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May 2008

A group of Wheeler Magnet students (Luna Zhang, Carmen Deng, Shruti Patel, Evan Cahill, and Allison Brackin) have collected generous donations ($500.00) from students, teachers and the Wheeler community. This money was sent to the Red Cross Society of China to assist in reconstructing new and strong school buildings for students and teachers who have lost their schools due to the devastating earthquake that occurred in Sichuan, China on May 12, 2008.

Congratulations to Michelle Olivier,' 08 who was named a Parade All America Soccer Player (see Sunday, May 25, 2008 edition in the AJC). She is the only female player in Georgia to be named!

Congratulations to our Magnet Director, Dr. Gregg Farmer and Wheeler teacher, Andrea Hawes, who received the Above and Beyond Award for the 2007-2008. Each year, the Academic Booster Club and the PTSA team up to honor 2 faculty or staff members who have gone “Above & Beyond”, giving their time and talents to help and encourage the students at Wheeler High School. The recipients have been nominated by staff, students or parents. The winners were announced May 15th at Honors Night.

April 2008

Congratulations to Senior Shelby Hines, who placed 3rd in the 400 (time: 56.6 seconds) in the Class AAAAA Girls Track and Field State Meet.

Congratulations to Santhosh Karnik who qualified for the prestigious 37th United States of America Mathematical Olympiad. Only about 500 students nationwide are selected from among nearly 12,000 participants in the AIME. The 9-hour USAMO exam will be administered at Wheeler in two parts on April 29th and 30th.

Congratulations to Shannon Mohler (’08), Nishant Prasadh (’08), Venkat Goli (’09), Santhosh Karnik (’09), and Luna Zhang (’11) who qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) which was administered at Wheeler in March.

Congratulations to Shelby Hines who finished 1st in the region in the 400 meters. She will compete at the state track and field meet on May 1. Shelby also recieved the Verizon Scholarship from Verizon Wireless.

Congratulations to Olivia Maurice who was interviewed by the Atlanta Journal Constitution Sportswriter Philip Giltman. View the article.

March 2008

Congratulations to the following Governor's Honors Program winners:

Morgana Arantes
Malvika Duphare
Ayanda Francis
Gabe Grisham
Noah Jaffe
Chris Leinweber
Noah Levine
Katie McCreery
Darpan Patel
Sahil Ramakrishnan

Dwight Stewart

Congratulations to Devon Long who was recognized as the county winner of the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition or STAR program. The STAR program recognizes outstanding high school students and the teachers who have been an important part of their achievement. Devon and his selected teacher, Gary Ravenscroft, will go on to compete in the regional competition.

Congratulations to Cindy Wang who won 1st place in the STATE Technology Fair competition.

Congratulations to the Wheeler F-1 in Schools team of Vanessa Aguilera, Melanie Wanigatunga, Zachary Reed, Lauren Kang, and Shannon O'Shea who won 1st place and Fastest Car in the state finals in Athens, Ga, last weekend. Their win qualified them for the National Finals.

Congratulations to Shannon Mohler,' 08, for being named as a semifinalist in the 2008 Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS). Often considered the "junior Nobel Prize," the Intel STS is America's oldest, most highly regarded pre-college science competition and heir to more than six decades of science excellence. Shannon's research paper is titled, "Factors that Contribute to the Increased Sensitivity of Naive T Cells to Fludarabine".

Shannon is Wheeler's 5th Intel semifinalist since 2004.

Congratulations to Jonathan Boardman and William Kline for placing first in the Cobb Paulding Regional Science Fair. Their project titled, "Designing an Effective Method of Tracking and Disabling a Vehicle using an EMP", also received an award from the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association.

Congratulations to Gabe Grisham and Maychee Zah. They were selected to be a part of the All State Orchestra to be held in Savannah. This is a very competitive event. Selection for participation is a huge honor!

Congratulations to Isaac Rose and Michelle Lee for their selection into the GMEA All State Bands this year.

February 2008

Congratulations to our boys who have been named to the CSCA All-County Team: Richard Cornelius - 1st Team and County Diver of the Year, Eric Pictor - 1st Team, Owen Sweitzer - 2nd Team, Ryan Sloat - 2nd Team, Mike Klodnicki - 2nd Team

The dedication of the Cathie Rees Banks Science Center & reception in honor of Cathie Banks was February 4. Ms. Banks was recognized for her many achievements and years of service, guidance and support in the field of science education.

Congratulations to the following debate team members for the debate tournament at Milton High School on February 1-2: Dami Aladesanmi, ' 11 and Anthony Altshul, ' 11 tied for first place in novice policy debate. Anthony Altshul also won the 2nd place speaker award in the Novice Division.

January 2008

See our Wheeler students in the MLK Day Celebration sponsored by the NAACP on Cobb County TV 23, beginning January 21 and continuing to January 30. Look for Vincent James,' 08, and Isaac Rose,' 08.

Congratulations to Michelle Olivier,' 08, who will be honored with the Bobbie Bailey Award for Athletic Excellence during Kennesaw State University’s 18th annual celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Feb. 4.

December 2007

Congratulations to Will Kline ' 08, who earned his Eagle Scout award last week in a ceremony at Troop #795.

Congratulations to James Fernandez who has achieved the designation of Carolina Master Scholar for the successful completion of three summer academic programs in Forensics, Medicine and Visual Arts. He will receive his Carolina Master Scholar Certificate from the Provost during an award ceremony at The University of South Carolina in early December.

Congratulations to freshman Zach Fenster who won the 18 Year Old Title at the Big Canoe Thanksgiving Junior Tennis Championship at Jasper/Big Canoe, Ga. Way to go, Zach!

November 2007

Congratulations to the Wheeler Science Olympiad Team! They placed third, out of 14 teams, at Westminster's Invitational on Saturday November 10th.

