G-Star Graduates Largest Class Ever!

An audience of 1800 parents, family and friends attended the G-Star Graduation Ceremony in the beautiful auditorium of the Florida Atlantic University Theater in Boca Raton this week.  Each year the number of G-Star graduates increases.  This year’s class of 204 students was the largest class ever for G-Star.  Over 1200 students have graduated from G-Star with 97% going on to the finest colleges and universities in the world.  Also this year, 44% of the students had a 3.5 GPA or above, and 22% had a 4.0 GPA or above.  The history of the school was recounted by the school’s Founder offering the students valuable insight into opening their own business or school in the future.  G-Star school of the Arts opened in 2003 with 150 students and ten persons on staff.  Today the school has 1100 students and 104 employees.  The Founder introduced seven of the original ten staff members who are still employed at the school:

Mrs. Kim Collins, Principal
Ms. Diana Bonacci, Director of Admissions
Mr. Wilson Plumb, IB Film Department Head
Mr. Travis Hagler, Data Processor
Mr. Alan Benjamine, Faculty Member, Entertainment Law
Mr. Larry DeCarmine, Faculty Member, Film
Mr. Greg Hauptner, Founder

            Special awards were given to top performing students:

Founder’s Courage Award – Melvin Sproull
Collins Academic Award – Shelley Martin
Bower Acting Award – Kyle Douglas
Plumb Film/Animation Award – Arden Jurskis
IB Award – Sarah Monaghan