Ann Didier of Bennett's Mill Elementary, Jana Justice of Braelinn Elementary, Erin Dalton of Cleveland Elementary, Amy Snyder of Crabapple Elementary, Angela Sattinger of Fayetteville Elementary, Allyson Merchant of Huddleston Elementary, Kathy Whetstone of Inman Elementary, Mike Grabhorn of Kedron Elementary, Penny George of North Fayette Elementary, Johnna Davis of Oak Grove Elementary, Kim Garner of Peachtree City Elementary, Victoria Saxon of Peeples Elementary, Natalia Nicker of Robert J. Burch Elementary, JoElen Mills of Sara Harp Minter Elementary and Corey Schoening of Spring Hill Elementary were nominated to represent their school in the 2018 Fayette County Teacher of the Year competition.

The North Fulton Community Improvement District named Tad Leithead of Alpharetta as the 2017 John Williams CID Leadership award honoree at the 8th annual CID Reception at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Melissa Martinez of Buford performed in concert as a member of Coastal Carolina University's CalypSamba world music percussion ensemble at Wheelwright Auditorium.

Christian Chan, Marcus Christian, Caitlin Cobb, Gavin Cunningham, Thomas Fallon, Brandon Gibson, Caroline Gold, Jeremy Jefferson, Lucas Mattos, Ciara Miles, Skylar Molina, Asheana Moodie, Matthew Moore and Kim Morgan of River Ridge High School were selected for District Honors Orchestra.

Randi Warren of Atlanta and Idalis Dixon of Mableton earned endowed scholarships at Baldwin Wallace University.

University of Maryland University College commemorated the life of Gen. John W. Vessey Jr. during a Veterans Day ceremony at the university.

Ryan Halsey of Marietta, Daniel Lavori of Powder Springs and Christopher Middleton of Peachtree Corners were named to Biola University's dean's list.

Emily Blom of Marietta is a member of Wheaton College's women's cross country team which won the 2017 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Championship.

Eve Webber graduated from Miami University.