The following students placed in their events:
1st Astronomy- Matthew Rosenberg & Aaron Kauffman
1st Circuit Lab- Santosh Karnik & Katie Brasuk
1st Physics Lab- Santosh Karnik & Varun Saseenthar
2nd Fermi Questions- Santosh Karnik & Aaron Kauffman
2nd Health Science- Walter Kim & Katie Brasuk
2nd Herpetology- Thomas Webster & Pranay Gopinath
3rd Cell Biology- Cindy Wang & Michael Delvin
3rd Ecology- Cindy Wang & Varun Saseenthar

October 2007

Congratulations to the orchestra students who participated in the GMEA Solo/Ensemble Festival on Saturday, October 6. The following students received a Superior rating: Lisa Altshul, Shejuti Banik, Tim Carswell, Ahona Chatterjee, Amruta Divan, Renato Ferreira, John Franklin, Andrew Gaynor, Zac Goad (2), Gabe Grisham (2), Noah Jaffe, Rachel Lanquist, Megan Larisch, Makeda Lewis, Thurston Sandberg (3), LeDarion Thomas, Sophia Veitch, Maychee Zah. The following students received a rating of Excellent: Lisa Altshul, Amanda Chang, Angela Chang, Queenetta-tye Clark, Doug Kim, Megan Larisch, Sam Lui, Amanda O'Neal. Congratulation to all students who participated!

Congratulations to the Governor's Honors Program school winners who will represent Wheeler at the County interviews! We are very proud of these students and have high hopes that they will be successful both at the county and state interviews.

Technology: Greg Cobb, Noah Jaffe, Aaron Kauffman
Communicative Arts: Malvika Duphare, Avanda Francis Katie McCreery
Music: Zachary Goad, Aaron Fan, Thurston Sandberg, Ahona Chatterjee, Gabe Grishom, Maychee Zah
Theater: Noah Levine, Jonathan Williams
Visual Art: Wynton Redmond
Foriegn Language: Morgana Arantes, Arielle Arantes, Amruta Divan
Math: Chris Leinweber, Sahil Ramakrishnan
Science: Jake Panfel, Andrew Gaynor, Darpan Patel, Dwight Stewart

Congratulations to the Wheeler Robotics Team for winning 2nd place BEST overall award at the BEST competition on October 20. They also won 1st place for Table Display and Interviews & 3rd place for Project Notebook.

Congratulations to the 2008 seniors who were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program.

8 students were named National Merit Semifinalists. These students are in the top 1% of the 1.4 million students who entered the SAT/National Merit Qualifying competition, (PSAT/NMSQT): Mike Klodnicki, Devon Long, Matthew Martos, Shannon Mohler, Amanda O'Neal, Nishant Prasadh, John Seewoester, & Katy Wood.

17 students were named National Merit Commended students. They are in the top 4% of the 1.4 million students who entered the SAT/National Merit Qualifying competition, (PSAT/NMSQT): Jamil Ahmed, Johanna Arnold, Mollie Bryan, Alexander Cardin, Sabra Cordery, Tom Crawford, Sam Eisen, Andrea Gillis, Boxer Jones, Jeremy Kent, Will Kline, Megan Larisch, Ethan Ranney, Alec Regitsky, Anton Stoyanov, Stanley Wang, & William West

2 Students were named National Merit Achievement Scholarship Competition Semifinalists: Enente Ajayi & Andrea Gillis

September 2007

Congratulations to Richard Cornelius who was selected by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association of America, Inc. as a member of the All America Interscholastic Diving Team.

Congratulations to Stanley Wang,' 08, for scoring a perfect 800 on the Math section of the SAT.

August 2007

Congratulations to the most recent additions to our 800 Club; Devon Long,' 08, who made a perfect score of 2400, Alec Regitsky,' 08, Jeremy Kent,' 08, & Shannon Mohler,' 08, who each made an 800 on the Math section of the SAT, Katy Wood,' 08 made an 800 on the Critical Reading section.

Congratulations to Zach Fenster,' 11, seeded #1, who won the Country Club of Roswell Ga. Jr. 16yr old Championship on Aug 3, 2007. Zach is ranked and has competed in USTA State, Southern and National USTA Tournaments in the 16yr old division.

Congratulations to the Formula One team for placing 3rd at the National Formula One Technology Challenge. Team members Tyler Gagat, Shannon Mayne, Peter Moot, Shannon O’Shea, Garrett Stache, Lauren Titus and Melanie Wanigatunga competed at the F1 in Schools United States National Championship held in Nashville TN. Peter Moot also won the Autodesk Inventor Award for the most innovative car design portfolio.

June - July 2007

Congratulations to Janice Tiao,' 07 for receiving the first ever Women in Technology (WIT) Foundation Scholarship. Janice will use the 4-year, non-tuition scholarship worth $20,000 to pursue an education in molecular biology with a certificate program in engineering biology at Princeton University.

Congratulations to Santosh Karnik,' 09, who competed in the American Regions Mathematics League Competition at Penn State as part of the 35 member Georgia team. The team placed 5th out of 125 national and international teams.

Congratulations to our Magnet Seniors! They are moving on to Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Ga. Tech, UGA, Univ. of Michigan. Savannah College of Art & Design, University of Pennsylvania, Clemson, Ga. Southern, The College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, Boston University, Kennesaw State, Duke, Emory, US Air Force Academy, University of Southern Alabama, Southern Polytech, UNC - Chapel Hill, Penn State, Catawba College, Ohio State, Oxford College of Emory University, Georgia State, Auburn, & NC State. We wish you all the best!

May 2007

Congratulations to the Wheeler Formula One Technology Challenge Team. They came in 1st place in the state of Georgia and will go on to compete in the National competition this summer.

Congratulations to the Wheeler Geography Bowl Team for winning 2nd place at the High School Invitational World Geography Bowl on April 20. Team members are Brian Boda, Andrew Dawkins, Dillion O'Connell, Andrew Brock, Pranay Udatha and Luke Needel.

Congratulations to the Wheeler Science Olympiad Team who placed in the top three schools at the regional meet and placed 12th in the state tournament.  Many thanks to sponsor Ms. Season Smith and parent volunteer Sandra Webster.

