16 CCSD Students Selected For Governor's Honors Program

CANTON, GA — Sixteen Cherokee County School District students have been selected to take part in the prestigious Georgia Governor's Honors Program.

The four-week summer instructional program at Berry College in Rome for rising high school juniors and seniors is designed to provide students with academic, cultural and social enrichment “necessary to become the next generation of global critical thinkers, innovators and leaders.” Students live and study on the campus from June 17 to July 14.

Students apply for a specific area of study and are screened and interviewed locally and at the State level as part of the selection process for the prestigious program. The Cherokee County School District students selected for this honor, with their area of study noted, are:

Cherokee HS

• Jacqueline Johnson, Communicative Arts

Creekview HS

• Adam Morrison, Theatre
• Riley Ortega, Music
• Nathanael Seman, Music

Etowah HS

• Keirra Dodd, World Languages
• Megan Oglesby, World Languages
• Katherine Slacanin, Dance

River Ridge HS

• Lillian Dammann, Social Studies
• Alicia Mazzurra, Communicative Arts
• Billie O’Bryant, Social Studies

Sequoyah HS

• Brae Davies, Mathematics
• Olivia Goss, Communicative Arts
• Marko Petrovic, World Languages

Woodstock HS

• Ella Elbeck, Science
• Zakwan Khan, Social Studies
• Eliza Ndow, Social Studies

These students will be recognized by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian Hightower and Cherokee County School Board members at the board's May 17 meeting.

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