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Class of 2012
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Carly Alexander

Sabrina Allen

Breanna Almeida

Clinton Anderson

Jonathan Anderson

Kaitlyn Anderson

Alyssa Anglin

Ashlee Basey

Avery Bates

Jonathan Becker-Megee

Joseph Behr

Andrea Bell

Anthony Bell

Lakota Bell

Cheyenne Bennett

Brittney Bishop

Courtney Blackburn

Charles Blosser

Justin Bohner

Olivia Boss

Jeb Brewer

Aubrey Brokaw

Gregory Brown

Madison Brown

Collins Broyles

Devin Buchanan

Brooklynn Burt

Kristen Cabe

Miranda Caffee

Anthony Capaforte

Rachael Carpenter

Jarrod Chasse

Matthew Cloer

Kyle Cochran

Aaron Coin

Courtney Collier

Hunter Collins

Jacquelyn Combs

Karey Conner

Miranda Cook

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Congratulate the graduating

Best Wishes to All the Graduates May all your dreams come true!

Class of 2012
We wish you all much success in your future endeavors!

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FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Ashley Crawford

Michael Crisp

Allison Custer

Dustin Daves

Mary-Anne Davey

Angela Deetz

Dean Dodge

Logan Dodge

Cade Doolittle

Tori Dragoo

Kaitlyn Elliott

Scott Elliott

Kayla-Kristin Emery

James Emrick

Andrew English

Emily Esterwood

Thomas Evans

Mariah Francescutti

Chanz Fritz

Tanner Gerber

Alecia Gerra

Jessie Giaquinto

Makayla Gibbs

Deena Gibson

Garrett Gibson

Colton Goembel

Lydia Hanson

Cody Harden

Olivia Hart

James Hartbarger

Thomas Hartley

Christian Healey

Savannah Herman

Katelyn Hesselbirg

Austin Holbrooks

Ashley Holland

Aaron Howell

Christa Irvin

Jesse James

Rikki Jay

Carli Keene

Cody Keener

Melanie Khioukhom

Morgan Landgrover

Jacob Langston

Nicholas Ledford

Lisa Lee

Jacob Lewis

Macey Lewis

Cody Lindley

Samantha Liseno

Kuteka Lopez

Jessica Mallonee

John Marr

Kaylee Marsengill

Jacob Martin

Benjamin Maslin

Autumn Mathis

Matthew Mathis

Zachary McCall

Michael McClure

Samantha McClure

Sloane McDowell

Ray McKinnon

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FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Rina Flores Meinders

Tori Mills

Lacy Millsaps

Ashley Moore

Caleb Moore

Candace Moore

Courtney Moore

Ruby Pichard Morales

Lori Morgan

William Neal

Chassity Newbold

Sean Nilan

Cameron Nordan

Brittany Norris

Eric Olvera

Graciela Ortiz-Morales

Bobby Parrish

Johnathan Parrish

Chelsea Passmore

Carly Payseur

Kacie Peck

Mary Peck

Shannon Pena

Lauren Penland

Cody Perkey

Rachel Phillips

Eric Phommakisone

Tanner Piper

Edward Placa

Levi Plouse

Tyler Pullen

Wyatt Qualls

Chelsie Raby

Nathaniel Raby

Yanet Rangel

Angelica Rios-Mata

Jazmine Robinson

Tyler Rodgers

Timothy Rodriguez

Katheryn Rogers

Andrea Rowland

Cynthia Rushton

James Russell

Danielle Ryan

Kaitlyn Sanders

Kristen Sanders

Jakob Sayer

Jessica Scott

Kristy Sheldon

Jerry Shepherd

Courtney Shuler

Sarah Shuler

Lindsay Simpson

Sarah Simpson

Kyle Sizemore

Nathaniel Smith

Carrie Southard

Kimberly Southard

Jeffrey Staffelbach

Jesse Stahl

Christian Stamey

Leah Stamey

Chelsea Stanfield

Anissa Steele

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FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL

