East Cobb, Marietta Students Named 2016 Georgia Scholars

ATLANTA, GA -- Several Marietta and East Cobb students have been named 2016 Georgia Scholars by the state Department of Education:

Pope High School

• Madison James
• Brittany Powell

George Walton Comprehensive High School

• Aditya Krishnaswamy
• Irena Kuan
• Lindsay McSwigan
• Abhita Moorthy
• Keren Park

Carlton J. Kell High

• Andrew Taylor

A total of 151 graduating seniors from throughout the state made the list.

Through the program, the department identifies and honors high school seniors who have achieved excellence in school and community life. The program is coordinated by the department’s excellence recognition office and through local coordinators in each public school system and in private schools throughout the state. Each Georgia Scholar receives a seal for his or her diploma.

Students eligible for Georgia Scholar recognition are high school seniors who exhibit excellence in all phases of school life, in community activities, and in the home. Georgia Scholars are students who have carried exemplary course loads during the four years of high school; who performed excellently in all courses; who successfully participated in interscholastic events at their schools and in their communities; and who have assumed active roles in extracurricular activities sponsored by their schools.

Here's a list of the other Cobb students who made the 2016 list:

Hillgrove High

• Charlie Boyter
• Alex Boyter
• Jacob Bristol
• Bunmi Fariyike
• Meghan O'Keefe
• Bryce Payne

Allatoona High

• Isabella Byrd

South Cobb High

• Jaster Francis