But administrators asked her to share the valedictorian honors with two others "to avoid the controversy they feared would follow having the first lone black valedictorian," the Washington Post reported.
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As the valedictorian of his high school class, my brother had the audacity to accept a scholarship from a local community organization, a scholarship dedicated every year to the school's valedictorian.
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He was captain of the football team, valedictorian and ambitious.
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He was on track for college scholarships and potential valedictorian.
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While not valedictorian, my diamond had made the dean's list.
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Shapiro, who has a stable instability, graduated as the valedictorian.
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Behold the Valedictorian of the Class of 2017 Kitten Cuddler Program.
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Blackledge earned the right to speak to his classmates as valedictorian.
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She was valedictorian of her high school class in Schulenberg, Texas.
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The valedictorian of her high school class, she complied without hesitation.
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I was a great student — 4.0 G.P.A., valedictorian, all that stuff.
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At Fordham, he was the valedictorian of the class of 1988.
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She believed her and graduated valedictorian of her Texas High School.
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This year, Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, Elmont's valedictorian, will face the same decision.
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Savoie was valedictorian at the Malibu college when she graduated in 2014.
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She was high school valedictorian and graduated from Stanford University with honors.
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Deontae, with a grade-point average of 4.5, is the class valedictorian.
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Onaba Payab was the first female valedictorian to graduate from that university.
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He was a state champion debater in high school and class valedictorian.
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Scalia graduated valedictorian of Georgetown in 1957 with a degree in history.
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But instead of recognizing her accomplishment with the title of valedictorian, as it had done throughout its 110-year history, the school named a white student with a lower GPA as Jasmine's "co-valedictorian" one day before graduation.
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Elbie Seibert is the 2019 valedictorian at Columbia High School in Nampa, Idaho.
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Yes, she still become valedictorian while grieving J.T.'s very shocking, bloody death.
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Dad buys billboard for son after school doesn&apost recognize him as valedictorian.
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Houston Catholic high school graduated its first ever black valedictorian in 119 years.
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Wentz, a valedictorian in high school, was smart, determined and easy to coach.
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I was a serious violinist and a valedictorian of my high school class.
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I studied emergency management at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, where I was valedictorian.
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Valedictorian&aposs graduation speech cut off after she brought up sexual assaults on campus.
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Last May, Crisp was giving a speech as the valedictorian of her graduating class.
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He would ultimately graduate valedictorian, from Brigham Young University with a B.A. in English.
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After being named his high school's valedictorian, Bezos worked as a cook at McDonald's.
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"First non-valedictorian DREAMer deported," he tweeted alongside an image of a beverage mug.
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He graduated valedictorian from Harvard College and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.
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Meet Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, valedictorian of Elmont Memorial High School in Elmont, New York.
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He completed college at Stony Brook University in three years and graduated as valedictorian.
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Cori, the valedictorian, is hoping to receive a "full ride" to Johns Hopkins University.
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The valedictorian, Chyna Campbell, took the stage and spoke about the value of perseverance.
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He graduated from high school two weeks before his 16th birthday as class valedictorian.
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"Typically what we've seen is one valedictorian," the sisters' mom, Lemi-Ola Erinkitola, told GMA.
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He matriculated from Georgetown in Washington, D.C., and graduated as valedictorian and summa cum laude.
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A pair of Ohio identical twins were named valedictorian and salutatorian of their high school.
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A valedictorian used her speech to call out counselors and criticize a 'regularly intoxicated' teacher.
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Once there, she studied hard, she recalled, and emerged as the school's first female valedictorian.
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"People think I am, like, some valedictorian," India Jackson said with a laugh on Wednesday.
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" As people cheered, though, the valedictorian issued a correction: "Just kidding, that was Barack Obama.
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Black students have been named valedictorian, Mr. and Miss Eunice High and, yes, homecoming queen.
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There, he doubled up on schoolwork and graduated as valedictorian of his class in June.
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"Since freshman year, I had made it my goal to be valedictorian," he told BuzzFeed News.
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University High School administrators worked closely with the valedictorian providing her guidance after reviewing her speech.
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Jenkins attends Girard College, a boarding school in north Philadelphia, and is this year&aposs valedictorian.
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She is getting that because she graduated as valedictorian, and that's how it is in Texas.
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He is the valedictorian of his class, a precocious and skilled debater and a champion athlete.
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Ms. Fitzpatrick, 18, is in the running for valedictorian at Preparatory Academy for Writers in Queens.
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By 16, she had earned enough high school credits to graduate — and she did, as valedictorian.
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Pleasants was a high school valedictorian, who had offers from multiple colleges, according to his brother.
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But if McDonald's makes a "B"-plus biscuit, Chick-fil-A's baked breakfast bread is valedictorian.
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Sanchez, who is herself undocumented, told VICE the valedictorian narrative obscures the challenges undocumented youth face.
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A Texas valedictorian is facing online backlash after claiming that she is an undocumented immigrant on Twitter.
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He went on to be the valedictorian of his high school and was accepted to Georgetown University.
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But this angst and drive had also made me valedictorian and a human of somewhat likable weirdness.
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She further claims that Jasmine Shepard was the first black valedictorian in Cleveland High's 110-year history.
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I had been put on a pedestal in my small community — valedictorian, straight-A student, homecoming queen.
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Despite being homeless, this teen went on to become a valedictorian and won $3 million in scholarships.
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A California valedictorian used strawberries to give a powerful speech about 'migrant culture' and inspire her classmates.
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"Separate will never be equal," said Sherry Shepard, 53, the mother of Cleveland High's black co-valedictorian.
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He was a track star in high school and valedictorian of his class, CNN affiliate WWTV reported.
