Rainey Baker, Erin Corrigan-Smith and Jim Roberson of Berkmar Middle School, Sheila Harmony of Coleman Middle School, Anthony Piazza of Creekland Middle School, Liliana Tamaz and Elizabeth Wall of Dacula Middle School, Joe Herbert and Kari Salomon of Hull Middle School, Jennifer DaSilva of Jordan Middle School, Kristin Bergstrom of McConnell Middle School, Julie Wilkerson of Radloff Middle School, James Mitchell, Alicia Perkins and J. Antoine Shade of Sweetwater Middle School and Andrew Cox and Kim Chessman of Twin Rivers Middle School earned grands from Jackson EMC through the Bright Ideas grand program.

Ethan Gao of Alpharetta, Harris Barth and William Love of Atlanta, Billy Abdow and Chapman Barnett of Duluth, Ryan Davidson of Flowery Branch, Lucas Jinglov of Marietta, Shaun Cook of Peachtree Corners, Reed Sweigart of Roswell and Andrew Garger of Sharpsburg make up the Team Georgia golf team that was named 2017 PGA Jr. League Champions at Grayhawk Golf Club in Arizona.

Natalie Adan of Stone Mountain was honored with the Eugene H. Holeman from the Association of Food & Drug Officials of the Southern States for her valuable contributions to food protection.

Amelia Thomas of Loganville received the Fall 2017 President's Award for Academic Excellence for the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Valdosta State University.

Emily Dunn of Hampton and Jackson Howard of Jefferson both received grants from the Olmsted Foundation.

Christopher Ryan of Atlanta, Joshua Jones of Brookhaven, Brittany Barto of Canton and Devin Rafus of Lawrenceville are part of Georgia State University College of Law's Student Trial Lawyer's Association that won the William Daniel Mock Trial Competition for the second consecutive year.