Coweta, Fayette and Spalding Students Join Largest Delta Community High School Apprentice Class to Date

Several local teens have been selected to participate in Delta Community Credit Union’s High School Apprentice Program, which accepted a record number of students. The 25 students chosen will work as part-time tellers during the 2025-26 school year at Georgia’s largest credit union. 

From Coweta County Schools, Newnan High School’s Janissa Bryant, Northgate High School’s Katiana Stanley, and East Coweta High School’s Andrew Thomas were selected. Hunter Jones and Asia Van Valen-Facey, seniors at the Foundry Academy, a private high school in Fayette County, are also in the program. In Spalding County, Griffin High School junior Kennedy Reed was selected as an apprentice.

Bryant and Stanley are serving as apprentices at Delta Community’s Newnan branch on Highway 34, while Van Valen-Facey is working at the Newnan branch in the Coweta Crossroads Shopping Center. Thomas is assigned to the Peachtree City branch in Braelinn Village Shopping Center, Jones is working at the Peachtree City Wisdom Road branch on Highway 74, and Reed is serving in the Fayetteville branch.

“We met a high number of impressive candidates during this year’s interview process, which inspired us to increase the number of students accepted,” said Emily Browning, senior recruiter at Delta Community. “We are proud to welcome the largest group in the program’s history and look forward to helping them develop valuable career skills as they support our branches and serve our members.”

Delta Community’s apprenticeships are coordinated through Georgia’s Work-Based Learning Program, which allows students to gain real-world experience, earn a salary and receive academic credit during the school year.

This year’s group represents 21 schools across 11 metro Atlanta counties. Since the program’s launch in 2006, Delta Community has trained 245 students, helping them build essential skills for careers in financial services and other professional fields.

Below is a list of this year’s high school apprentices:

Scarleth Acevedo, North Clayton High School

Parnika Bhimanapati, Alliance Academy for Innovation

Janissa Bryant, Newnan High School

Jonathan Carvalho, Woodstock High School

Melanie Castillo, Ola High School

Maggie Cordell, Etowah High School

Leslie Landaverde Gonzalez, Peachtree Ridge High School

Kyler Hyde, Union Grove High School

Hunter Jones, Foundry Academy

Maks Karalov, Osborne High School

Manvith Kolla, South Forsyth High School

Sayan Majhee, Alliance Academy for Innovation

Yuriel Ortiz, Lanier College Career Academy

Sai Patel, Osborne High School

Alex Peralta, Denmark High School

Anjiya Petani, Brookwood High School

Kennedy Reed, Griffin High School

Camdyn Smith – Westlake High School

Katiana Stanley, Northgate High School

Jonah Stowers, Osborne High School

Andrew Thomas, East Coweta High School

Nique Thomas, McDonough High School

Jalila Abdulazeez Usman, Dutchtown High School

Asia Van Valen-Facey, Foundry Academy

Brande Vicks, Hapeville Charter Career Academy