Congratulations, graduates! Metro Atlanta families recently gathered to celebrate the graduating class of 2025. Here are the top students honored as valedictorians and salutatorians for local public and private schools in Rough Draft’s coverage area.
Atlanta Public Schools
Atlanta Classical Academy
Robert Boyd Balsley (V)
Ryan Parker Panessa (S)
Drew Charter School
Thihini Rachel Nagendran (V)
Kaelyn Denise Myers (S)
Benjamin E. Mays High School
Roni Villegas-Hernandez (V)
Ronan Villegas-Hernandez (S)
BEST Academy
Isaiah Brown (V)
Marcus Daniels (S)
Booker T. Washington High School
Elyssa Antonette Simmons (V)
Vivian Makayla Fuller (S)
Carver Early College
John Bullen Yile (V)
Zachariah Isaiah Ardister (S)
Carver STEAM
Brya La’Chaey Pitts (V)
Xente Lamont Harris (S)
Coretta Scott King YWLA
Amya Payne (V)
Summer Clark (S)
D.M. Therrell High School
Madison Herrington (V)
Adepeju Arogundade (S)
Frederick Douglass High School
Adonis Christian McCrary (V)
Rihana Deloris Williams (S
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
Warren Attucks Trawick (V)
Issata Abena Nkromo (S)
Maynard Jackson High School
Elijah Bernard Berkowitz-Douglas (V)
Ezra Michael Zyskowski (S)
Midtown High School
Benjamin Malcolm Pollet (V)
Lila Elise Duke (S)
North Atlanta High School
Christian Satcher (V)
Ana Beatriz Pinho (S)
South Atlanta High School
Diego Fernando Motino Fajardo (V)
Aniya Letrice Bent (S)
Fulton County Schools
North Springs High School
Sarah Meiselman (V)
Kingsley Amponsah (S)
Riverwood International Charter School
W. Bennett Oyler (V)
Ellie Ryan (S)
DeKalb County Schools
Druid Hills High School
Ellis W. Schroeder (V)
Amanda G. Philpot (S)
Decatur High School
Renato Dell’Osso IV (V)
Emma Fang (S)
Chamblee High School (Magnet)
Yonatan A. Nemenman (V)
Anish R. Konduri (S)
Chamblee High School (Resident)
Jannath Jamal (V)
Garrett C. Moore (S)
Cross Keys High School
Hemani Purkayastha (V)
Adriana Berduo-Roblero (S)
Dunwoody High School
Anna M. Siegel (V)
Wendell D. Rogers (S)
Tapestry Public Charter School
Raccoon Toppen (V)
Tayten Green (S)
Tucker High School
Yewoinhareg A. Gebrehana (V)
Melissa L. Moore (S)
Private Schools
Atlanta International School
Yaëlle Mathiot and Arabella Isaacs (V)
Rohan Shrivastava (S)
Atlanta Jewish Academy
Oliver Mason (V)
Shira Oami and Eliana Flusberg (S)
Ben Franklin Academy
Emily Crutcher (V)
Audrey Schmidt-Davis (S)
Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School
Mary Shamon Ayala (V)
Tyler Washington (S)
Greater Atlanta Christian School
Ethan Braswell (V)
Jayden Lee (S)
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School
Eliza Ambler (V)
Alexis Wolgast (S)
Holy Spirit Preparatory School
Pierce Hughey (V)
Alexander Jozefowicz! (S)
The Lovett School
Charles Leone (V)
Gisella Brok (S)
Marist School
Jonathan Lee (V)
Marshall Lisenby (S)
Mount Vernon School
Herris Fentress (V)
Ryley Fuller (S)
Pace Academy
Stephen Yang (V)
Olivia Resnick (S)
St. Pius X
Abigail Gregory (V)
Elliott Seng (S)
The Weber School
Daniella Zalik (V)
Molly Marcus (S)
The Westminster School
Augie Bunting (V)
Ashley Miller (S)
Woodward Academy
Ritesh Sachdeva (V)
Sophie Thomas (S)
