Congratulations, graduates! Metro Atlanta families recently gathered to celebrate the graduating class of 2024. Here are the top students honored as valedictorians and salutatorians for local public and private schools.
Atlanta Public Schools
Atlanta Classical Academy
Andrew Heiskell (V) and Lauren Woods (S)
Benjamin E. Mays High Schoo
Forrest Cherry, III (V) and Mishayla Dunlap (S)
B.E.S.T. Academy
Emery Jones (V) and Joshua Salami (S)
Booker T. Washington High School
Kash Walton (V) and Brooke Shelton (S)
Charles E. Drew Charter School
Morgan Walker (V) and Frances Nicolson (S)
Coretta Scott King YWLA
Amariah Caudle (V) and Christina McKelvey-Fludd (S)
Daniel M. Therrell High School
Treyven Jamison (V) and Imani Stover (S)
Frederick Douglass High School
Dontavious Blount Jr. (V) and Chanel Sanchez (S)
George W. Carver Early College
Aynia Grimes (V) and Christina Perry (S)
George W. Carver STEAM Academy
Kiarra Horton (V) and Kamaria Anderson (S)
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
Kenedie Upshaw (V) Syania Brown (S)
Maynard H. Jackson High School
Liam Smith (V) and Samuel Finlayson (S)
Midtown High School
Shalin Bhatia (V) and Delia Schroeder (S)
North Atlanta High School
Jane Heller (V) and Miah Chien (S)
South Atlanta High School
Zachary Davis (V) and Meilyn Motino (S)
DeKalb and Fulton County Schools
Chamblee High School
Jack Bolte (Magnet Valedictorian), Joshua Jacks (Magnet Salutatorian), Hanna Lin (Resident Valedictorian), and Kai Henderson (Resident Salutatorian)
Cross Keys High School
Exhale Castaneda (V) and Floricela Bravo-Avendano (S)
Decatur High School
Gordon Lichstein (V) and Alexander Gurch (S)
Druid Hills High School
Terry Crawford (V) and Micah Burton (S)
Dunwoody High School
Neil Shah (V) and Naomi Kleber (S)
FCS Innovation Academy
Lakshana Ramanan (V) and Tanih Potula & Vihaan Narvekar (S)
Fulton Academy of Virtual Excellence
Andy Qu (V) and Brea Butler (S)
Global Impact Academy
Cyr Kamga (V) and Isabela Damian (S)
Independence High School
Myles Estime (V) Jasmine Valle (S)
Lakeside High School
Shreya Chatterjee and Matthew Phillips (V) and Zachary Murphey (S
North Springs High School
Christopher Yamamoto (V) and Aoi Chiara Misawa (S)
Riverwood International Charter School
Leah Perlman (V) and Ava Satisky (S)
Tapestry Charter School
Bethlehem Gidey (V) and Richard Holloway, Jr., Bram Rosenblatt, and Violet Todd (S)
Tucker High School
Epherata Zeleke (V) and Ava-Elizabeth Jacoby (S)
Private Schools
Atlanta International School
Martin Öman (V) and Claudia Canovas (S)
Atlanta Jewish Academy
Zellik Silverberg (V) and Asher Lytton (S)
Greater Atlanta Christian School
Ridgeway Price Ridenour (V) and Akhil Sarikonda (S)
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School
Colin Welden (V), and Hun Chi (S)
Holy Spirit Preparatory School
Alexia Riley (V) and Marlyn Pineda (S)
The Lovett School
Helen Darby Sands (V) and Bella Hope Infante (S)
Marist School
Alec Issa (V) and Brennan Ujda (S
Mount Vernon School
Bennett Bogdanchik (V) and Chase Perry (S)
Pace Academy
Morgan Goldstrom (V) and Brody Matthias (S)
The Weber School
Reese Oberkfell (V) and Ava Halpert & Rany Granath (S)
Wesleyan School
Josh Kavel (V) and Kallaghan Freeman (S)
The Westminster School
Albert Tang (V) and Bobby Xia (S)
Woodward Academy
Rishabh Jain, Aneri Patel, Anna Schwartz (V) and Clary Dunaway (S)