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Antani added that deciding not to specifically name a valedictorian creates an "everyone gets a trophy" culture.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' high school classmates gave up when he decided he wanted to be valedictorian.
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Don't wreck your health to become the valedictorian; don't try to carry more than you can bear.
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He was an Eagle Scout; played football, basketball, baseball and tennis; and was class valedictorian in 1955.
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Destiny Brannon's valedictorian speech at DeSoto High School in Texas on May 31 struck some familiar themes.
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That I became a miserable, rebellious valedictorian in New York, and found peace and friends in Michigan.
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Michael Oberholtzer is a socially challenged former class valedictorian who repeats the word "Hi" like a robot.
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Holy Cross valedictorian Christian Bales with student council president Katherine Frantz outside of their graduation in Kentucky Friday.
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A high school valedictorian said he was banned from speaking at his graduation because he was gender nonconforming.
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The petition, too, urges Cleveland High School to name Jasmine the sole valedictorian for the class of 2016.
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Bose isn't the first in this new class of Bluetooth-powered wearables, but it's gunning to be valedictorian.
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Joshua's school recently did away with naming a valedictorian and replaced it with the Latin honors ranking system.
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Ms. Ebert attended Thunder Hawk High School, receiving her diploma as the valedictorian of a class of four.
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I'll have you know, sir, that in high school we voted for valedictorian—it was a popularity contest.
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This New York valedictorian received a standing ovation after he come out as bisexual during his graduation speech.
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"By being valedictorian, I think that I can change some people's perspective about my race specifically," McGowan said.
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An Ohio GOP state lawmaker Monday introduced a bill to require public high schools to name a valedictorian.
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Usually the school notifies the students who earn the valedictorian and salutatorian honor in person, according to Floering.
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He graduated from the municipal gymnasium as valedictorian in 1938, giving his speech in white tie and tails.
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Destiny said being named valedictorian gave her parents something to be proud of and relieved some financial burden.
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"She's beautiful, and she was valedictorian, got a 1600 on her SATs and was the head majorette," she explained.
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Sherry Shepard said her daughter, Jasmine Shepard, was the first black valedictorian in Cleveland High School's 110-year history.
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One of the honorees, Alexus Lawrence, was her high school's valedictorian and plans to attend Brooklyn College next year.
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Savoie, who is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, attended undergrad at Pepperdine University, where she was her class' valedictorian.
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"Private Siddiqui was a son, brother and class valedictorian who believed this country represented freedom and opportunity," Dingell said.
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Alexis Peterson and Taykeetria Rogers are the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of Junction City High School's 2019 graduating class.
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A year later, as valedictorian of Howard Law School, she applied to Harvard Law School to do graduate work.
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Halfway through the valedictorian speech (about unity and togetherness, of course) there was a massive commotion in the stands.
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But one valedictorian took the opportunity to pull a political fast one on his heavily Republican community in Kentucky.
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She told me she'd been valedictorian of her high school class, she'd gone to Stanford, she was Miss America.
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Like many in his class, Jonathan Arcentales, the valedictorian, is the first in his family to graduate from college.
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He went on to Fordham University, graduating as valedictorian, and eventually attended law school at the University of Chicago.
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It's no wonder that Facebook posts end up being fully unhinged rants, diatribes, soapboxes, pleas, meltdowns and valedictorian speeches.
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Valedictorian, ASB President, World Champion, good SAT, and a couple handfuls of other involvements, so I would think merit?
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Valedictorian, ASB President, World Champion, good SAT, and a couple handfuls of other involvements, so I would think merit?
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Doctors said he'd only live to 5, but he's 18 ... and just graduated valedictorian of his high school class.
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Mosley, who was the school's valedictorian, explained that his family has struggled since the death of his father this year.
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She was her high school valedictorian and had a master's degree, though she also had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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As part of the distinction, Werth expected to give the traditional valedictorian speech, an honor he was looking forward to.
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In the rough draft of his valedictorian speech, Werth wrote about the struggles he faced in coming out as gay.
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His high school valedictorian speech was about space: how to colonize planets, build space hotels and save our fragile planet.
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Three graduates, including the class valedictorian, have been freed physically and returned to Sing Sing to pick up their degrees.
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As a Haitian immigrant who came to the U.S. when she was five, Merline graduated as valedictorian of her class.
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Make It New Grads Everyone remembers their class valedictorian: perfect grades, perfect test scores and in some cases, perfect hair.
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" â€" Christian Bales, 18-year-old valedictorian denied the right to speak at his own high school graduation https://t.
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But the city's most prominent high schools had yet to graduate a African American valedictorian in its 119 year history.
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For his part, McGowan said he was both honored and surprised to find out he was the first black valedictorian.
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Bezos was his high school's valedictorian and went to Princeton where he then thought he would become a theoretical physicist.
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He is graduating as valedictorian in June and plans to study computer science, with a special interest in artificial intelligence.
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She graduated from Swarthmore, and received a medical degree from Howard, where she was valedictorian of its College of Medicine.
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They will still receive their diplomas after completing eight hours of a campus beautification project, Valedictorian Kayla Hawthorne, 18, told PEOPLE.
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She was the valedictorian of her high school graduating class in 1984 and went on to study sociology at Stanford University.
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Few Mulberry High School graduates knew what to expect when their class valedictorian began her year-end speech with the words.
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A black student has become valedictorian at the St. Thomas High School in Houston for the first time in 119 years.
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After Seitz was named valedictorian, school administrators reviewed a draft of her speech and warned her several times about changing it.
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Valedictorian Kiyah Brown tells WREG-TV that she had her doubts, fearing that students in the combined school would remain separated.
