Class of 2027

  • A young man with curly brown hair, wearing a black hoodie, sitting at a desk in front of a laptop, smiling slightly while looking at the camera.

    Jesse Arnold

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    26+ Club

  • Close-up of a teenage boy smiling, wearing a blue T-shirt and a light blue hoodie, indoors.

    Hayden Ashby

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP Scholar - 2025

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2025

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    AP School Recognition Award - 2025

    30+ Club

    NHS

  • A smiling teenage boy with short, curly brown hair wearing a maroon t-shirt.

    Rylan Ball

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    26+ Club

    SGA: Student Body President

    Accepted into Kennesaw State, Brenau University, and Covenant College

  • A young person with short brown hair, blue eyes, and fair skin with freckles. They are wearing a gray T-shirt and are in a room with bookshelves and various items in the background.

    Louden Bass

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    26+ Club

  • A young man with brown hair and fair skin standing in front of a whiteboard with writing on it, wearing a white and gray striped polo shirt.

    George Bednar

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    NHS

    Accepted into Kennesaw State and Dalton State

  • A young man with light brown hair, smiling, wearing a maroon T-shirt, standing in a room with boxes and a rainbow-colored plush item in the background.

    Luke Blevins

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    30+ Club

  • A young man wearing a gray baseball cap and black t-shirt, sitting at a table with a laptop.

    Darren Brown

    AP Scholar with Honors - 2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2025

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    26+ Club

  • A young man smiling in a classroom with other students blurred in the background.

    Kasey Buckner

    AP Scholar - 2026

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    26+ Club

    SGA

    NHS

    Accepted into Kennesaw State, University of North Georgia, Covenant, and Young Harris

  • A young man with brown hair, sitting at a desk in a classroom, smiling at the camera.

    Hayden Bunn

    AP Scholar with Honors - 2026

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar-2025

    SGA

    NHS

    Accepted into Wingate and UTC

  • Young man with short brown hair wearing a red shirt, smiling slightly, indoors.

    Brayden Bynum

    AP Scholar with Honors - 2026

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2025

    26+ Club

  • A young man with glasses and brown hair giving a thumbs-up while wearing headphones around his neck, in front of a blurred classroom or office background.

    Judah Cantrell

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    26+ Club

  • Young man with blond hair and blue eyes smiling and looking at the camera, sitting indoors with a window in the background.

    Matthew Carroll

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    30+ Club

    SGA

    NHS

    Accepted into the University of North Georgia, Charleston Southern, Bluefield University, and Young Harris

  • A girl with glasses smiling at the camera, sitting at a desk in a classroom, with a large screen and other students in the background.

    Zoey Carter

    AP Scholar - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    Accepted to Bluefield University, Valdosta State University, Lasell University, Regis University, Dalton State University, Tennessee Wesleyan University, Bay Path University, Lasell University, Salem College, and Young Harris College

  • A young woman with glasses smiling, wearing a gray sports jersey with 'Panthers Softball' printed on it, sitting at a table in a classroom with a whiteboard in the background.

    Maddie Champagne

    AP Scholar - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    26+ Club

    NHS

    Accepted into Georgia Southern

  • A young girl with brown hair and green eyes smiling at the camera, wearing an orange shirt, and sitting at a desk with a laptop.

    Stormi Chapman

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2026

  • A young woman with long, light brown hair sitting at a desk with a pen and papers, smiling with her hand resting on her cheek. Behind her are colorful posters on a bulletin board.

    Madison Clark

    AP Scholar - 2026

    Accepted into Kennesaw State

  • A smiling young woman with glasses and shoulder-length dark brown hair sitting in a classroom, wearing a black 'The Amazing Spider-Man' T-shirt, with others working at desks in the background.

    Catherine Compton

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    30+ Club

    SGA

    NHS

    Accepted into Mississippi State, Covenant, UTC

  • A young man with short dark hair sitting at a desk, looking thoughtfully out a window. He is wearing a gray Aeropostale t-shirt and has a notebook with handwritten notes and a closed Chromebook in front of him.

    William Cronnon

    SGA: Student Body Vice President

    NHS

    Accepted into Kennesaw State

  • A smiling young woman with braided hair, wearing a blue t-shirt with a graphic and a necklace, sitting at a table in a well-lit room.