Congratulations to Mary Courtney Delvin,' 07, who was named a Semifinalist in the 2007 United States Presidential Scholars Program. Mary Courtney was one of 505 semifinalists chosen from over 2,700 high school seniors nominated nationwide. Selection is based on superior academic achievements, leadership qualities, personal character and involvement in school and community activities. Mary Courtney was one of only three students in Cobb County and one of sixteen throughout Georgia to be named a semifinalist. Finalists will be named in May and honored at the White House.

Congratulations to the 7 Wheeler Magnet students who were selected to attend the Governor’s Honors Program this summer: Matt Rosenberg, Anastasia Marchenkova, Santosh Karnik, Megan Larisch, Devon Long, Nishant Prasadh & John Seewoester. Also congratulations to Michael Delvin who was named as an alternate in music. Matt & Anastasia were 2 of the 3 Cobb County students chosen in the area of Career Tech and Megan and Devon were 2 out of the 3 Cobb County students chosen in Biology. Santosh & Nishant were 2 of the 7 Cobb County students chosen in Math and John was one of the 6 Cobb County students chosen in Social Studies.

April 2007

Congratulations to the Wheeler Robotics Team, The CircuitRunners for winning the prestigious Engineering Inspiration Award at both the VirginiaFIRST Regional on March 3 & the Peachtree Regional on March 17! This award celebrates outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers within a teams school and community. The team also won the Volunteer of the Year Award at the Peachtree Regional.

Congratulations to Freddy Lu,' 07, for being named as a Semifinalist as well as a Regional Finalist in the Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition (YES). In addition, he has been invited to Washington, D.C. to compete for a Finalist position. Freddy's research paper was titled "Prevalence of Human Bocavirus in the United States" and included data from Rochester, Nashville, San Diego, and New Haven.

Congratulations to the following students who qualified to take the American Invitational Mathematics Exam: Thomas Crawford,' 08, Stephen Fry,' 09, Santhosh Karnik,' 09, and Darpan Patel,' 10. Each of these students scored high enough on the AMC 12 or AMC 10 to qualify to take this national math test. In order to qualify, students had to score a 97.5 on the AMC12 or a 117 on the AMC10.

March 2007

Congratulations to the Wheeler CircuitRunners VEX team for winning the FIRST Vex Challenge Inspire Award, the highest award given at the Georgia state competition. This award is given to the team the judges view that best exemplifies all components of the FIRST Vex Challenge philosophy, excels at the game challenge, acts with gracious professionalism and also understands how to communicate their experiences and knowledge to other teams, and the judges. Based on their robot performance, the team was 2nd seed going into the finals round of the competition. Their win earned a berth at the FIRST Vex Challenge World Championship Event, to be held April 12-13, 2007. Find out more

Congratulations to the Wheeler Sinfonia Orchestra and the Wheeler Chamber Orchestra who performed at the Georgia Music Educators Association festival on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Both orchestras rated a Superior--the highest score you can achieve!

Congratulations to Freddy Lu,' 07 who scored 800 on both the Verbal and Math sections of the SAT.

Congratulations to our magnet seniors who were named to Who's Who Among Students in American High Schools  and were chosen as Senior Superlatives. The list includes Blair Kim, Freddy Lu, Katie O'Shea, Mary Courtney Delvin, Janice Tiao, Sarah Riazati, Charles Bay, Devin Lyman, Vanessa Ng.

Congratulations to the Wheeler Science Olympiad team for winning 3rd place overall at the competition on Saturday, February 24. The team won first place in Chem Lab, Oceanography, Rocks & minerals & Wright stuff; 2nd place in Astronomy, Boomaliver, Etymology, Five Star Science, Forensics, Remote Sensing & Write it, Do it; 3rd place in Disease Detective; & 4th place in Circuit Lab, Designer Genes, Ecology, & Fermi Questions.

February 2007

Congratulations to Wheeler's STAR student, Janice Tiao, ' 07, and her STAR Teacher, David Slater, AP US Government teacher. Top SAT scorers at Cobb high schools have been nominated as state STAR students, sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators. Student nominees share the spotlight with a teacher they have named who has helped them in their academic career.

Congratulations to Wheeler's 9 National Merit Finalists: Mary Courtney Delvin, Caitlin East, Allison Gooch, Kristy Kao, Frank Li, Freddy Lu, Jake Robertson, Janice Tiao, and Jasmine Ye.

Congratulations to our newest 800 Club members, Katie O'Shea,' 07 and Vanessa Ng,' 07. Katie & Vanessa received 800 on the Writing portion of the SAT. We now have a total of 33 students beginning with the Class of 2004 that have scored an 800 on one or more portions of the SAT.

Congratulations to Vanessa Ng for being selected as a semifinalist for the 2006-07 Coca-Cola Scholars Program.

Congratulations to Janice Tiao, ' 07, for being named as a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS). Often considered the "junior Nobel Prize," the Intel STS is America's oldest, most highly regarded pre-college science competition and heir to more than six decades of science excellence. Find out more

Congratulations to the following debate team members for their success at the Milton High School debate tournament held on January 19 & 20. Novice division Abigail Halim and Sindhuja Surapaneni  5th place team, Abigail won the 12th place speaker award. Junior Varsity: Darpan Patel and Adam Cross 12th place team Varsity:Mark Gurevich - 1st place speaker award

Congratulations to wrestler, Peter Moot.' 10, He placed 5th in our Region. He is the alternate for the 112 weight class for the state tournament this week in the Gwinnett Arena.

Congratulations to Richard Cornelius, ' 08, who finished 6th at the State
competition! He also set another school record with scoring over 400
points and again qualifying for All American.

Congratulations to Robbie Turner,' 07, Owen Sweitzer,' 08 for finishing 14th in the Boys 400 free relay and for ranking 25th in the state!