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"If they would've told me before graduation that I wasn't valedictorian, then it would be a very different story," she said.
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Rajaram has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur where he was class valedictorian.
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She put it on the shelf next to the dictionary she had been given in high school, for being the valedictorian.
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No one thinks that a school owns the content of private speech by a valedictorian just because it occurs on school property.
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The bio also explains that Ryan doesn't like birds, is a "skilled tightrope walker," and was valedictorian of his high school class.
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At Girard, he earned straight-A's, took college classes, held an internship at a tech startup and was named his class valedictorian.
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I know more than the average Joe, but around here that's like the class valedictorian trying to hang with the Ivy League.
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High school valedictorian Mason Bleu put the pride in Pride Month when he ended his graduation speech by coming out as bisexual.
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Valedictorian Matt Easton said that he is "proud to be a gay son of God" during his commencement speech late last month.
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"Private Siddiqui was a son, brother and class valedictorian who believed this country represented freedom and opportunity," she said in a statement.
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After graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School, where he was class valedictorian, Mr. Davidson enrolled as an electrical engineering student at Cornell.
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Ron McMahan was the valedictorian of his high school class of 35 and the only one of them to go to college.
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As a boy he worked in the family's grocery store and was the valedictorian of his class at Rockford Central High School.
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The valedictorian, though, told The Louisville Courier Journal on Saturday that he quoted Mr. Obama because the president offered a good message.
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Later, Bezos was his high school's valedictorian, and then he went to Princeton, where he thought he would become a theoretical physicist.
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Diehl-Armstrong had been a talented student and valedictorian of her high school class, but as an adult she struggled with bipolar disorder.
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Well, all of that concern proves to be pointless when Liberty gives birth to a healthy baby boy and later becomes Degrassi's valedictorian.
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"I want him to be valedictorian of his class, and I want him to have over a million dollars in scholarships," she said.
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Triplets in Michigan are following in their older sister's footsteps after she graduated as the valedictorian of her high school three years ago.
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Christian Bales, the valedictorian at Holy Cross High School in Covington, Kentucky, was recently banned from delivering his speech at the graduation ceremony.
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The sisters told Good Morning America that although they are attending two different universities, they are proud to share the honor of valedictorian.
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Enrolling in a college preparatory program at the Attapulgus Vocational High School in Georgia, William graduated in 19933 as valedictorian of his class.
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"Holistic" admissions processes frequently focus on number of Advanced Placement classes taken, but bypass the valedictorian at the underfunded school with no APs.
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He left the family home in Kansas in his teens for the Hackley School in Tarrytown, N.Y., where he was valedictorian in 1951.
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He was the class of 1988's valedictorian, graduating first in a class of 650 with a degree in economics and political philosophy.
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So Christian Bales, valedictorian, and Katherine Frantz, the council president, used a bullhorn to give their talks Friday outside the ceremony in Northern Kentucky.
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"Because another black student was named valedictorian at Cleveland Central in 2018, the second spot had to go to a white person," she said.
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Appearing alongside her co-valedictorian, Heather Bouse, she defended the school district, saying students were given a choice of which high school to attend.
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Senior Brittany Stinson is the valedictorian of her high school and has been first in her class every year — she has a 4.9 GPA.
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"I was so shocked, and it is still very surreal," Uwamanzu-Nna, the Elmont Memorial High School valedictorian with a 101.64 GPA, tells PEOPLE.
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A white co-valedictorian spoke, followed by a black one, Jasmine Shepard, who argued that their educational experience had been enhanced by the diversity.
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Mr. Siddiqui, who was valedictorian of his high school class in Michigan, struggled to adjust, and a week after arriving said he was suicidal.
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In 1945, he graduated from Central High School in nearby South Bend, where he was valedictorian and the star quarterback on the football team.
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A nerd from the get-go, Morgan cultivated a love of chemistry in her teens and graduated as her high school's valedictorian in 1939.
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The local outlet reported that Simons graduated from Yoncalla High School in June as valedictorian and is studying at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg.
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The Paradise valedictorian wrote about the lessons he learned from the fire in his admissions essays to several schools, including University of California, Berkeley.
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The school is putting off naming a valedictorian and salutatorian for this year's graduating class, who are scheduled to receive their diplomas on May 22nd.
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DAD BUYS BILLBOARD FOR SON AFTER SCHOOL DOESN&aposT RECOGNIZE HIM AS VALEDICTORIAN "9 years later, I said YES to my best friend!" she wrote.
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Aubrey Plaza stars as virginal valedictorian Brandy Klark who decides to draw up a list of sexual escapades to complete before heading off to college.
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She told CNN last year that she believed Jasmine Shepard was Cleveland High's first black valedictorian, but that the school had had several black salutatorians.
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She attained a grade point average of 99.63 while taking college-level classes at her competitive high school, where she is valedictorian of her class.
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Brigham Young University (BYU) approved in advance the commencement speech of valedictorian Matt Easton in which he publicly came out as gay, KUTV reported Monday.
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" As one of the protesters was hauled out of the way, Rubio added to cheers and laughter, "Ladies and gentlemen, the valedictorian of Trump University.
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Ekblaw has a round face, long curls, and the earnest demeanor that comes with being a Girl Scout Gold Award winner and high school valedictorian.
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When he was 210, Wideman's family relocated to middle-class Shadyside, where he attended high school and became valedictorian and captain of the basketball team.
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One of the graduates, Alexus Lawrence, was her high school's valedictorian and will enroll at Brooklyn College next year to pursue a career as a pediatrician.
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Ben Bowling, this year's valedictorian at Bell County High School in Kentucky, pulled off one hell of a senior prank during his graduation speech on Saturday.
