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David Holbrook Marissa Migneco Arcadian Freund
Adrian Shaffer Pradhyumna Vasishta Rohan Pandya
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Students Place at Georgia Technology Competition
Six students from Etowah, Woodstock Middle, E.T. Booth and Clark Creek placed first or third at the Georgia Student Technology Competition, which offers students in grades 3-12 the opportunity to showcase their skills through 16 categories: • David Holbrook, Woodstock Middle, first in Mobile Apps • Marissa Migneco, Etowah, first in Graphic Design • Arcadian Freund, Clark Creek, third in
Multimedia Applications • Adrian Shaffer, E.T. Booth, third in Game Design • Pradhyumna Vasishta, E.T. Booth, third in
Project Programming • Rohan Pandya, E.T. Booth, third in Graphic Design
Woodstock and Etowah Celebrate Future Educators
As part of National Teacher Appreciation Week in May, high schools, including Woodstock and Etowah, held signing day events to honor graduating seniors who plan to pursue careers in education.
Etowah High: Emily Collins, Lauren Giesler, Laurel O’Brien, Sarah Mock and Ryan Lofland.
Woodstock High: Victoria Giardina, Delilah Parkes, Gloria Houngblame and Casandra Brown
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Seniors Honored by Cherokee Sports Hall of Fame
Twelve class of 2022 graduating seniors were honored by the Cherokee County Sports Hall of Fame at the Enshrinement Banquet in May.
The organization recognizes the most outstanding male and female senior athletes from each county high school. Honorees are nominated by administrators based on the outstanding athletic contributions the seniors made during their high school career. This recognition is a separate program from the Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremony, honoring individuals who have distinguished themselves in the field of athletics in Cherokee County.
Congratulations to the class of 2022 honorees! • Cherokee: Caroline Goddard, golf; Jacob Silka, wrestling. • Creekview: Maya Maldonado, lacrosse and flag football; Andrew
Cory, wrestling. • Etowah: Kiersten James, softball and basketball; Jaiden Maddox, football, wrestling and track. • River Ridge: Gracie Hughes, softball; Brian Bradley, football. • Sequoyah: Delaney Harrison, swimming; Logan Webster, wrestling and football. • Woodstock: Bridget Utberg, basketball; Will Sumner, cross country and track.
Etowah rising senior Ila Prabhuram has been honored by the 21st Century Leaders nonprofit organization with its 2022 Georgia Youth Leadership Award. The annual awards recognize the “extraordinary achievements of 21 inspirational high school students from across Georgia and their commitment to leadership in their communities and schools.”
In addition to exemplary academic achievement, Prabhuram’s many accolades have included her appointment for three terms of service on the State Superintendent of Schools’ Student Advisory Board, and her selection for the Model Atlanta Regional Commission teen leadership program and Harvard University’s Making Caring Common Youth Advisory Board. She also founded a nonprofit organization, College Pathway, to assist low-income students in accessing higher education.
Prabhuram started an online magazine to amplify marginalized youth voices, is a regular contributor to Scholastic Teen Magazine and has served as editor for Etowah’s school newspaper. A member of Etowah’s Model UN, National English Honor Society and Flight Club leadership program, she also volunteers for the Sequoyah Regional Library System, the Borgen Project to combat global poverty, and Village Book Builders, through which she mentors students in Kenya.
Ila Prabhuram
Pradhyumna Vasishta Rohan Pandya Hailii Hammond Sophie Naliwajka
E.T. Booth Students Rake In Honors
E.T. Booth seventh-grader Pradhyumna Vasishta earned first place in the junior division at the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair and won a Broadcom Masters nomination. The Broadcom competition, sponsored by the Society for Science and the Public, is the nation’s premier science fair competition for middle school students.
Three E.T. Booth seventh-graders also placed at the state fair: Rohan Pandya, third; Hailii Hammond, fourth; and Sophie Naliwajka, fourth.
In addition, E.T. Booth Middle School earned second place in the 2022 statewide TomeCon Reading Bowl competition. Team members Ava Bourgault, McKenzie Ho, Olivia Jackson, Audrey Kelava, Norah Luina, Lillie McFarland, Rohan Pandya, Skylee Poirrier, Eva Schwartz, Mihini Senanayake, Ashley Spina, Pradhyumna Vasishta, Luke Wright and Hailey Yager competed, lead by coaches Jamie Stahler and Amanda Graves.