GFCA State Championship 5th place! Congratulations to Varsity debate team members Kevin Plattenburg '07, Mark Gurevich '09, Caitlin East '07 and John Otsuki '08 for their 5th place team finish at the GFCA State meet on February 9 and 10 at Chattahoochee High School

January 2007

Congratulations to the following students who were chosen to participate in the District 12 Honor Band: Amber Reynolds, Andrew Boyd - 9/10 Concert Clinic Band, Cindy Wang, Jeffrey Seiden, Jenna Ball, Thomas Duggins, Jake McCabe - 9/10 Concert Honor Band, Uma Morjaria, Maya Robinson - 11/12 Symphonic Clinic Band, Allison Gooch, Isaac Rose, Tait Blanchard, Shannon Mohler - Symphonic Honor Band

Congratulations to Jenna Ball, Thomas Duggins, Jake McCabe , Isaac Rose, & Shannon Mohler for making 2nd round of All State auditions.

Congratulations to Allison Gooch for being selected to participate in All State Band.

Congratulations to the following Wheeler Swim and Dive team members who qualified to compete in the State Prelims on Thursday, February 8, at the Westminster School: Richard Cornelius, Eric Pictor, Owen Sweitzer, Rob Turner, Ryan Sloat, Brian Boda, Mike Klodnicki, Steven West, John Franklin, Lacey Turner, Blair Erickson, Hunter Jones, Chelsea Sexton, Melissa Zoino

Congratulations to Mary Courtney Delvin for being selected as one of 35 seniors in Georgia as a candidate for the Presidential Scholars Program. Approximately 2600 seniors nationwide are nominated. Approximately 140 will be chosen as Presidential Scholars. They will go to the White House in May for ceremonies if chosen. Learn more

Congratulations to Gabe Grisham,' 10 for being selected to be a part of the Georgia Music Educator's All State Orchestra. The event will take place in Savannah on March 1-3.

Congratulations to Richard Cornelius,' 08 for being this year's Cobb County boys diving champion.

 

December 2006

Wheeler High School was named one of the Top 32 High Schools in Georgia by Atlanta Magazine. Wheeler scored high in numerous areas, including : Schools offering the most advanced math courses, schools earning the most robotics awards, schools with the most recognized math and science magnet programs, schools earning the most journalism and literary awards, schools offering the most musical ensembles, and of course, schools with the best basketball team. Wheeler was compared to the most affluent and selective private and public schools in the seven county metro Atlanta area and was named in the top 32 Most Outstanding.

Congratulations to the CircuitRunners!
Wheeler High School's Robotics Team, The CircuitRunners, did it again at the South's BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) Competition in Auburn on Saturday. 44 teams from Georgia, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, Illinois, & Louisiana were competing. The CircuitRunners won the following awards:

2nd Place - BEST Award
1st Place - Project Engineering Notebook
Southern Company's Southern Style Award

Congratulations to the Wheeler's Varsity Math Team who placed 3rd overall in the Winter Cobb County Math Tournament and to Santhosh Karnik, who placed 2nd individually.

Congratulations to the Wheeler JV Math Team for their 1st place win at the Winter Cobb County Math Tournament and to Chris Leinweber, who placed 2nd individually and Darpan Patel, who placed 3rd.

November 2006

Congratulations to Wheeler's 2007 County Governor's Honors Program Winners. These students were successful in competing against nominees from all of the county’s high schools. Winning at the county level is a significant achievement! In order to attend the six-weeks summer Governor’s Honors Program, these candidates will face one more challenge: the state GHP interviews to be held over several weekends in late January and early February. We wish them the best of luck. Michael Delvin – Cello, Faraz Jamal – Technology, Santosh Karnik -  Math, Megan Larisch - Biology, Devon Long - Biology, Nishant Prasadh - Math, Anastasia Marchenkova – Technology, Jake Panfel – Chemistry, Matt Rosenberg – Design, John Seewoester – Social Studies, Mark Smyda – Biology, Ivanna Tate - Theater, Matt Torchia – Design 

Congratulations to the Wheeler JV Math Team for winning 2nd place at the Cobb County Invitational. Also congratulations to Chris Leinweber,' 10 who placed 5th in JV and Nishant Prasadh,' 08 who placed 8th in Varsity.

Congratulations to the Varsity Math Team for winning 3rd place at the Winter Cobb County Math Tournament and to Santhosh Karnik,' 09, who placed 2nd individually. Also congratulations to the JV Math Team for winning 1st place at the same tournament and Chris Leinweber,' 10 and Darpan Patel,' 10 who placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Congratulations to the Varsity Debate Team for receiving an invitation to compete in the prestigious Glenbrooks Debate Tournament in Chicago, Illinois the weekend before Thanksgiving, Nov. 17th-20th. The teams of Mark Gurevich,' 09 and Kevin Plattenburg,' 07 and Nithya Amaraneni,' 08, and John Otsuki,' 08, will be representing Wheeler in this tournament and we wish them the best of luck.

Congratulations to the following debate team members who excelled at the Cougar Classic Debate Tournament at Chattahoochee High School on Nov. 10 & 11. Nithya Amaraneni '08 and John Otsuki '08 Varsity - Octafinalists, Malvika Duphare '10 and Allison Lane '10 - Novice Quarterfinalists, Chandni Duphare '10 and Amruta Divan '10 - Novice Octafinalists Adam Cross. '10 and Darpan Patel,'10 - Novice Octafinalists. Top speaker awards in the Novice division included four Wheeler freshmen: Adam Cross, '10 - 2nd place, Darpan Patel - 3rd place, Alison Lane,'10 - 8th place, Amruta Divan,'10 - 9th place

Congratulations to the Wheeler Robotics Team, the CircuitRunners, for taking second place in the state for the coveted Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology, BEST Award. The team now travels to Auburn University on December 8 and 9 to compete in the regional tournament against teams from Florida, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Mississippi, and Alabama and Georgia . The BEST Build team members include : Alina Zelikovskaya Greg Cobb, Dwight Stewart, Michael Delvin, Kevin Robertson, Peter Moot, Robert Morales, Garrett Stache, Max Liu, Peter Deng, Ethan Banks, Sam Liu, Jake Dubin. Teacher mentors are Jeff Rosen, Al George and Chris Neill. Come out and cheer the team to victory at Auburn!

