MOULTRIE, Ga. – The Children’s Cheer & Toy Shop pickup line wrapped around the building Tuesday morning as the shop staff opened up for its distribution day.
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From left are Colquitt County STAR Teacher Thad Brown, STAR Student Ashley Ma, Colquitt County High School Principal Jamie Dixon and Kiwanis Club President Connie Fritz. Submitted photo
MOULTRIE, Ga. â The Kiwanis Club of Moultrie proudly recognized the 2021 STAR Student and Teacher of the year at a recent meeting.Â
STAR stands for the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program, which recognizes Georgiaâs highest achieving high school seniors and the teachers who have been most instrumental in those studentsâ academic development. Â
Ashley Ma is this yearâs Colquitt County recipient with a 1380 SAT score, coming in at the top of her class, and she chose Thad Brown as her STAR Teacher. Brown taught Ma honors Georgia studies in the eighth grade, but heâs now the graduation specialist at the Colquitt County Achievement Center.Â