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She said she was also told by the principal before the graduation ceremony to remove the lines because they did not fall within valedictorian speech guidelines.
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The valedictorian banned from giving a graduation speech at his Kentucky high school believes the local church diocese stopped him from speaking because he's gender nonconforming.
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"This is the first time we have had a black female valedictorian and black female salutatorian," Joy Mason, the school's principal, told local NBC affiliate KARK.
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Ivan Brown is a NYSE lifer, having joined the exchange group immediately after graduating from New York University's Stern School of Business, where he was valedictorian.
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But four minutes into her graduation speech, the valedictorian says her microphone was abruptly cut off when she tried to mention being sexual assaulted at school.
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When I entered high school, another predominantly black institution, I graduated as the valedictorian with a 98 average, an advanced Regents diploma, and four AP classes.
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COVINGTON, Ky. – A Catholic diocese in Kentucky ruled just hours before graduation that the student council president and openly gay valedictorian couldn&apost give their planned speeches.
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She details the experimental treatment that she says "saved my life" in her new memoir, The Valedictorian of Being Dead, excerpted in this week's issue of PEOPLE.
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The valedictorian of his public high school, he was nominated for West Point by his congressman, Bob Dornan, a fiery hard-right favorite of the defense industry.
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A Florida school district has apologized to a high school valedictorian after she was abruptly barred from delivering a speech that mentioned immigration during the commencement ceremony.
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"I found a place where I can be myself and learn freely without the pressures I felt at my other school," said Amos, the 2016 Class Valedictorian.
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After graduating as valedictorian and class president from Hyde Park High School, he enrolled at Harvard, where he became the first black member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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Others see "success" measured by how many lives have been impacted through a noblebusiness venture, the parenting of Valedictorian children, or fulfilling a personal mission in life.
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Lovely Warren, the mayor of Rochester, allowed student Jaisaan Lovett, who also works as an intern in her office, to deliver his valedictorian speech at City Hall.
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But she was also editor of the newspaper, editor of the literary magazine, co-editor of the yearbook, co-captain of the soccer team and a valedictorian.
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On my own decision, I began attending the state school for the blind when I was 11, where I played sports and graduated as the school's valedictorian.
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The bright, peppy, Peruvian-born Alyssa (Raquel Castro), the class valedictorian, has the most difficulty compiling evidence for the lawyer, and is also the least developed character.
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Jada Warmington, the class valedictorian of Promise Academy 1, who graduated with a GPA of 96.48, said she was a "bit shocked" when the singer announced the news.
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He was a scholarship student at the Jesuit high school Brooklyn Preparatory (future Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was a year behind) and graduated as class valedictorian.
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In Covington, Ky., Holy Cross High School valedictorian Christian Bales was barred from speaking at his high school graduation ceremony after school officials took issue with his message.
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And on Saturday, Ben Bowling, the valedictorian of Bell County High School in Pineville, Ky., made an inspirational appeal that left his graduating classmates and their parents dumbstruck.
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She did everything she could to impress him, to win back his attention: ran for and won a seat on the student council in high school, became valedictorian.
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Mr. Bales, an 18-year-old with a passion for conservation science, worked hard at Holy Cross, a Catholic school in Covington, Ky., earning the honor of valedictorian.
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The couple met at Vanderbilt, from which they both graduated summa cum laude; the bride was valedictorian, and the groom salutatorian, of the College of Arts and Science.
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The valedictorian at a Dallas high school graduation said the principal cut off her microphone midspeech as she mentioned the names of unarmed black boys who were fatally shot.
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According to Zuschlag, the TCCA wouldn't allow him to play on boys' sports teams and even threatened to take away his valedictorian honors if he didn't undergo Christian counseling.
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She tells Baldwin of a time when she was invited to the governor's mansion as valedictorian of her high school class, but was denied access when she got there.
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More significantly, he distinguished himself at Waverly High School, which is some 40 miles from Ithaca, N.Y., teaching himself AP calculus and earning valedictorian status in his graduating class.
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It wasn't long after his story went public, however, that Owen, who was the valedictorian at his high school, was a full-ride scholarship to attend Georgetown last fall.
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The co-valedictorian of Jacksonville&aposs First Coast High School said he already had declined acceptance offers outside of Georgetown, which has refused to modify his financial aid package.
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"This is the part of my speech where I share some inspirational quotes I found on Google," Bell County High School valedictorian Ben Bowling said in his speech Saturday.
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Bezos was born the son of a teen mom, was valedictorian of his high school class, went to Princeton and started a career in finance in New York City.
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Valedictorian and student body president, on her way to Yale and then, she's certain, to a seat on the Supreme Court, Molly has played the meritocratic game to win.
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And I don't trust the type of people likely to appear on "40 under 40" lists, the valedictorian-to-Harvard-to-Rhodes-Scholarship types who populate the American elite.
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A single mother of two children with disabilities entered the program voluntarily and graduated as valedictorian of her nursing program with a full-time job that supports her family.
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A San Diego high-school student's valedictorian graduation speech has gone viral after she used parts of it to call out what she saw as disappointing behavior from school staff.
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Hornstine, who received special accommodations for a disability, had made national news when she sued her school system to ensure she would be the only valedictorian of her high school.
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A New York City high schooler says he feels as though a weight has been lifted off his shoulders since deciding to come out as bisexual during his valedictorian speech.
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It demands that Jasmine be named the sole valedictorian in a "declaratory judgment," and also asks that she be awarded monetary damages and any expenses accrued through the litigation process.
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The 18-year-old just picked up her college diploma — two weeks before she even graduates from high school, and she's doing it as a straight-A student and valedictorian.