Breana Steele

Rashaune Stevens

Alysia Stewart

Satori Stewart

Clinton Strain

Eryn Sueyklang

Jacob Tallent

Courtney Talley

Gregory Talley

Jordan Talley

Ansley Taylor

Crystal Thomas

Major Tice

Dayana Tito

Valerie Turner

Nicole Valley

James Viar

Jordan Waldroop

Logan Wallace

Samuel Wallace

Stefan Wallace

Kady Weed

Katelyn Williams

Deven Willis

Lena Wilson

James Wilt

Adam Wisman

Jordann Wood

Garrett Wood

Jacob Young

Parrish Young

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MACON EARLY COLLEGE

NANTAHALA HIGH SCHOOL

Adam Moody

Amber Dills

Ann Corvaia

Ashley Ritter

Canaan Awaad

Alexis Flaig

Dustyn Garrett

Laura McLucas

Gaitry Aruwani

Giovanni Goins

Joseph Cook

Katelyn Kasper

Mikel Morgan

Charles Neal

Josey Prince

Elizabeth Selby

Congratulations Class of 2012

Tomi Bailey Tracy McMahan Winta Le Zachariah Jones

Union Academy graduates the largest class ever

Brandon Ledford

Brittany Croston

Ethan Edwards

Kristopher Fair

Samantha Lugo-Langlois

Samuel Ramsey

Zachary Kirkland

Shelly Mathews

Frank Corvaia

The Class of 2012 at Union Academy is the largest graduating class in its history. Pictured (front row, L-R) Olivia Farias, Dusty Raby, Alexandra Simpson-Rich; (middle row) Avery Bates, Hannah Cromer, Mary Decoteau, Lena Williamson; (back row) Michael Morrison, Michael Mathis, Casey Holland, Brandon Welch and Stanley Rushton.

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HIGHLANDS HIGH SCHOOL

Alex Michaud

Amber Talley

Andrew Renfro

Austin Reese

Bryon Neumann

Cai Roman

Clay Creighton

Clay Dunn

Cody St. Germain

Cory Ramey

Danielle Shomper

Delaina Webb

Dylon Tucker

Elizabeth Strawn

Emily Munger

Emily Murphy

Evan Iezzi

Gabrielle Tilson

Isaac Beavers

Jenny Coram

Juliane Buras

Justin Rodriguez

Kaitlin Lewis

Kaycee Carver

Kristin Hedden

Meagan OBrien

Reta Thatcher

Sarah Scott

Savannah Taylor

Sayne Feria-Cruz

Stephanie Gleaner

Stephanie Smart

Taylor Hunter

Tim Fogle

Tyler Converse

Victoria Clark

Will Hedden

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Congratulations
my fellow students of the class of 2012! Thank you for your encouragement, patience and love.

RABUN GAP - NACOOCHEE SCHOOL

Andrew Philyaw

Akyah Atkinson

Alexander Kovaka

Alexander Recknor

My life is Blessed, Nash Broyles

Arthur Hanner

Brianna Hydes

Byung Yoo

Carette-Lynn Reynolds

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Christina Burch

Christopher Kelly

Collin Kelly

DJuan Seymour

Congratulations to the Class of 2012

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Alyssa Chin

Anastasia Kolousek

Anna Little

Anne Richardson

Chao-Husuan Liu

Charnice Charmant

Chenyang Jiang

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Haley Brennick

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RABUN GAP - NACOOCHEE SCHOOL

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Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

Congratulates its Class of 2012
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School is proud to present its Class of 2012. With 100% college acceptance, the 64-student class received 586 college acceptances and have been accepted to 169 colleges in 32 states and 3 countries, including 3 appointments to national military academies (U.S. Military Academy at West Point and U.S. Naval Academy). Over one-third will attend Top 50 National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges (based on U.S. News and World Report 2012 rankings), seven will play intercollegiate sports, and five will pursue degrees in the fine and performing arts. In addition, the 2012 graduating class had three National Merit Semi Finalists, one National Merit Award, one National Achievement Award, one Daughters of the American Revolution essay winner, and one System STAR student winner.

Kimberly Machuca

Latianna Nichols

Laurel Cummings

Lauren Petty

Congratulations Class of 2012!!!

Listed Below are the colleges and universities that Rabun Gap 2012 Graduates plan to attend:
Mi Na Park Mitchell Hardman Ning Yang Raymond Souder
Agnes Scott College Armstong Atlantic State University Barry University Berry College Boston University Clark University Coastal Carolina University College of William and Mary Davidson College Elizabeth City State University Emory University Florida A&M University Furman University Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Southern University Gonzaga University Harvard University Indiana University at Bloomington LaGrange College Lander University Mercer University Middlebury College Oglethorpe University Otis College of Art and Design Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Queens University of Charlotte Rhodes College Rochester Institute of Technology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick Savannah College of Art and Design School of Visual Arts Sewanee: The University of the South Smith College Southern Wesleyan University Stetson University SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome The NY Conservatory for Dramatic Arts-School of Film & Television United States Military Academy University of California at Irvine University of California at Los Angeles University of California at San Diego University of California at Santa Barbara University of Georgia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Louisville University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of Pittsburgh University of South Carolina Upstate University of St. Andrews (Scotland) University of Toronto University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin, Madison Wesleyan University William Woods University

Steven Sonu

Sun Yoo

Trenton Baker

Xia Huang

Jonathan McCraken

Jonathan Richards

Josiane Galley

Jungsoo Kim

Lauren Lyons

Lijin Huang

Mariah Parrill

Matthew Finaly

Ryan Gajda

Sarah Stackhouse

Savannah Brunn

Sheng-Hao Huang

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