Bladdimir Reyes-Alvarado, a rising senior at Cedartown High School, has been selected to participate at the 2019 NCCEP/Gear Up National Conference in San Francisco in July. Cedartown High School was only one of eight schools to receive a Certificate of Achievement at the Gear Up Georgia Conference. 

Gear Up provides a 12-week mentor/life skills program. Bladdimir attended the program and stood out among his peers from Polk and Floyd Counties to be chosen to go to the national conference.  

Polk School District is proud to have him represent his school, district, and the state of Georgia. 

Holly Robinson is a 2016 graduate of Cedartown High School. She was the valedictorian of her graduating class, as well as, Star Student. Holly just completed her junior year at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where she is majoring in neuroscience with a minor in music. Holly plans to pursue a doctorate degree in neuroscience.

Holly was just named as a 2019 Goldwater Scholar.  Holly is only one of 29 UAB students to ever receive this honor. This scholarship is awarded to students pursing a future in engineering, math, and science.  

You can read more about Holly, her accomplishments, and the Goldwater Scholarship at the link below:

https://www.uab.edu/news/campus/item/10477-three-uab-stem-undergraduates-named-goldwater-scholars

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