Ten Students Named 2025 PAGE STAR Region 3A Winners

ATLANTA—Ten students and their teachers have been selected as Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) Region 3A winners for 2025.

The announcement was made on March 18 by Jo Breedlove-Johnson, PAGE membership services representative, at a luncheon hosted by Georgia State University’s College of Education & Human Development (CEHD).

Region winners include:

• Pope High School senior Aanchal Acharya and her STAR Teacher, Sharee Thomas
• Chattahoochee High School senior Srinidhi Chebrolu and her STAR Teacher, Matthew Sharp
• Decatur High School senior Renato Dell'Osso IV and his STAR Teacher, David Custer
• The Lovett School senior Charles Leone and his STAR Teacher, Kathy Butts
• Lambert High School senior Andrew Lin and his STAR Teacher, Stephanie Beaulieu
• The Westminster Schools senior Ashley Miller and her STAR Teacher, Tina Davis
• Wheeler High School senior Fiona Peterson and her STAR Teacher, Cameron Ward
• Alpharetta High School senior Ronak Vyas and his STAR Teacher, Ana Maria Gottlieb
• Pace Academy senior Stephen Yang and his STAR Teacher, Jason Smith
• Walton High School senior William Zhao and his STAR Teacher, Alan Farnsworth

The PAGE STAR program, in its 67th year, is sponsored, administered and promoted by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators. Since its creation in 1958, the STAR program has honored nearly 30,000 students and the teachers selected as the most influential to their academic achievement. To obtain the 2025 STAR nomination, 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.

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. Students then compete for school system titles, and those winners compete for region honors. Region winners compete for the honor of being named State PAGE STAR Student. STAR Teachers continue on with their STAR Students at every level of the program.

"We are very proud of these students and teachers and the academic excellence they exemplify," said Carla Tanguay, CEHD assistant dean for educator preparation and accreditation.

The Professional Association of Georgia Educators honors outstanding students and educators and encourages academic excellence through competitive academic initiatives such as PAGE STAR, the PAGE Academic Bowl for Middle Grades and the PAGE Georgia Academic Decathlon.

Photo caption: The 10 STAR Students selected to compete at the state level pose for a photo with their STAR Teachers during the Professional Association of Georgia Educators Student Teacher Achievement Recognition Region 3A Luncheon on March 18 at Georgia State University. (Photo credit: Shay Richards)