Submitted by Jasper Optimist Club
The Optimist Club of Jasper, local sponsor for the STAR Program (Student Teacher Achievement Recognition) is pleased to recognize the 2025 PHS STAR Finalists.
For almost 40 years the Optimists have recognized the PHS STAR Student and Teacher along with nine STAR Finalists with the largest and most unique local STAR Banquet in this statewide program.
The PAGE (STAR) program is administered and promoted by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE). Since its inception in 1958 the STAR program has honored nearly 30,000 students and the teachers selected as the most influential to their academic achievement.
To obtain the STAR nomination, high school seniors must have the highest score on a single test date on the three-part SAT and be in the top ten percent or top ten students of their class based on grade point average.
The Optimist Club of Jasper will recognize the 2025 STAR Finalists and their selected teachers along with the 2025 STAR Student, Jeremy Westbrook and his STAR Teacher – Mrs.
Christine Westbrook, at the annual STAR Banquet on Wednesday evening, March 12, 2025. The banquet will be held at 7 p.m. at Chattahoochee Technical College, 100 Campus Drive, Jasper.
