PAGE STAR
(Student Teacher Achievement Recognition)
The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program honors Georgia’s highest-achieving high school seniors and the teachers most instrumental in their academic development. Since its creation in 1958 by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the STAR program has honored more than 30,000 students. In the mid-1990s, the PAGE Foundation was asked to assume responsibility for the oversight, administration and promotion of the statewide STAR program. Every accredited high school in Georgia is eligible to participate in this preeminent student/teacher academic recognition.
Congratulations to all PAGE STARs!
Pictured from left are PAGE Foundation President Dr. Hayward Cordy, 2026 State PAGE STAR Teacher Jason Smith of PACE Academy, 2026 State PAGE STAR Student Dominic Hantula, a senior at PACE Academy, and PAGE Executive Director Craig Harper.
Pictured from left are PAGE Foundation President Dr. Hayward Cordy, SouthState Bank Senior Vice President and Senior Treasury Management Sales Officer Charity Brundage, 2026 State Runner-up PAGE STAR Student Adithya Upadhyayula, a senior of Northview High School, 2026 State Runner-up PAGE STAR Teacher Dr. Matthew Sylvester of Northview High School, and PAGE Executive Director Craig Harper.
Hear from the 2026 State PAGE STAR Winners:
How to become a STAR.
Students from every accredited high school in Georgia are eligible to participate in this preeminent student/teacher academic recognition. To be nominated as a STAR, Georgia high school students meet several criteria, including having the highest SAT score at their schools on any single test date through November of their senior year and being in the top 10 percent or top 10 students of their class based on grade point average.
High school STAR Students are asked to name their STAR Teachers, who continue with their STAR Students at every level of the program. The educator the students chooses may be any Pre-K through 12 classroom teacher in good standing in an accredited Georgia school system or private school.