    Shea Crowley

    AP Scholar - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    First-Generation Recognition Award - 2025

    26+ Club

    SGA

    NHS

    Accepted into Kennesaw State

  • A young woman with glasses and a light purple zip-up jacket sitting at a desk in a classroom, smiling at the camera. In the background, other students are working and talking.

    Campbell Crutcher

    AP Scholar - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    Governors Honors Program Semifinalist in Agricultural Reseach, Biotechnology and Science - 2026

    Governors Honors Program Alternate in Agricultural Research, Biotechnology, and Science - 2025

    SGA

    NHS

    Accepted into ABAC and Tennessee Tech

  • A young girl with long curly hair, braces, earrings, wearing a black hoodie with a tiger logo, smiling at the camera, sitting at a desk with a water bottle and laptop in a room with boxes and a filing cabinet in the background.

    Jaiden Duran

    AP Scholar with Honors - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    26+ Club

    NHS

    Accepted into West Georgia

  • A young person with curly red hair and light skin, smiling in a classroom with a colorful poster or book in the background.

    Aiden Everett

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

  • A smiling young woman with blonde hair sitting with arms crossed in front of a red and gold flag, wearing a navy blue T-shirt with 'Braves' written on it and a baseball bat graphic.

    Allyssa Gibson

  • A young person with curly blonde hair and fair skin, wearing a black Nike jacket, smiling softly in an indoor setting.

    Dakota Grady

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP Scholar - 2025

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    AP School Recognition Award - 2025

    30+ Club

    NHS

  • A woman with long dark hair and a white T-shirt sitting at a table in a room with a gray wall and cabinets in the background.

    Lupita Gutierrez Reyes

    Questbridge Finalist - 2026

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit - 2026

    Girls State Participant - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    2025 Governors Honors Program Participant

    26+ Club

    SGA

    NHS

    Accepted to UTC, Jacksonville State, Georgia Southern and Valdosta State

  • A young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes smiling at the camera, wearing a black t-shirt with shoulder cut-outs, sitting in a classroom with wooden shelves and books in the background.

    Jocelyn Hendrickson

    26+ Club

    Accepted into Brenau University

  • A young girl with brown hair smiling at the camera, sitting at a desk with a notebook and a pen. In the background, there are posters and other students in a classroom.

    Sawyer Grace Hulsey

    AP Scholar - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    30+ Club

    SGA

    NHS

    Accepted into Covenant College

  • A young man with curly dark hair, wearing black glasses and a gray hoodie, smiling and looking over his shoulder in a classroom setting.

    Carter Ipsaro

    AP Scholar with Honors - 2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2025

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    AP School Recognition Award - 2025

    26+ Club

  • Close-up of a young woman smiling, wearing glasses and a pink top, with a blurred background.

    Claire Jackson

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit - 2026

    2026 Questbridge College Prep Scholar

    Selected for the 2026 Governor’s Honors Program in Communicative Arts

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2025

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    30+ Club

    SGA

    NHS

    Accepted into Kennesaw State, UTC, Jacksonville State, and Valdosta St

  • A young man with short hair, light skin, and blue eyes looking at the camera with a slight smile, wearing a gray t-shirt with a blurred indoor background.

    Davey Kidd

    AP Scholar with Honors - 2026

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    AP School Recognition Award - 2025

    26+ Club

    Accepted into Bellarmine, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, Principia, Luther College, Lawrence University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bethel University-Minnesota, Bluefield University, Beloit College, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Thomas More University, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy-New York, University of Evansville, Upper Iowa University, Tennessee Wesleyan, Young Harris College, Wingate University,
    Valdosta State, SCAD and Kennesaw State

  • A smiling woman with glasses and braided hair wearing a black hoodie with a yellow 'Sun Studio' logo, sitting at a desk with a yellow pencil and notebook, in a classroom setting with other students and a red wall in the background.

    Lilly Landis

    Accepted into Tennessee Tech

  • A young man smiling, wearing braces and a gray hoodie, sitting indoors with a blurred background that includes a yellow wall and some posters.

    Logan Ledford

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2025

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    26+ Club

  • A teenage girl with light brown hair in a bun, wearing a gray hoodie, sitting at a desk with a notebook and a blue pen, smiling slightly at the camera in a classroom setting.

    Kylee Lee

  • A young woman with glasses smiling, sitting indoors near large windows with a green outdoor landscape visible in the background.