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Peter Butera, the Pennsylvania high school valedictorian who had his microphone cut off when his graduation speech turned critical of school administrators, finally got a chance to finish his thoughts.
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Indeed, the valedictorian of DeKalb High School in Illinois gave up a scholarship to Northwestern University to pursue a modeling career -- and became the top-paid model in the world.
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Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, the valedictorian from Long Island, New York's Elmont High School, has a difficult choice to make next year: She's been accepted to all eight Ivy League colleges.
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Net worth: $138.8 billion Public education: High school Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos graduated from Miami Palmetto Senior High in 1982, where he was a straight-A student and the valedictorian.
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To the Editor: As a valedictorian and straight-A student through grad school, I saw myself in "What Straight-A Students Get Wrong," by Adam Grant (Sunday Review, Dec. 9).
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Airman Chialastri was the valedictorian of his 2013 graduating class at Woodlawn High School in Baton Rouge, La., Scott Stevens, the school's principal, said in an email on Saturday. Sgt.
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After graduating from New Utrecht High School as valedictorian, Walter completed a bachelor's degree in psychology at New York University and, in 1956, earned a Ph.D. from Ohio State University.
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The focus is also on two other Lethal Ladies: Cori Grainger, her class's quiet valedictorian; and Tayla Solomon, who is as dry as her mother, a corrections officer, is exuberant.
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He graduated ninth in the class of 201413 from Taylor's Harry S. Truman High School, a valedictorian with his pick of colleges, including a full academic scholarship to Michigan State.
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The valedictorian of his class, he had perfect test scores and had been the captain of his varsity tennis team, as well as a devoted volunteer for a variety of causes.
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Bales, who said he often wears makeup and traditionally feminine clothing to school events, found out he would be valedictorian of Holy Cross High School in Covington, Kentucky, three weeks ago.
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A California high school valedictorian was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. to ignore school administrators and speak out publicly against the treatment of sexual assault victims, including herself, during graduation.
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But she also applauded the valedictorian and salutatorian of the graduating class, who delivered rousing addresses on the importance of diversity and the hard-fought battle to break cultural barriers. Mrs.
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A Dallas high school valedictorian said the microphone was cut off during her commencement speech at graduation as she listed the names of black teens who were victims of police brutality.
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Seth Owen, a high school valedictorian from Florida whose parents ostracized him because of his sexuality, has reportedly been offered a full-ride scholarship to attend Georgetown University in the fall.
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The eventual valedictorian for her class, she took additional courses from a for-profit online provider that allowed her to achieve higher SAT scores and take courses otherwise unavailable to her.
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The high-achieving students think they're perfect for every college, but I have to remind them that they're competing with the valedictorian of every other high school in New York State.
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She was named Quincy High's valedictorian, and when she stepped foot on Harvard's campus in the fall of 2003, she became the first member of her family to go to college.
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Esther, whose family just wanted her to marry a nice Jewish man and have children, became valedictorian of her high school and got a scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley.
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She was also named her school's valedictorian and was a finalist at the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search for her research on cement that could help prevent underwater oil rigs from rupturing.
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It was young people like Evans — unlike the average student who receives the scholarship, she grew up poor and while academically motivated, not a valedictorian — that the award was designed to assist.
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It was so heartfelt and genuine, and once again, Sasha Velour (our season 9 valedictorian) summed it up so beautifully by reminding us of all the creative talents silenced by the epidemic.
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High school valedictorian and class president Peter Butera was cut off mid-speech during his graduation over the weekend, and Jimmy Kimmel was one of the many people who didn't like that.
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The latest crackdown came last week when a valedictorian in suburban Pennsylvania criticized the "authoritative nature" of administrators -- and one of those administrators cut off his microphone and ended his graduation speech.
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Valedictorian Christian Bales, 18, was told just hours before his graduation at Holy Cross High School in Kentucky on Friday that he wouldn't be permitted to give the speech, ABC News reported.
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A California high school valedictorian posted a version of her graduation speech to YouTube after she says her school cut her microphone when she began to speak about issues of sexual misconduct.
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But Mr. Easton, the valedictorian of Brigham Young University's political science department, put aside fears that he could be expelled and found the courage he said was inspired by a presidential candidate.
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Raised in a working-class family in Indiana, he came to Washington to attend GWU; he interned on Capitol Hill, and became valedictorian and the first in his family to graduate college.
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Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres this week donated $25,000 to a scholarship fund for a gay valedictorian whose story went viral this summer after his parents forced him out of their home.
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While the school's valedictorian spent most of her days pining after her one-day boyfriend J.T. (may he rest in peace) and obsessing over schoolwork, Barrable-Tishauer has led a very different life.
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Type-A Molly is valedictorian and student body president, the kind of person who corrects graffiti scrawled in a bathroom stall, and has a bedroom shrine to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Michelle Obama.
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"Valedictorian, 4.5 GPA, full tuition paid for at UT, 13 cords/medals, nice legs, oh and I'm undocumented," Mayte Lara Ibarra wrote in the tweet from an account that has since been deleted.
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That is one of the most qualified since President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland, the 1974 valedictorian of Harvard College and magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law with a stellar judicial record.
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The young prodigy had enrolled at TCU, located in Fort Worth, when he was just 11, following co-valedictorian honors in high school from the Accommodated Learning Academy in Grapevine at age 10.
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Petaluma High School valedictorian Lulabel Seitz said she wanted to stand up for herself and other alleged victims of sexual assault at her graduation address — but her school in California wouldn't let her.
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A Tennessee teen balanced new parenthood, earning her high school diploma and becoming valedictorian — all while earning more than $33 million in scholarships as she prepares for the next steps in her education.
