GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Mayfield and Graves County high school seniors who earned scores of 28 or higher on the ACT American College Test entrance exam are shown Tuesday afternoon, May 7.

Each May the Mayfield-Graves County Chamber of Commerce honors those STAR students and a teacher for each who was inspirational to them. STAR is an acronym for “Student Teacher Achievement Recognition.”

The students’ names are listed here alphabetically, paired with their most influential teachers:

GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Graves County High School junior Buddy Jackson has been selected for Tom Leach's 2013 All-Resilient Team.

He is pictured here with GCHS athletic director Doug Gloyd. Jackson has been dealing with diabetes since age 8. Despite wearing an insulin pump, he is very involved as a swimmer, wrestler, soccer manager, as GCHS Eagle mascot "Beaker," and in numerous choir and drama activities.

He recently was recognized in Louisville at the Kentucky High School Athletic Directors’ conference. The All-Resilient Team’s mission speaks to the concept. "‘Resiliency’ is one of the foundational concepts of athletic competition at any level. And the notion of recovery from a setback, i.e., adversity, is something we all must encounter at some point in our lives.

GRAVES COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Symsonia Elementary School’s site-based decision-making council selected Alison Gregory as its new principal Friday afternoon, April 12.

She will begin her new duties with the 2013-14 school year, replacing Lisa Gamble, who will retire this summer.

“We chose Alison because we think she is going to be a huge asset to Symsonia Elementary School,” said teacher Julie Robertson, who serves as vice-chair of the SBDM Council. “Her love is curriculum and instruction and we know that is a love of ours, too. We also think she is going to support us and take us to even higher levels of achievement. She has taught, been an assistant middle school principal, and LEAD Academy principal, so she brings a lot to the table for us.”