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Akiele Nelson of Our Lady of Mercy High School was chosen by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 50 to attend 2019 Georgia Girls State at Georgia Southern University. She was also named Co-Director of the spiritual organization FLAME and chosen as a Junior Marshall for the Class of 2019 Baccalaureate & Graduation.Roswell Soccer Program’s Santos 14U Girls Blue Team won the Georgia Soccer State Cup on Sund
Akiele Nelson of Our Lady of Mercy High School was chosen by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 50 to attend 2019 Georgia Girls State at Georgia Southern University. She was also named Co-Director of the spiritual organization FLAME and chosen as a Junior Marshall for the Class of 2019 Baccalaureate & Graduation.Roswell Soccer Program’s Santos 14U Girls Blue Team won the Georgia Soccer State Cup on Sund
By Pamela Miller
July 25, 2019

Michelle Fisher of Peachtree Corners, Adis Halilovic of Winder, Michael Henderson and Naomi Williams of Decatur, Yeeun Kim of Suwanee, Julia Kirsch, Olivia Pearson and Aviv Rau of Atlanta, Marcia Saetang of Grayson, Amber Storey of Sandy Springs and Rachel Williams of Duluth graduated from Wesleyan University in May.

Bethany Tsismanakis of Atlanta graduated from Northampton Community College in May.

Edward Samuels, Georgia Kimmel, Oren Abusch-Magder and Julia O'Gara of Atlanta, Eli Shahar and Hernan Gallegos of Decatur, Harrison Rubin of Marietta, Megan Toner of Roswell, Lawrence Nelson of Stone Mountain, Ashley Alphonse of Powder Springs, Caila Bowen of Douglasville and Jheanelle Atkinson and Jheneal Atkinson of McDonough graduated from Tufts University in May.

Allison Annette Dawson of Alpharetta, Kaitlin Moore of Lawrenceville, Kristin Marie Dunstan of Decatur, Theresa Danielle Jones of Norcross and Rebecca Maeve Custer of Powder Springs graduated from Mary Baldwin University in May.

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