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They simply do not make people like Robeson — valedictorian at Rutgers, All-American football player, world-class singer, to say nothing of his political activism — and this was one of his defining songs.
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I was the valedictorian of my large public high school where the graduation rate hovered just above 50 percent, and I was the first person from my school to ever attend Brown University.
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It was a moment of immense pride for Abrams, the Avondale High School valedictorian, and for her parents, too, who had prioritized education for themselves and their six children despite their own poverty.
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A high school valedictorian in Florida, who says he was ostracized by his parents because of his sexuality, will be able to go to college in the fall thanks to a GoFundMe campaign.
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Which begs the question: What good is having 25 bajillion streaming subscriptions if I cannot watch Britney Spears, playing a virginal, high school valedictorian named Lucy, do Joan Jett-karaoke whenever I want?
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She ended her standard stump speech, to a diverse audience, with a story from her teenage years, when, as valedictorian of her high school, her trip to the governor's mansion hit a snag.
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Although her valedictorian son was eligible for free, first-year tuition at any Texas public school, he wanted to go to a smaller, liberal arts school and maybe even go out of state.
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The former Niles West valedictorian, class of 1970, didn't touch on his current situation as President Barack Obama's high court choice -- ignored by Senate Republicans -- instead focusing on more general themes of public service.
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In one example from early June, high school valedictorian Rooha Haghar had her mic cut off during her graduation speech in Texas moments after she discussed the deaths of Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin.
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RALEIGH, N.C. – A North Carolina man has bought digital billboard space to honor his son&aposs academic achievements because he says the high school won&apost recognize him as valedictorian under a new system.
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That's what Richard Jenkins was doing when, in grade school, he became so committed to academics that he went on to become the valedictorian of his high school and earn a spot at Harvard.
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It's not surprising, given that Cruz was his high school's valedictorian, has degrees from Princeton and Harvard and was talented enough to represent the state of Texas in oral arguments at the Supreme Court.
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My college boyfriend was known for a time in his hometown as the high school valedictorian who missed graduation: He was sailing the Newport Bermuda race on his father's boat when the wind died.
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"For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert," he said.
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That includes students who, like her, were branded for taking a nontraditional path — although she was ranked No. 1 in her class, she could not be valedictorian because she enrolled in the alternative program.
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Los Angeles (CNN)Shawn Pleasants has the kind of resume that would attract the attention of any job recruiter: high school valedictorian, economics major from Yale University, Wall Street banking jobs, small business entrepreneur.
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This is why she recently published her third book, The Valedictorian of Being Dead, a raw account of her experience with depression and how the trial at the University of Utah helped her recover.
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Many said that Abrams' story that she had been invited, as her high school's valedictorian, to the Governor's Mansion only to have someone question whether she belonged there, presumably because of her race, felt personal.
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"For every one who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert," said King.
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A New York mayor gave a student who was the first black valedictorian at his high school a platform to speak after the student said his principal refused to let him speak at his graduation.
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Despite graduating from all-black Miles College as the class valedictorian in 1965, the year the Stout lawsuit was filed, Clemon could not go to the state's only law school at the University of Alabama.
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After the valedictorian had spoken and awards had been distributed for achievement in subjects like history, science and physical education, Mr. Gil stood at the lectern to introduce Mr. Richardson, Mr. Salaam and Mr. Santana.
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Somebody in Londonderry, some girl who was valedictorian of her class, her dad was a doctor or a lawyer or something like that, overdoses and dies, and suddenly it's a crisis to everyone in town.
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Margaret Richter 46, computer whiz Class of '69 valedictorian at Las Plumas (Calif.) High School, award-winning orator and drum majorette of the marching band, Margaret Field was "successful at everything she tried," recalls a teacher.
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Memphis high school senior Tupac Mosley maintained a 4.3 GPA, scored a 31 on his ACT, and was named valedictorian -- all while dealing with the death of his father and the lack of a permanent home.
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A notable interpretation of the novel is that the cast is wonderfully, effortlessly diverse; Alisha Boe as the magnetic Jessica, Ross Butler as star jock Zach, Steven Silver as Marcus, who's on track to be valedictorian.
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Views on desegregation not so black and white Sherry Shepard noted the settlement in the lawsuit filed last week, which alleges that her daughter, Jasmine, had to unfairly share the 2016 Cleveland High School valedictorian honors.
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LOS ANGELES — In "Say Anything," Cameron Crowe's 1989 film about an unambitious teenager trying to win the love of the beautiful class valedictorian, the kid (John Cusack) asks his sour, divorced sister a seemingly simple question.
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First Words Early in June, the valedictorian at Bell County High School in southeastern Kentucky delivered a graduation speech filled with inspirational quotations that, he said with a twinkle in his eye, he'd found on Google.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Kentucky high school valedictorian used a bullhorn to give his graduation speech about the power of students to change the world after a Catholic diocese said he couldn&apost make the speech during commencement.
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"For every one who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that they weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert," he told Newsmax.
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Despite Rashema Melson's challenging upbringing, during which she attended three different high schools, she managed to become the valedictorian at Anacostia High School in Washington, D.C. and earned a full scholarship to Georgetown University, according to ABC News.
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The class valedictorian of an Indianapolis high school and more than two dozen of her classmates were banned from graduation ceremonies after a senior prank caused significant damage to the campus, school officials said according to local reports.
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"For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert," King told Newsmax at the time.
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Lucy is a virginal valedictorian who confines her love of singing to performing in her bedroom with a hairbrush for a mic; Kit (Zoe Saldana), the popular one, is already engaged at 18 to a sophomore at UCLA.
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"For every one who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert," Mr. King said in 2013.
