Rockdale Youth Leadership celebrated the graduation of its Class of 2013, the second year of the revived civic and leadership education program run by the Conyers-Rockdale Chamber of Commerce and the STARS Program at Rockdale County Public Schools. 

(Pictured, in no particular order) Thua Barley, Chairman of the Board for the Conyers–Rockdale Chamber of Commerce; Susan Paul Smith, STARS project manager; Garrett Brundage, executive director of support services; and Jeff Rogers, work-based learning coordinator. The Class of 2013 graduates are as follows: (from Heritage High) Crystal Sipp, Danielle Shy, Jack Reach, Khadyah Gibby, Mycah Boland, Tyler Wilson, Valencia Williams; (from Rockdale County High) Ashley Rowe, Brionna Johnigan, Carly Moon, Cydney Jones, Shaneika Gayle, Taylor Jackson; (from Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology) Aliyah Hill, Carlan Ivey, Kennedy Miller, Natalie Smith; (from Salem High) Brani Gilbert, Brittney Kilgore, Devin Edwards, Hannah Watkins, Julisha Ford, Justin Campbell, Kayla Demercado, Kelsie Sanders, Kiana Clarke, Lane Powell; (from Young American Christian School) Chelsea Forbes.