{"id":156437,"date":"2026-03-12T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=156437"},"modified":"2026-03-12T07:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:55:39","slug":"two-oxford-high-school-seniors-named-star-students-for-2025-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/two-oxford-high-school-seniors-named-star-students-for-2025-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Oxford High School Seniors Named STAR Students for 2025\u20132026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Oxford High School<\/strong> is delighted to announce that two of its seniors, <strong>Jun Jang<\/strong> and <strong>Renad Radwan<\/strong>, have been named 2025-2026 STAR Students by the <strong>Mississippi Business Alliance Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This prestigious recognition is awarded to seniors who have the highest ACT score at their high school and meet additional academic requirements, including maintaining an overall average of 93 or higher in English, mathematics, science, social studies, and foreign language courses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the STAR Student program, each recipient selected a STAR Teacher\u2014an educator who, in their opinion, has made the greatest contribution to their academic achievement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jun Jang selected Dr. Catherine Putnam, a math teacher at Oxford High School.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Renad Radwan selected Dr. Thomas Ardrey, choir director at Oxford High School.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Oxford High School\u2019s STAR Students will join honorees from across Mississippi at the STAR Education Celebration in Jackson, Mississippi, on April 9.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join us in congratulating Jun and Renad on this outstanding achievement!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" data-id=\"156438\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed.jpg?resize=640%2C961&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" data-id=\"156439\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=640%2C961&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-1.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>STAR Students Pictured Left to Right: Jun Jang and Renad Radwan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"156440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-2.jpg?resize=320%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-2.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-2.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/unnamed-3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"156441\" 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