Emily Guy has been named Columbia Academy’s STAR Student for the 2023-2024 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC) Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program. The program will be held April 4, 2024, at the Clyde Muse Center in Pearl, Miss.
STAR Students are selected on the basis of academic excellence. Both American College Test scores and scholastic averages are compared to determine the school’s STAR Student.
Guy has chosen honors math and chemistry teacher Rebekah Bass as her STAR Teacher.
More than 550 STAR Students and STAR Teachers will receive recognition from MEC’s Education Celebration. The top-20 STAR Students — The ALL-STAR Scholars — will receive scholarships, and their STAR Teachers will receive awards provided by the Kelly Gene Cook, Sr. Charitable Foundation. The highlight of the Education Celebration will be the naming of the Mississippi ALL-STAR Scholar for 2023–2024 school year, winner of the coveted $24,000 Cook Foundation Scholarship.
