Senior Spotlight: Jacob Mullen, East Gaston High
Jacob Mullen will graduate from East Gaston High School on Friday, May 28 as a member of the Beta Club, National Honors Society and National Art Honor Societies. Mullen spent all four of his high school years running cross-country and track at the school. He’s also an accomplished student artist.
Who has been your greatest influence and why?
MULLEN: My math teacher Mr. Michael Kaufman and my art teacher Mr. Justin Allison. Both of them have been excellent teachers and have made me want to pursue aspects of these subjects in my college career.
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Gaston County Star Students, Teachers announced
Sponsored by
The Gaston Gazette each year, the school district selects an exceptional student from each high school as the school’s Star Student.
Each student then named their respective Star Teacher, who had the greatest influence on the student during their Gaston County Schools education, and wrote an essay about how the teacher motivated and inspired them.
Each student honoree will receive a framed Star Student certificate and a Star Student lapel pin, and each teacher honoree receives an engraved Star Teacher trophy from
The Gazette.
The students and teachers are recognized during a ceremony and reception at The Schiele Museum in Gastonia, but the pandemic forced the cancellation of the in-person event in 2020 and 2021.
Signs include the student’s name, high school and the name and logo of the college or military branch they plan to pursue.
A single-side signs costs $18, and double-side costs $22. Sign proceeds will go directly to Share A Meal to help keep the shelves stocked with fruit cups, macaroni and cheese, microwavable meals and more.
More than 500 signs were ordered through the fundraiser last year. Though volunteers were swamped with executing and delivering those orders, it helped sustain Share A Meal through this school year, Carson said.
“I enjoy doing the signs. If we can get more people to help out, we could fill a similar number of orders.”
Gaston County Schools’ high school seniors will graduate together this May.
Gaston County’s nine traditional high schools – Ashbrook, Bessemer City, Cherryville, East Gaston, Forestview, Hunter Huss, North Gaston, South Point and Stuart W. Cramer – will each hold two ceremonies on Friday, May 28, at their respective football stadiums.
Highland School of Technology will use a different stadium on May 28 due to the small size of its stadium, as the ceremonies will adhere to 6-feet social distancing, according to the school system.
Families of graduating seniors who currently attend school Monday and Tuesday will attend the first ceremony, currently slated for 5:30 p.m.
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