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected as school winners for the Governors Honors Program competition. These students will compete against other Cobb County school winners in November, and - - if successful - - will then progress to the state interviews in late January and early February. A special thanks to all the students who entered the GHP process and for all the faculty and administrators who helped select Wheelers representatives. Michael Delvin - Cello, Aaron Fan - Piano, Zachary Goad - Visual Arts, Shelby Hines - Dance, Faraz Jamal - Technology (alternate), Santosh Karnik - Math, Megan Larisch - Biology, Devon Long - Biology, Anastasia Marchenkova - Technology, Joy Monet Kajogbola - Dance, Jake Panfel - Chemistry, Nishant Prasadh - Math, Isaac Rose - Dance, Matthew Rosenberg - Design, Patrick Sandor - Communicative Arts, John Seewoester - Social Studies, Mark Smyda - Biology, Ivanna Tate - Theatre, Matthew Torchia - Design, Kathryne Wood - Communicative Arts.

Congratulations to debate team members Carol Bastos '10 & Alina Shlayen '10 for a second place finish at the Hidden Leaf Classic Debate Tournament held at Chamblee High School on October 21. Carol also won the 3rd place speaker award.

Congratulations to the following Magnet students who were selected to be a part of the Cobb County High School Honor Orchestra:
Abigail Halim,' 10, Gabe Grisham,' 10, Lisa Altshul,' 10, Amanda O'Neal,' 08, Andrew Gaynor,' 10, Megan Larisch,' 08, Prapti Pandey,' 09

Congratulations to Isaac Rose, ' 08, for for being selected drum major of the Wildcat Pride Marching Band 2006.

Congratulations to the students who were named National Merit Scholar Commended students in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship Program. They represent the top 4% of the 1.4 million students who entered the SAT/National Merit Qualifying competition, (PSAT/NMSQT). Ben Britzius, Rachel Brooks, Matthew Ellis, Alexander Hunt, Blair Kim, Uma Morjaria, William Panfel, Rose Peng, Kevin Plattenburg, Sarah Riazati, Michael Rudolph, Matthew Thornton, David Vandegrift, Kayla Whaley, Margaret Younker

Congratulations to the students who were named National Merit Scholar Semifinalists. They represent the top 1% of the 1.4 million students who entered the SAT/National Merit Qualifying competition, (PSAT/NMSQT). Mary Courtney Delvin, Caitlin East, Allison Gooch, Kristy Kao, Frank Li, Freddy Lu, Jake Robertson, Janice Tiao, Jasmine Ye.

Congratulations to the newest member of the SAT 800 Club, Michael Rudolph,' 07, who scored an 800 in math. We now have a total of 31 students beginning with the Class of 2004 that have scored an 800 on one or more portions of the SAT. View the 800 Club members

Magnet SAT Scores
The average composite SAT score for the Class of 2006 is 1893 and so far for the Class of 2007 it is 1932. Click here to see more details.

October 2006

Congratulations to the following debate team members for a great effort at the Winfield Scot Debate Classic held at Starrs Mill High School on October 13 & 14: Novice Policy: Darpan Patel '10 and Adam Cross '10 - semi-finalists, Caroline Bastos '10 and Lisa Altshul '10 quarterfinalists, Darpan Patel -2nd place individual speaker award, Varsity Policy: Mark Gurevich '09 and Kevin Plattenburg '07 quarterfinalists, Kevin Plattenburg, 3rd place individual speaker award, Mark Gurevich,  8th place speaker award

Congratulations to the following policy debate team members for the Sandra Worthington Silvers Debate and Speech Tournament in Calhoun, GA on Oct. 6th and 7th: Mark Gurevich '09 & Jeremy Kent '08 placed first in Junior Varsity. Mark also won the JV 4th place individual speaker award. Alison Lane '10 & Malvika Duphare '10 reached the octofinals in novice policy debate. Katie O'Shea '08 & Carol Bastos '10 reached the octofinals in novice policy debate. Darpan Patel '10 won the 5th speaker award in the Novice Division.

Congratulations to Magnet student Justin Valle, ' 09, for being named Wheeler's  Mr. Wildcat on Thursday night.  Isaac Rose, ' 08, was first runner up. Way to go, guys!

September 2006

Congratulations to Hena Haines, ' 09, who was selected to the Georgia Superintendent's Student Advisory Council. She is to serve on the board to address the educational concerns of students in Georgia. They received over 650 applications and 52 students were accepted.

Congratulations to Mary Courtney Delvin,' 07 for scoring 35 (out of 36) on the ACT. She scored a perfect score in Science, and in the following subscore areas: English Usage / Mechanics, Algebra, Geometry, Trigomometry, and Social Studies/Science Reading.

Congratulations to Pranay Udutha,' 10, who placed in the top 3 in the Senior Vocabulary Bee at the National Championships at Northwestern University in Chicago on August 26 & 27.

May 2006

Congratulations to the Class of 2006 for receiving acceptances from many prestigous colleges and universities. Visit our matriculation page for more information.

Congratulations to Lauren Hembree, ' 07 who was accepted into the Drexel University College of Engineering Mentorship Summer program.

Congratulations to John Watts,' 06, who was selected for the Marietta Daily Journal's 2006 All-County Boys' Tennis Team and to Matthew Martos,' 08, for receiving honorable mention.

Congratulations to Lindsay Haines,' 06, for being selected to the 20 member USA Today All-Star Academic Team. Click here for more info.

Congratulations to our 14 National Merit Commended Students: Matthew Ball, Vicki Bass, William Grier, Lindsay Haines, Robert Hunziker, Jennifer Johnson, Alex Kim, Anthony Lucadamo, Shivam Patel, Brian Plattenburg, Michelle Simpson, Stephen Smith, Eric Thomason, and Jessica Valle.

