Richmond County's STAR Students and Teachers were honored on Monday. (WRDW-TV)

Monday, Feb. 11, 2013

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Richmond County school leaders honored a group of special high school students on Monday.

They are called STAR Students because they are in the top 10 percent or top 10 students in their class and have scored exceptionally well on the SATs.

The STAR Student is then able to pick their STAR Teacher, the educator who made the biggest impact on his or her education.

The teachers and students enjoyed lunch at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Reynolds Street on Monday.

"To see all these other people and to know I was chosen is very humbling. Through it, I'm able to recognize all those who made my achievements possible. It's every bit as much as their honor as it is mine," said Meiji Nguyen, a STAR Student at Davidson Fine Arts.

Nguyen says he's hoping to attend Georgia Tech in the fall and major in physics.

The full list of 2013 STAR Students and Teachers:

• A.R. Johnson Magnet High School
  
  (P) Ms. Lamonica Lewis
  
  Student: Miss Grace C. Schneider
  
  Teacher: Ms. Porsha Pollock
  
  Parents: Ms. Barbara Schneider
  
  
• Academy of Richmond County
  
  (P) Mr. Tim Spivey
  
  Student: Mr. William Bush
  
  Teacher: Mr. Scott Guinn
  
  Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Whatley Bush
  
  
• Alleluia Community School
  
  (P) Mr. Dan Funsch
  
  Student: Miss Josephine Hartney
  
  Teacher: Mr. Andy Hatfield
  
  Parents: Mr. Tom Hartney
  
  
• Aquinas High School
  
  (P) Mr. Chris Paul
  
  Student: Mr. Lewis Carter Wertz
  
  Teacher: Mrs. Ann Bell
  
  Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Alan Wertz
  
  
• Aquinas High School
  
  (P) Mr. Chris Paul
  
  Student: Mr. Jerome Villena Amurao
  
  Teacher: Mrs. Ann Bell
  
  Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Guillermo Amurao
  
  
• Cross Creek High School
  
  (P) Mr. Jason Moore
  
  Student: Miss Eleanor Ann Ferrara
  
  Teacher: Mr. Richard Ward
  
  Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Ferrara
  
  
• Curtis Baptist School
  
  (P) Mr. William Pevy
  
  Student: Miss Summer M. Hopkins
  
  Teacher: Ms. Debbie Lancaster
  
  Parents: Ms. Cherri Hopkins
  
  
• George P. Butler High School
  
  (P) Mr. G. Thompson
  
  Student: Mr. Amos K. Stukes
  
  Teacher: Dr. Pamela Ray
  
  Parents: Ms. Kisha Hailiu
  
  
• Hephzibah High School
  
  (P) Mr. Walter Reeves
  
  Student: Mr. Tyler Jermaine Abney
  
  Teacher: Mr. Brian Adams
  
  Parents: Ms. Lia Abney
  
  
• John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School
  
  (P) Mrs. Vicky Addison
  
  Student: Miss Meiji Minhtri Nguyen
  
  Teacher: Mr. Everett Cannady
  
  Parents: Ms. Jennifer Nguyen
  
  
• Lucy Craft Laney High School
  
  (P) Dr. Tonia Mason
  
  Student: Miss Heather Adel Yontz
  
  Teacher: Mrs. Cheryl Cofer
  
  Parents: Mr. Leonard Yontz
  
  
• T.W. Josey High School
  
  (P) Dr. Ronald Wiggins
  
  Student: Mr. Jeffery Robinson II
  
  Teacher: Dr. Shannon Moore
  
  Parents: Mr. Jeffery Robinson Sr.
  
  
• Westminster Schools of Augusta
  
  (P) Mr. Craig Johnson
  
  Student: Miss Hope Ghann Patterson
  
  Teacher: Mr. Randall Nichols
  
  Parents: Ms. Fonda Patterson
  
  
• Westside High School
  
  (P) Ms. Debbie Alexander
  
  Student: Mr. Ryan Eugene Thurmond
  
  Teacher: Mr. David Bradberry
  
  Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Gary Thurmond

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