The Cobb County School District on Friday released the Class of 2020 valedictorians and salutatorians, including 14 students from high schools in East Cobb.
The district said that the average grade-point average for a Cobb valedictorian is about 4.67 and for salutatorians it’s about 4.53. Valedictorians from two Cobb high schools posted GPAs higher than 4.8.
One of them is Anant Rajan of Walton High School. His GPA is 4.817, and he’s headed to Harvard to study biology.
What follows are each of the valedictorians and salutatorians from the six high schools in East Cobb with their GPAs, college choice and desired course of study.
Kell High School
Valedictorian —Amelia Day, 4.455, University of Georgia, graphic design
Salutatorian—Edward Palmer, 4.453, Georgia Tech, chemical and bio-molecular engineering
Lassiter
Valedictorian—Emily Edith Patel, 4.724, Georgia Tech, biochemistry
Salutatorian—Joseph Perry Kramer V, 4.712, Washington & Lee, biology/biochemistry
Pope
Valedictorian—Andrew Myers, 4.740, Vanderbilt, economics
Salutatorians—Grant Chernau, 4.708, University of Georgia, undecided; Yelizaveta Pivnik, 4.708, Georgia Tech, chemical and biomolecular engineering
Sprayberry
Valedictorian—Jenna Holton, 4.690, Emory, English and pyschology
Salutatorians—Mashoor Al Ahammed, 4.679, Georgia Tech, neuroscience; Calley Anderson, 4.679, Kennesaw State, history education
Walton
Valedictorian—Anant Rajan, 4.817, Harvard, biology
Salutatorian—Gabriel Chen, 4.754, Georgia Tech, applied math
Wheeler
Valedictorian—Morris Wan, 4.771, Georgia Tech, computer science
Salutatorian—Pranav Nedumpurath, 4.70, Georgia Tech, chemistry
The entire group of East Cobb valedictorians and salutatorians is shown in the slideshow below.
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