CCSD Celebrates its 2024-25 REACH Georgia Scholars

The Cherokee County School District is celebrating its new class of REACH Georgia Scholars!  

REACH Georgia is a statewide mentorship and college scholarship program for middle and high school students.  This is CCSD’s third year of participation with support from the Cherokee County Educational Foundation; four eighth-graders have been selected for this year’s class.

They are: Sara Chance of Mill Creek MS; Farrah Fascitelli of Teasley MS; Fernanda Hernandez of Woodstock MS; and Leila Morris of Dean Rusk MS.

The school district celebrated the scholars’ achievement with their families at a signing day-style reception followed by recognition by the Cherokee County School Board and Superintendent of Schools Mary Elizabeth Davis.

As part of Georgia’s Complete College initiative, REACH seeks to identify rising eighth-grade students who display academic promise and provide them with the academic, social and financial support they will need to graduate from high school, attend and complete college.  

REACH Scholars who complete program requirements receive as much as $10,000 in scholarship dollars at a HOPE eligible Georgia university or technical college.  The program requires participating students meet specific expectations for academic achievement, attendance, behavior and participation in academic coaching and mentorship meetings.  

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Sara Chance of Mill Creek MS

Farrah Fascitelli of Teasley MS

Fernanda Hernandez of Woodstock MS

Leila Morris of Dean Rusk MS