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Haghar told CNN's Don Lemon she had two meetings with her principal in which he told her that mentioning Martin and Rice would be outside the guidelines for the valedictorian speech, though she said she had never seen those.
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In high school, it stopped seeming like a joke: Zemser was the valedictorian of his class at Channel View School for Research, a star running back on the football squad and a regular volunteer at the local soup kitchen.
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Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, a former Jesuit school valedictorian who conjured a tale of demonic possession and gave millions the fright of their lives with the best-selling novel and Oscar-winning movie The Exorcist, has died.
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Class valedictorian and salutatorian speakers who sign on to the campaign pledge to donate two minutes of their allotted speech time to recite a set of prepared remarks, available on the Class of 20000 (pronounced "class of zero") website.
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Faa Diallo, 17, is engaged in a good-natured battle with his best friend to see who will be crowned class valedictorian this year — a tall order for any student, let alone one whose life was upended by violence.
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Ballmer's education set him on the path to success from a young age: He was the valedictorian of his high school class, graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and got a job as an assistant product manager at Proctor and Gamble.
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" In 271, King said that for every child of undocumented immigrants "who's a valedictorian, there's another 24 out there who weigh 239 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 21 pounds of marijuana across the desert.
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Lisa M. Ross, who represents both James and Shepard, told the Post the school district created a "false narrative" about racial equality and felt they had to choose a white student because they named a black student valedictorian in 2018.
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When Mayte Lara Ibarra, the valedictorian of her high school's graduating class, revealed her plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin on a scholarship, she did what any graduate would do: She shared her excitement on social media.
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"For every one who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that they weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert," King told Newsmax at the time.
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Dr. Susan Smith McKinney-Steward became the first licensed black female physician in the state — and only the third black woman nationwide to receive a medical degree — after she graduated valedictorian of her class at New York Medical College in 1870.
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Though his father never attended college, he instilled a love of books in James, who attended public schools in the Philadelphia area and was valedictorian of his class at Lower Merion High School in 21998 and then at Princeton in 22004.
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"The valedictorian story should be celebrated, but as part of a bigger pool of a diverse group," said Linda Sanchez, program director of 67 Sueños, a San Francisco nonprofit that promotes the inclusion of migrant youth stories through art and activism.
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Several months after the 2017 settlement, an earlier federal lawsuit claimed the 2016 valedictorian of Cleveland High, who is black, was forced to share the top honor of the graduating class with a white student who had a lower grade-point average.
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When Mayte Lara Ibarra announced on Twitter that she was an undocumented valedictorian with a full ride to the University of Texas, trolls took the opportunity to report her to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and ridicule her for her appearance and accomplishments.
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In June, a trial will explore the case of Jasmine Shepard, "a black student who sued the district in 2017 after she claimed she was named 'co-valedictorian' with a white student who had a lower grade-point average," the newspaper writes.
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Dr. Joseph Pober claims the sparkling résumé you'd expect of a Park Avenue plastic surgeon: valedictorian of his class at Columbia, Harvard Medical School, a prestigious residency, and 20 years in a thriving private practice a few short blocks from the Met.
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The real takeaway of the story is to introduce you to a Hillary we all know—the smarty-pantsuit valedictorian and policy wonk who does the tedious homework, masters the footnotes, and gets an A+ for effort on the day's big legislative assignment.
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"Valedictorian, 4.5GPA, full tuition paid for at UT, 13 cords/medals, nice legs, oh and I'm undocumented," she wrote in a tweet posted last week, hours after she gave her valedictory speech to fellow graduates at David Crockett High School in Austin.
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" After a clip of Mr. Trump's remarks calling Mexican immigrants "rapists," it shows a video of Representative Steve King of Iowa saying "for everyone who is a valedictorian" there is another hundred out there "hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.
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In high school, Judge Garland was a star debater, the class valedictorian, an actor who sang show tunes (including the title song from "Hair"), a teenager who took an exchange student to the prom because he worried she would not have a date.
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A double valedictorian who graduated at the top of his class from the prestigious military school Saint-Cyr in 1999 and from the gendarmerie school in 2001, Arnaud Beltrame joined the special forces unit of the gendarmerie, known as the G.I.G.N., in 2003.
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One of two 2011 movies in which Lawrence plays Anton Yelchin's love interest, The Beaver saddles her with the role of Norah, a classmate of Yelchin's who happens to be the valedictorian and a cheerleader andan artist and super-goofy and deeply sensitive.
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Kristof's rival for class valedictorian, the daughter of a county truck driver, found her studies derailed by teen pregnancy; she didn't go to college but she didn't turn to drugs, either, and through hard work with her husband has kept the family afloat.
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His mother was a churchgoing Catholic, and he was educated at prominent Jesuit-run schools that admitted him on full scholarships: the Brooklyn Preparatory School, now closed, where he was the 1946 class valedictorian, and Georgetown, from which he graduated in 1950.
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At the all-black Pearl High School, where he was the class valedictorian, he led the basketball team to an undefeated season and a state championship in 1966 — the first time black, white and integrated schools played in the same Tennessee state tournament.
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Molly and Amy's status as cross-disciplinary academic geeks (more oriented toward the humanities than math or science, but valedictorian-level achievers regardless) is a relatively traditional portrayal of nerds, though no one ever calls them that, as characters in an '80s movie might.
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DAD BUYS BILLBOARD FOR SON AFTER SCHOOL DOESN&aposT RECOGNIZE HIM AS VALEDICTORIAN The father of two decided he wanted to see his young daughters, three-year-old Madison and five-year-old Audrey, as soon as possible, so their school helped arrange the surprise.
