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Savannah student named regional STAR
Jonathan Avila and father, William Avila, honored
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Regional STAR student winner and Jenkins High School (Savannah) senior Jonathan Avila, left, and his STAR teacher and father William Avila, center, are congratulated by Linda Woods after Wednesday's regional STAR Student/Teacher banquet at Georgia Southern University.
H.V. Jenkins High School’s Jonathan Avila, who earlier this year was named the Chatham County STAR Student, took home top honors during the Region 8 STAR Student/Teacher Banquet held Wednesday at Georgia Southern University. Avila was named the 2013 Region 8 STAR (Student Teacher Achievement Recognition) by virtue of outranking 15 other area students in SAT scores. The surprise announcement was anything but for Avila, who recorded a perfect 2400 on the exam.
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