As graduation ceremonies take place this week, the Cobb County School District on Tuesday announced the Class of 2024 valedictorians and salutatorians.
Overall, the valedictorians in the Cobb school district combined for an average grade-point average of 4.697, with salutatorians at 4.659.
Nine seniors from high schools in East Cobb had grade-point averages above 4.7, and two were above 4.8, both from Walton: Valedictorian Ethan Ju and salutatorian Xiyuan Li.
Ju’s grade-point-average of 4.86 is the highest for a student in the Cobb school district, which has announced a Class of 2024 of around 8,000 seniors.
What follows are the vals and sals from the six East Cobb high schools, their GPAs, college choices and intended majors.
Seven of the vals and sals from East Cobb are headed to Georgia Tech, with others bound for UGA, Penn, Cornell, Rice, and MIT.
Kell High School
Valedictorian— Claire Lanaghan, 4.703, Georgia Tech, physics
Salutatorian—Ajanay Butts, 4.648, Rice University, biology
Lassiter High School
Valedictorian—Kelly Wu, 4.768, Georgia Tech, biomedical engineering
Salutatorian—Ruhi Datar, 4.75, Cornell University, history
Pope High School
Valedictorian—Bryce Chapin, 4.796, Georgia Tech, industrial engineering
Salutatorian—Jay Natu, 4.779, Georgia Tech, biochemistry
Sprayberry High School
Valedictorian—Isabella Sternagle, 4.692, University of Georgia, biology
Salutatorian—Jordan Toliver, 4.656, University of Pennsylvania, economics and computer science
Walton High School
Valedictorian—Ethan Ju, 4.86, Georgia Tech, computer science
Salutatorian—Xijuan Li, 4.821, Georgia Tech, industrial engineering
Wheeler High School
Valedictorian—Zachary Tong, 4.766, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, computer science
Salutatorian—Richard Kang, 4.758, Georgia Tech, electrical engineering
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- 2024 commencement information for East Cobb high schools
- Mt. Bethel ES, East Side ES students win youth essay contest
- New principals named at Walton HS, Simpson MS. Murdock ES
- Cobb school board approves FY 2025 budget with raises
- Simpson MS student earns National PTA award for film
- East Cobb PTA names 2024 Margie Hatfield scholarship winners
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