Congratulations to our 4 National Merit Semifinalist who all attained the status of National Merit Finalist: Jonathan Kent, Drew Regitsky, Lori White, and Lian Lian Zhu.

Congratulations to the newest members of the SAT 800 club. These students scored a perfect 800 on one or more sections of the SAT.
Kevin Plattenburg
- Verbal
Janice Tiao - Verbal and Written
Caitlin East - Math
Freddie Lu - Math

April 2006

Congratulations to the Circuitrunners, Wheelers robotics team for competing in the FIRST National Championships on April 27-29. Over 9500 students from around the world competed at the Georgia Dome. Students & teachers from Denmark spent last Wednesday at Wheeler attending classes before heading down to the Dome to compete. The team would like to thank parents, teachers, and mentors for their extraordinary commitment to robotics over the last few months. While a small dedicated group of students spent countless hours at Georgia Tech building the robot, others secured sponsors, created promotional material, prepared for judge interviews and scouted opposing teams. FIRST is an amazing collaborative effort.      

The Wheeler High School, Formula-1 in Schools Team, placed 1st at the State Technology Student Association Competition, in Perry, Georgia, this past weekend. Magnet students, Hunter Bobby,' 09, Tyler Gagat,' 09, Shannon O'Shea,' 09, Stefan Seville,' 09, and Lauren Titus,' 09, earned perfect scores for their oral presentation to the judges, as well as for their display board. The team's car was the fastest at the event. The students will be traveling to Dallas, Texas for the National Competition, and then will head to the U.S. Grand Prix in Indianapolis, Indiana to race their car against a team representing the U.K. This latter event will be broadcast on Speedvision.

Four teams from Wheeler qualified for and competed at the State Odyssey of the Mind tournament April 22.  This was the most teams from any high school in the state.  Wheeler earned a third and a second place.  The second place team has been invited to represent Georgia at the World Finals next month at the University of Iowa.

Congratulations to Kevin Plattenburg,' 07, and Vanessa Ng,' 07, on their selection by the 21st Century Leader program to participate in Leadership Unplugged: A CNN Experience to be held at Georgia Tech in June. Student leaders from around the state competed for the chance to participate in this one week leadership training program.

The State Department has just notified us of one more finalist for the Governor's Honors Program, bring Wheeler's total to 7 students! Sarah Riazati, has been invited to attend the summer program, in addition to the previously mentioned six. Here is the complete list of GHP winners:

Miles Gantt, Design
Frank Li, Math
Shannon Mohler, Math
Zlatomir Moldovanski, Theater
Imran Naser, Design
Kevin Rego, Biology
Sarah Riazati, Communicative Arts

Congratulations to Lindsay Haines,' 06, for being selected as a finalist in the Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition for original student research. Lindsay researched "Breast Cancer in Young Women". She will compete in Washington, D.C. on April 21-24. 

Congratulations to Matthew Orr '09, Vincent James '09, and Jonathan Boardman '08 who participated in the 58th annual Georgia Science and Engineering Fair held at the University of Georgia from April 5-8, 2006. Jonathan placed first in the Engineering Category on Effects of High Voltage on Induced Magnetic Fields. In addition he received the Georgia Tech School of Electrical & Computer Engineering Award and the U.S. Metric Association Award for his use of statistics. Matthew placed first in the Physics category on Insulation Efficiency. Vincent James placed second in the Earth Science & Space Science Category on which Insulators Regulate Extreme Temperatures Efficiently

March 2006

The Wheeler Odyssey of the Mind teams competed in the Dalton Regional Tournament. Two teams won 1st place while the other won 2nd place. All 3 teams will compete at the State Finals in April. Our last team will compete this weekend at the Lilburn Regional. Good Luck!

Katherine Tierney,' 07, and Zlatomir Moldovanski,' 07, placed 2nd and 3rd at the State Literary Meet held in Warner Robins on Saturday. Katherine scored 95 and Zlatomir scored 94. Way to go!

Wheeler High's Academic Bowl Team came from behind in an exciting match on Wednesday night to beat Madison County High School in WSB's High Q Competition. This win advances Wheeler to the Final Four round competition. The match will be aired on WSB Channel 2 on Saturday, April 2 at 8am. The team captain is Jonathan Kent,' 06. Janice Tiao,' 07, Matt Harris, and Nishant Prasadh,' 08, round out the team. Good Luck to these scholars as they continue to excel in the battle of wits.

Congratulations to the Wheeler Chamber Orchestra for receiving a Superior rating at the GMEA and the Sinfonia Orchestra for receiving an Excellent rating. Also congratulations to Mary Courtney Delvin, ' 07, and Lian Lian Zhu,' 06 for being selected to perform in the Cobb County Honor Orchestra and Melissa Knorr,' 06, for being selected to perform with the State's best in the All State Orchestra.

Congratulations to our National Merit Finalists - Jonathan Kent, Drew Regitsky, Lori White, and Lian Lian Zhu.

The Wheeler Robotics team, The CircuitRunners, won the Chairman's Award for the 3rd year in a row at the FIRST Peachtree Regional Robotics Competition this past weekend. They also won 1st place in the VEX Robotics Competition and the Challenge Award. Congratulations!
FIRST Peachtree Regional
Wheeler Robotics

Congratulations to the Wheeler Region Literary Meet Participants for winning three 1st places:
- Girls' Dramatic Interpretation - Katherine Tierney, ' 07
- Boys' Dramatic Interpretation - Zlatomir Moldovanski, ' 07
- Girls' Spelling - Sarah Riazati, ' 07

Congratulations to Mary Courtney Delvin, ' 07, and Janice Tiao, ' 07, who were selected to participate in the Summer Scholars Research Program at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University this summer and will have first hand experience in a biomedical field related to cancer research.

