Valedictorian

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June 4, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — From a New Orleans homeless shelter to the top of his high school class, Elijah Hogan…
May 15, 2022
The New Orleans Advocate reported that Nadia James earned a 4.0 GPA and a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal…
graduation
June 7, 2019
Inspired to remember African Americans who have died at the hands of police, a Texas high school valedictorian decided to…
Tupac Mosely
May 22, 2019
Tupac Mosely rose from not knowing where he would lay his head to a path forward to college and beyond…
May 20, 2019
Two young women in Arkansas, who have a full resume of accomplishments through their high school years are leaving as…
valedictorian Jaisaan Lovett thegrio.com
July 4, 2018
Jaisaan Lovett worked hard in high school and rose up to the ranks of valedictorian. But when it was time
June 17, 2016
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana honors student and standout athlete who was blocked from participating in his graduation ceremony…
May 27, 2016
An Alabama teenager who graduated as the valedictorian of her high school and received millions of dollars in scholarship offers,
May 20, 2016
Andrew Jones graduated at the top of his class, but his Louisiana high school prevented him from participating in his graduation
July 1, 2015
theGrio REPORT - This year, the valedictorian of Wilson Magnet High School thanked her immigrant father - who also happens…
June 7, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Evan Young, the valedictorian of Twin Peaks Charter Academy, was not able to give his speech at…
May 26, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Trameka Pope of Wendell Phillips Academy High School in Chicago continues to defy everyone's expectations - just…
June 12, 2014
Today -- That Rashema Melson graduated at the top of her class surprised few at her Washington, D.C., high school.…
May 23, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Eighteen-year-old Ladarius Sapho has the best grade point average at his high school in Maywood, Illinois...
May 23, 2013
CLUTCH - Chelesa Fearce is a shining example of a student that didn’t let obstacles get in her way when…
February 27, 2012
11Alive News has learned the co-valedictorian flap in Gainesville is officially over. The second student, Charlie Bryant, has withdrawn from…
July 26, 2011
GAWKER - Kymberly Wimberly, an 18-year-old student in Arkansas, is suing McGehee Secondary School for allegedly not allowing her to…
June 27, 2011
NEWS ONE - We would like to congratulate ten outstanding graduates from some of the nation's leading historically black colleges…
June 24, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C - Almost a dozen students from Garinger High began summer school this past week due to an administrative…
April 12, 2010
A 21-year-old woman, Katie Washington, will make history May 16 at the University of Notre Dame as the school's first…