Proud parents, brothers and sisters and other family members are packing auditoriums and stadiums across Reporter Newspapers communities to clap and cheer as local high schools confer hard-earned diplomas and special honors on hundreds of new graduates.

Here is a gallery of photographs of the valedictorians and salutatorians for the Class of 2016 at high schools in Brookhaven, Buckhead, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs. The schools provided the students’ names and photographs or made arrangements to have their photographs taken.

Atlanta Girls School

AGS val Jennifer Russ

Jennifer Russ

Valedictorian

Atlanta International School

AIS val Naveed_Matinfar

Naveed Matinfar

Valedictorian

AIS sal Shreyas-Krishnapura

Shreyas Krishnapura

Salutatorian­

Brandon Hall

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Tianqi “Dorian” Zhao

Valedictorian

Brandon-Hall-_-Sal-Pashali-Anvarov

Pashali Anvarov

Salutatorian

Chamblee Charter High School

Chamblee val 2 Aomeng Cui

Aomeng Cui

Valedictorian

Chamblee val 1 Mutasem Shopon

Mutasem Shopon

Valedictorians

Chamblee sal 2 Mati Alemayehu

Mati Alemayehu

Salutatorian

Chamblee sal 1 Joseph Lee

Joseph Lee

Salutatorian

Cross Keys High School

Cross Keys val David Nguyen

David Nguyen

Valedictorian

Cross Keys sal AgneleSewa

Agnele Sewa

Salutatorian

Dunwoody High School

Dunwoody val Parul Rai 4240307_3753848

Parul Rai

Valedictorian

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Caroline Kish

 Salutatorian

Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School

HIES val Will Epperson formal senior picture for media

Will Epperson

Valedictorian

HIES sal Greyson Burnett salutatorian formal for media

Greyson Burnett

 Salutatorian 

Holy Spirit Preparatory School

Holy Spirit val Lauren Bohling

Lauren Bohling

Valedictorian  

Holy Spirit sal Sarah Verlander

Sarah Verlander

Salutatorian

Lovett School

Lovett val Charlotte Lee

Charlotte Lee

Valedictorian  

Lovett sal Sarah Corning (1)

Sarah Corning

Salutatorian   

Marist School

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Nicholas Isaf

Valedictorian

Marist sal Christian McKittrick

Christian McKittrick

Salutatorian

Marist sal Courtney Peters

Courtney Peters

Salutatorian

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Mount Vernon Presbyterian School

Derek Liu

Valedictorian  

Mt Vernon sal Anandkumar_Anjana48

Anjana Anandkumar

Salutatorian

North Atlanta High School

North Atlanta Bethany (blonde) and Lydia (brunette) North Atlanta

Lydia Zemmali

Valedictorian

North Atlanta Bethany (blonde) and Lydia (brunette) North Atlanta

Bethany Bell

Salutatorian

North Springs Charter High School

North Springs val Sanjay John

Sanjay John

Valedictorian    

North Springs sal abi szabo

Abigail Szabo

Salutatorian                                     

Pace Academy

Pace val Andrew Wu_2

Andrew Wu

Valedictorian                      

Pace sal Johnny Reece_2

Johnny Reece

 Salutatorian                                                   

Riverwood International Charter School

Riverwood val Pascal Acree

Pascal Acree

Valedictorian

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Kyle Andrew Weil

Salutatorian

St. Pius Catholic High School

St. Pius X val Jackson, Edward.17140

Edward Jackson

Valedictorian

St. Pius X sal Jones, Anna.17283

Anna Marie Jones

Salutatorian

Weber School

Weber val Botwinick, Avi

Avi Botwinick

Valedictorian

Weber sal Bachner, Jessica

Jessica Bachner

 Salutatorian

Westminster Schools

Westminster val Folinus

Charlotte Folinus

Valedictorian

Westminster val Rekapalli

Pranav Rekapalli

Valedictorian

Westminster sal Mao

Ariana Mao

Salutatorian

Westminster sal Dorman

Josh Doman

Salutatorian 

Joe Earle is a former Editor-at-Large for Rough Draft. He has more than 30-years of experience at newspapers, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and was Managing Editor of Reporter Newspapers.