Congratulations to the Wheeler Robotics team who competed March 2-4 at the NASA/University of Richmond FIRST robotics regional in Virginia. The Wheeler CircuitRunners won the Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers Entrepreneurship Award. Sponsored by Kimberly Clark and Georgia Tech, the team would like to thank parents, teachers and mentors who work so hard to make the team successful. All students are invited to come out and watch the team at the Peachtree Regional at the Gwinnett Convention Center on March 16-18. Admission is free. For directions and a schedule, go to the event site: http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/2006/regional/peachtree.htm

The Wheeler Science Olympiad Team placed 4th at the Regional Tournament. They will be advancing to State on March 25. Among the medals won were:

1st place - The Wright Stuff - Michael Delvin, Matthew Rosenberg & Peter Deng
2nd place - Fermi Questions - Gary Miller & Bill Panfel
2nd place - Forensics - Janice Tiao & Cherry Yu
2nd place - Physics Lab - Santosh Reddy & Bill Panfel
2nd place - Storm the Castle - Gary Miller & Santosh Reddy
3rd Place - Write It Do It - Victor Ferrara, Gary Miller

Congratulations to Elisa Bossen, ' 07, on acceptance to the 2006 National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, held at Emory University, July 2006.

Congratulations to the Varsity two-person policy debate team of Mark Gurevich ' 09 and Kevin Plattenburg ' 07 who became one of five Georgia teams to qualify for the NCFL National Championship in Chicago in May. Kevin and Mark competed on February 25 in Carrollton, GA

February 2006

Congratulations to Frank Li,' 07, who scored an 800 on the SAT II Subject Test in Math Level 2C.

Congratulations to Bill Panfel, ' 07, who scored a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT.

Congratulations to Wheeler's STAR student, Drew Regitsky, ' 06, and his STAR Teacher, Lynn Barry, AP calculus teacher. Top SAT scorers at Cobb high schools have been nominated as state STAR students, sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators. Student nominees share the spotlight with a teacher they have named who has helped them in their academic career. Cobb County STAR students were honored at a banquet Feb. 20.

Congratulations to Blair Brackin, ' 06, who was honored at the Kennesaw State University's National Girls and Women In Sports Bobbie Bailey Award Ceremony on February 13. Female athletes from each Cobb County school were recognized and Blair represented Wheeler. Blair was nominated by Coach McDonald for her contributions to Wheeler's Swim and Cross Country teams.

Congratulations to Vincent James 09' whose story was featured for STORYline on TBS. His story was recently featured at the 2006 Great American Moments private screening on January 31, 2006. The story was also shown on TBS during the summer and fall of 2005.

Congratulations to the following Magnet students who have qualified to represent Wheeler in the State swim and dive meet on February 9th: Blair Brackin, Richard Cornelius, William Grier, Hunter Jones, Mike Klodnicki, Susie Klodnicki, Stephen Smith, Owen Sweitzer, Robby Turner.

Congratulations to Lindsay Haines,' 06, and Drew Regitsky,' 06, for being named semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS).
Often considered the "junior Nobel Prize," the Intel STS is America's oldest, most highly regarded pre-college science competition and heir to more than six decades of science excellence. Find out more.

January 2006
The following students were selected for the District 12 Honor Bands. They will perform at Kennesaw Mountain High School on Feb. 5. 

Honor Band: Matt Ball, Allison Gooch, David Hines, Alicia Lane, Toby Tatum, Zach Mendez, Jake McCabe

Clinic Band: Tait Blanchard, Andrea Colombo, Jessica Kortman, Cindy Wang, Amber Reynolds, Maya Robinson, Thomas Duggins, Uma Morjaria, Eric Thompson, Keturah Hollowell, Shannon Mohler, Isaac Rose, Lauren Titus.

Congratulations to Wheeler's 2005-06 Ga All-State Band honorees: Allison Gooch,' 07, and Tait Blanchard,' 07,. Also chosen as alternates for All State this year were Matt Ball,' 06, and Shannon Mohler,' 08. The All State Bands will meet and perform in Savannah, GA in early March.


Congratulations to Melissa Knorr,' 06, for being accepted into the 2006 All-State Orchestra for viola, which will be held in Savannah, GA.

Congratulations to Ben Britzius,’ 07, who earned an 800 on the Math section of the SAT taken November 4.

The Wheeler debate team is currently 9th in the state!
The Varsity policy debate team of John Otsuki. ' 08 and Kevin Plattenburg,' 07 won 5th place out of 58 teams at the Milton High School Eagle Classic on January 20 and 21. Nithya Amaraneni, ' 08 placed 11th in the novice division. 


On Jan. 26, the Cobb County School Board will recognize the Wheeler Robotics Team and the One-Act Play for their achievements. One-Act is State Champs, Best Actor at State, Regional Champion and Best Actress and best Actor for Region and they have been invited to perform for the state thespian conference.

December 2005
Governor’s Honors

Congratulations to the following students for making it through the county level for the Governor’s Honors Program. Good luck at the state level!
Kristy Kao- Communicative Arts, Frank Li - Math, Shannon Mohler - Math, Katie O'Shea - Spanish, Kevin Rego - Biology, Sarah Riazati - Communicative Arts, John Seewoester - Social Studies, Cherry Yu – Chemistry, Tierra Bardley - Visual Arts, Sarah Chang - Visual Arts, Matt Feury – Music, Douglas Kim – Music, Jessica Kortman – Music, Rose Peng - Visual Arts, Zlatormir Moldovanski – Drama, and Isaac Rose – Music, Will Kline - Technology, Miles Gantt - Design and Imran Naser - Design.

Congratulations to the following students who were chosen to participate in the Cobb County Honor Orchestra: Mary Courtney Delvin,’ 07, violin, Blair Kim,’ 07, cello, and Lian Lian Zhu,’ 06, violin. High School students from across the county auditioned to participate in this 4 day event.

