Valedictorians and salutatorians

The school year is ending and high schools are awarding hard-earned diplomas to hundreds of young men and women. During most graduation ceremonies, a few students are singled out as tops in their classes, the valedictorians and salutatorians for their schools. Here are the faces of the valedictorians and salutatorians for public and private high schools in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs. Photographs and students’ college plans were provided by their schools.

Chamblee Charter High School

Chamblee High magnet valedictorian Parth Agrawal — Valedictorian: Parth Agrawal – Rice University

Chamblee High resident valedictorian Hector Cruz — Valedictorian: Hector Cruz – Georgia Tech

Chamblee High magnet salutatorian Richard Liou — Salutatorian: Richard Liou – Georgia Tech

Chamblee High resident sautatorian Jourdan Jacksoni — Salutatorian: Jourdan Jackson – Boston College

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Cross Keys High School

Valedictorian: Vy Thuy Tran – Stanford University

Salutatorian: Javier Garcia – Reinhardt University

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Dunwoody High School

0275Val — Valedictorian: Eilidh Geddes – University of Georgia

0211Sal — Salutatorian: Kathryn Kutner – Georgia Tech

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Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School

kaki — Valedictorian: Catherine Weston Bennett – Davidson College

Georgakakos_Christina_097 — Salutatorian: Christine Blythe Georgakakos – Cornell University

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The Lovett School

Dalton_Ashley29 — Valedictorian: Ashley Summers Dalton – Yale University

Wiens_Avery132 — Salutatorian: Avery Elizabeth Wiens – University of Georgia

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Marist School

Valedictorian: Meghan Connolly – University of Pennsylvania

Salutatorian: Sophie Harkins – Princeton University

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Mount Vernon Presbyterian School

Kitt-Peterson-becomes-a-National-Merit-Scholar-Winner1-240x300 — Valedictorian: Christopher William Peterson – Georgia Tech

MV11SR1010_8026 — Salutatorian: Zackary Hunt Cook – Georgia Tech

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North Atlanta High School

gueorgui — Valedictorian: Gueorgui Terziev – Georgia Tech

grace — Salutatorian: Grace Shea – University of Wisconsin-Madison

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North Springs Charter High School

Megan-Rich3 — Valedictorian: Megan Elizabeth Rich – Georgia Tech

Salutatorian: Sara Lynn LeSage – University of Georgia

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Pace Academy

Valedictorian_Michael Hopkins — Valedictorian: Michael Hopkins – Yale University

Salutatorian_Kate Hornor — Salutatorian: Kate Hornor – Williams College

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Riverwood International Charter High School

Valedictorian: Mallory Hope – Vanderbilt University

Salutatorian: Sophie Schulman – Stanford University

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St. Pius X Catholic High School

Kauffman — Valedictorian: Lee Kaufman – U.S. Naval Academy

Salutatorian: J.D. Reddaway – Georgia Tech

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The Weber School

Rosa Ilyayeva - Weber Valedictorian 2011 — Valedictorian: Rosa Ilyayeva – Emory University

Leslie Gordon - Weber Salutatorian 2011 — Salutatorian: Leslie Gordon – Emory University

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The Westminster Schools

Weiss_Hannah059 — Valedictorian: Hannah Weiss – Bates College

Nash_Spencer_026 — Valedictorian: Spencer Nash – Harvard University

Klein_Melissa_019 — Salutatorian: Melissa Klein – Duke University

Fridovich-Keil_David 003 — Salutatorian: David Fridovich-Keil – Princeton University

The valedictorians and salutatorians for the Atlanta Girls’ School, the Atlanta International School and Holy Spirit Preparatory School have not yet been announced.

Sources: various schools