Cherokee High School Senior Earns Perfect ACT Score

CANTON, GA -- Another Cherokee County School District senior has achieved a perfect score on the ACT. Cherokee High School senior Emily Costello earned the top composite score of 36 on the college entrance and placement test during its September administration.

On average, less than one-tenth of 1 percent of students who take the ACT earns the top score, the school district said.

Just last month, CCSD announced Woodstock High School senior Katherine Relick also earned a perfect score on the exam.

Exceptional scores of 36 provide colleges with evidence of student readiness for the academic rigors that lie ahead, according to ACT. The exam includes English, mathematics, reading and science sections; each section is scored on a scale of 1-36, and the composite score is the average of the four.

In addition to this accomplishment, Emily is currently one of the top 10 students in the Cherokee Class of 2018, an All-County Swim Team member and four-time state qualifier, and a Georgia Music Educators Association All State Band and District Honor Band selection, playing first chair oboe.

She is a member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club, Alpha-Gamma Service Club, Student Government Association and Marching Band, serves an attorney for the school’s Region Champion Mock Trial team, and is one of the founders and event managers for this years’ TedxYouth event at Cherokee High.

A Superintendent's Key Scholar, Emily earned the University of Georgia Merit Award, was selected for the Governor’s Honors Program as a sophomore in Music (Oboe) and Science, is a member of the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra, and serves as a junior counselor for Georgia Tech Women in Engineering (TEC) Camp.

Emily will be recognized by the Cherokee County School Board and Superintendent Dr. Brian Hightower at the board's Nov. 16 meeting.

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