Congratulations to Lindsay Haines ' 06 for being selected as a Regional Finalist and Drew Regitsky ' 06 for being selected as a Semifinalist in the 2005-06 Siemens Westinghouse Science Competition. Lindsay presented her research at the Regional Competition at Georgia Tech on November 18 & 19. Click here to find out more

November 2005

Debate Brings home the Gold for the second week in a row!
Congratulations to Mark Gurevich ’09 and Paris Brittain ’09 who placed first in the novice division of the Peach State Classic held at University of West Georgia in Carrollton, GA on November 18 & 19.

Congratulations to Paris Brittain ’09 and Mark Gurevich ‘09 who tied for first place out of 40 novice teams in policy debate and Cindy Wang ’09, who placed 7th in novice speaker award – novice policy debate and Zach Vaudo ’06 who was a quarterfinalist in Lincoln Douglas debate and 8th place Speaker award at the Cougar Classic held at Chattahoochee High School on November 11 & 12.

Congratulations to the Wheeler Robotics team for bringing home the Gold! The robotics team competed Saturday, November 5 in the South’s BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) robotics competition in Auburn Alabama. They won the overall “BEST Award” which is considered the highest achievement any team in the competition can accomplish. They also won:

  • 3rd place in the robotics competition
  • 1st place for most photogenic robot
  • 1st place team project notebook
  • 1st place for spirit and sportsmanship
  • 3rd place for most elegant robot
  • 3rd place for robot performance
  • “Southern Style” award that is sponsored by the Southern Company and voted on by all of the participating teams.

October 2005

800 Club

Two more Center for Advanced Studies students scored an 800 on the math section of the SAT's taken in October! Congratulations to David Vandergrift,' 07 and Lian Lian Zhu,' 06. Our "800 Club", students who have scored an 800 on one or more sections of the SAT, now has 20 members.

Math Team
Congratulations to the JV Math Team who placed 2nd out of 26 schools and the Varsity Math Team who placed 6th out of 37 schools at the Cobb Invitational Tournament on Saturday, October 29.

JV team member Santhosh Karnik,’ 09, placed first among all of the JV individuals and Venkat Goli,’ 09, tied for 7th...a remarkable showing considering the stiff competition. The other JV team members were Peter Deng,’ 09, Samuel Lui,’ 09, Stephen Liu,’ 09, and Mark Gurevich,’ 09.

Bill Panfel,’ 07, was the top scorer for Wheeler and placed 14th overall. Other Varsity team members were Frank Li,’ 07, Nishant Prasadh,’ 08, and Drew Regitsky,’ 06. The Varsity team was one of the few schools to score points on the difficult power question.

WHS Band
Congratulations to the Wheeler Marching Band who won first place and received all ones at the Forsythe Central High School in Cummings, GA on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Congratulations to the following seniors who were named National Merit Semifinalists: Jonathan Kent, Drew Regitsky, Lori White & Lian Lian Zhu.

Wheeler Circuitrunners take the BEST Award at the Georgia BEST Robotics Competition Oct. 22 at SPSU. The team also one 2nd place in the robotics competition, 1st place for "Most Elegant" robot, and 1st place for Best Project Notebook. They will be advancing to the South's BEST Regional Competition on Nov. 4-5 at Auburn.

Congratulations to the novice debate team of Paris Brittain ’09 and Mark Gurevich ’09 for qualifying as octofinalists at the Brookwood Maroon and Gold Forensic Classic Debate Tournament on September 29 and October 1.

Congratulations to Allison Gooch, ‘ 07, who was selected for the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. This is the 2nd year that she is playing the obeo with the ASYO.

Congratulations to the Freshman magnet students who were elected as Freshmen class officers: Mareva Bone – President, Cindy Wang - Vice-President, Hena Haines – Treasurer.

September 2005
Congratulations to the following students who were chosen to represent Wheeler Magnet at the NCSSSMST Conference in November at Georgia Tech. Seniors: Hershel Bhadsavle, Lindsay Haines, Joseph Ling, Drew Regitsky; Juniors: Mary Courtney Delvin, Blair Kim, Katie O’Shea; Sophomores: Miles Gantt, Jared Parker; Freshman: Michael Delvin; Alternates: Kevin Rego, Sarah Riazati, and Sarjan Zaveri.

Congratulations to Wheeler Debate team members who competed in Gainesville, GA on Saturday. Varsity Policy: Kevin Plattenburg ‘07, 3rd place speaker award, John Otsuki ’08, 8th place speaker award, Kevin Plattenburg & John Otsuki, 4th place team award. Dramatic Interpretation: Lindsay Haines ‘06, 5th place, Henna Haines ‘09, 4th place. Duo: Lindsay Haines & Henna Haines, 5th place team award.

August 2005
Congratulations to the newest member of the 800 club, Eric Thomason,' 06. Eric scored a perfect 800 on the math section of the SAT taken June 4.

Congratulations to Christy Cork, ’06, who received 3 Varsity letters last year for Cross Country, Swimming and Track. She was a Co-captain of both Cross Country and Girls' Track. In Cross Country, she received the "Drew Griffin Award" for Leadership. This was her second year to achieve 3V status.

Congratulations to Allison Hutto,’06,who will be receiving the 3V award for lettering in cross-country, cheerleading and soccer while maintaining a GPA of 4.2.

Congratulations to Kelsey Barber,’09, who brought home a 1st place blue ribbon in Show Jumping for the South Region at the US Pony Club Championships in Lexington, Virginia.

Congratulations to Blake Taube,' 08, and Ryan Will,' 07 who each earned three varsity letters last spring semester in cross-country, swimming, and lacrosse while maintaining an overall Magnet GPA of greater than 3.75.

Congratulations to incoming freshman Olivia Maurice who won the girls 16 singles title at the Georgia State Junior Open Tennis Championships in Rome.

Congratulations to incoming magnet students, Jake McCabe, Shannon O' Shea, Lauren Titus, Hunter Bobbey and Tyler Gagat who are part of the East Cobb Middle School Formula One (F1 in Schools) race team that won the F1 in Schools CAD/CAM Design Challenge national title in the middle school division and 2nd place overall at the Technology Student Association (TSA) Conference held June 28-July 2 in Chicago IL