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Valedictorian Cori has now completed her first year studying Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University, Tayla is attending Alabama A&M on a scholarship, and Blessin—whose grades slipped terribly in her final year—is on the right track to a good further education.
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After graduating as the valedictorian of her high school class, she started studying astronomy at Wellesley College and later transferred to the University of Michigan, where she met her future husband, William Gale Langton, when they were paired as lab partners in a physics class.
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We meet Adriane's humble father, forced out of his medical residency for "listening sympathetically" to a political speech; her weasly brother, Roderick, stuck in a menial job at the Media Dissemination Bureau (MDB); and Adriane herself, first selected valedictorian and then arrested before graduation.
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"Valedictorian," a follow-up set in the same world but much later, after the AIs have merged with some of humanity, features one of the determined, defiant girls that often turn up in Jemisin's work, then flips her view of her society upside down.
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He graduated from Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis as valedictorian of his class and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on the G.I. Bill after three years in the Air Force (known as the Army Air Forces when he began his service).
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Robbie — the valedictorian of his class and Quiz Bowl team captain at Eastside High School in Greer, South Carolina — confided in his quiz coach and AP government teacher, Ray Steadman, with whom the student would regularly discuss politics and news as the duo grabbed lunch together.
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"As a result of the school official's unprecedented action of making an African-American student share the valedictorian award with a white student, the defendants discriminated against J.S.," the lawsuit says, claiming Jasmine Shepard has suffered lost opportunities, mental anguish, pain and suffering as a result of the decision.
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" July 20163: In an interview with Newsmax, King said that for every child of an undocumented immigrant who becomes a valedictorian, "There's another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.
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" Bezos, who initially went to work on Wall Street after graduating as valedictorian of his high school class and attending Princeton University, goes on to tell Simon he had a very logical philosophy for leaving his Wall Street gig to start Amazon — what he calls his "regret minimization framework.
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Judy said they don't avoid talking about politics because they are on the same page; "Look at our local school, they eliminated the role of the valedictorian because it might hurt the feelings of those who came in second or third, they also eliminated the practice of class rank," she said.
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Warren—and this other kid, Jeffrey Zuniga, who's a genius and destined to be class valedictorian—start disabling the cars' systems as much as possible, so they'll go flat out, because what kind of a race would it be if these two drone cars just creep along toward the cliff?
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Mr. King on why he opposes legal status for Dreamers, who were brought into the country as children: For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.
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After spending much of his childhood in Taiwan, where his parents were missionaries, Mr. Hunt finished his schooling in Alabama and accumulated an academic resume that reads like a list of superlatives: high school class president voted most likely to succeed, college valedictorian at Samford University, and graduate of Columbia Law School.
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His father was a soldier, a veteran of the Second World War and Korea, who retired as a sergeant first class in the Army; his mother, a high-school valedictorian, worked at a secretarial school and was heavily involved in Democratic politics, before going back to school to get undergraduate and law degrees.
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As a high school senior in San Antonio, I was also rejected from every single Ivy League college I had applied to, despite what some might consider a stellar application — I was the valedictorian of my class and had an SAT score that put me in the 99th percentile of everyone who took the test in my year.
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In true Donna fashion, she delivers her valedictorian speech by throwing off her gown, exposing gold lame platform boots and serenading her fellow students with "When I Kissed The Teacher," joined onstage by the two other members of Donna and the Dynamos, Tanya (Jessica Keenan Wynn, who does a truly fantastic Christine Baranski impression), and Rosie (Alexa Davies).
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Instead, like many girls raised during the 1970s amid the flush of second-wave feminism, she notched achievements according to traditionally male yardsticks of success: becoming high school valedictorian, serving for 23 years in the Army Reserve and National Guard (including stints in Iraq and Kuwait), and becoming the first woman elected to Congress in Iowa.
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The Big Bend Sentinel's pages are pasted up with major issues of the day (the death of Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court justice, on a nearby luxury ranch, for example, and the possibility of a border wall just 60 miles away) alongside valedictorian announcements, photo spreads of homecoming events and advance coverage of the town's many festivals.
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I bought into that lie big time, which meant I worked my butt off at an underperforming, overcrowded Miami public high school, cramming for advanced placement exams, graduating as valedictorian and becoming the president of almost every school club from the National Honor Society to the Premedical Honor Society (spoiler alert: I didn't become a doctor).
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He arrived at Columbia in the fall of 1970, a year behind Mr. Goodson and Mr. Peterson, as an overachiever: a Boy Scout leader; the valedictorian of his high school on the South Side of Chicago; a member of the band, school newspaper, yearbook, and the math, chess and Spanish clubs, according to The Chicago Tribune at the time.
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Steve KingSteven (Steve) Arnold KingThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters Steve King says 'left-wing media' and GOP leadership owe him apology after rape, incest comments 11 Essential reads you missed this week MORE's 2013 claim that for every immigrant child who is a valedictorian, there's "another hundred" immigrant teenagers trafficking in marijuana at the southern border.
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Robert was gifted: He achieved an almost perfect score on the SATs, graduated third in his high school class — the headmaster claimed he would have been valedictorian had a C in freshman art class not knocked his grade point average down to a 3.97 — and became one of the top 10 swimmers in New Jersey in the butterfly stroke after teaching himself to swim.
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Personal:Birth date: November 23, 1950 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Charles Ellis Schumer Father: Abe Schumer, exterminator Mother: Selma (Rosen) Schumer Marriage: Iris Weinshall (1980-present) Children: Jessica, Alison Education: Harvard University, A.B., 193; Harvard Law School, J.D., 1974 Religion: Jewish Other Facts:He was valedictorian at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, and received a perfect 1600 score on the SAT test.
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