    Maddy Louis

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    26+ Club

    NHS

    Accepted into Kennesaw State, UTC and Covenant

  • Young girl with long red hair smiling at camera in classroom setting with students in background.

    Rachel Lukens

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    26+ Club

    NHS

    Accepted into Mississippi State, ABAC and Tennessee Tech

  • A teenage boy with short brown hair smiling and making a peace sign with his right hand in a classroom.

    Sebastian Mantyla

    AP Scholar with Honors - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    26+ Club

  • A young man with curly brown hair and glasses sitting at a desk, wearing a red shirt, with bookshelves and a desk in the background.

    Ethan Miller

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

  • A young man with curly brown hair and a bright smile, wearing a dark green shirt, sitting with a yellow pencil in front of him. In the background, there is a woman with glasses working on a laptop.

    Colin Neal

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    30+ Club

    NHS

  • A young woman with braided hair sitting at a table with a laptop in front of her, smiling. She wears a black sleeveless top and earrings, with a backpack and medical curtains or sheets in the background.

    Kate Neal

    AP Scholar - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    NHS

  • Young man with shoulder-length blond hair, glasses, wearing a black polo shirt with a 'Panther Robotics' logo, smiling at the camera in an indoor setting.

    Donnie Nichols

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP Scholar - 2025

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2025

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    AP School Recognition Award - 2025

    30+ Club

    NHS

    Accepted into MTSU

  • Ray Nichols

  • Abe Petherick

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

  • A girl with curly brown hair, glasses, and a green sweatshirt sitting at a table in a classroom, smiling and looking at the camera.

    Leigh Phillips

    AP Scholar - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    SGA

  • A young woman with reddish-brown hair and fair skin, smiling, resting her chin on her hand, wearing a dark gray sweatshirt.

    Kyleigh Pierce

    AP Scholar - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award-2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    SGA

    Accepted into Virginia Military Institute, Maryville College, Lee University, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at the New School, Mount Saint Mary’s University Los Angeles, Tennessee Wesleyan University, Young Harris College, and Kennesaw State

  • A young woman with long red hair, glasses, and freckles, smiling at the camera, wearing a gray sweatshirt with word 'NEW YORK' on it, in a classroom or office setting.

    Emmalee Putnam

    AP Scholar - 2026

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    NHS

    Accepted into UTC, Valdosta State, University of South Alabama, and Kennesaw State

  • A young woman with reddish-blonde hair wearing round glasses and a dark jacket, smiling subtly, indoors with a blurred background.

    Kaitlin Rhodes

    NHS

    Accepted into Western Carolina, Charleston Southern, Lee University

  • A young woman with long hair, wearing pearl earrings and a necklace, smiling while sitting at a table in an indoor setting.

    Sara Rosenbloom

    AP Scholar - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

  • A young woman with long braided hair, wearing a navy hoodie and a gold necklace, smiling at the camera in a classroom or casual setting.

    Amelia Sells

    DAR representative - 2027

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    GHSA Region 7-AAA Champion in Literary Analysis Essay - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2025

    AP School Recognition Award - 2025

    Governors Honors Program Semifinalist in Communicative Arts - 2026

    30+ Club

    SGA

    NHS

    Accepted into UTC

  • Young man with brown hair and freckles smiling at the camera, wearing a white t-shirt, sitting at a table with a red pen and a notepad.

    Chase Slagle

    AP Scholar with Distinction - 2026

    Horatio Alger Scholarship Winner - 2026

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP First-Generation Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    AP Scholar - 2025

    NHS

    Accepted into Dalton State

  • A young woman with blonde hair, wearing earrings and a necklace, smiling at the camera in an indoor setting with books or files on shelves in the background.

    Aubrey Turnipseed

    SGA

    Accepted into UTC

  • A young woman with long brown hair and a nose piercing, wearing a pink shirt, sitting at a desk in a classroom.

    Gracey Walcott

    Accepted into Dalton State

  • A young woman with red hair, blue eyes, and freckles sitting at a table, writing on a sheet of paper with a pink pen, with a laptop and a black smartwatch on her wrist.

    Elsi Wilhelm

    AP Scholar - 2026

    Georgia Certificate of Merit

    AP Rural and Small Town Recognition Award - 2026

    AP School Recognition Award - 2026

    26+ Club

    NHS

    Accepted into Anderson University and Covenant