The Cobb County School District on Tuesday announced the Class of 2021 valedictorians and salutatorians, and students from East Cobb schools had some of the highest grade-point averages in the county.
Overall, graduating seniors in the Cobb school district combined for an average GPA of about 4.7. Cobb salutatorians are very close with a 4.63 average.
Three valedictorians and one salutatorian from Cobb high schools posted GPAs higher than 4.8. In total, 12 valedictorians and nine salutatorians earned GPAs above 4.7.
Madeleine Maurer of Pope High School tallied a GPA of 4.845, second-highest in Cobb, and will be attending the University of Pennsylvania.
Not far behind her is Mehul Kalia of Wheeler High School, who has a GPA of 4.797. He’s headed to Georgia Tech to study computer science
All graduations are taking place this year at Cantrell Stadium at McEachern High School over the next two weeks. Dates and times for the East Cobb schools are listed below with their vals and sals:
Kell (Wednesday, June 2, 7 p.m)
Valedictorian —Alaina Westee, 4.563, Kennesaw State, biochemistry
Salutatorian—Riley McClure, 4.484, U of Georgia, psychology
Lassiter (Tuesday, May 25, 7 p.m.)
Valedictorian—Gloria Wu, 4.768, Georgia Tech, business administration;
Salutatorian—Malia Trask, 4.741, Georgia Tech, aerospace engineering
Pope (Wednesday, May 26, 7 p.m.)
Valedictorian—Madeleine Maurer, 4.845, U of Pennsylvania, tbd
Salutatorian—Gregory Park, 4.786, Georgia Tech, tbd
Sprayberry (Friday, June 4, 7 p.m.)
Valedictorian—Olivia Sternagle, 4.719, U of Georgia Honors College, biology
Salutatorian—Yousuf Azeem, 4.625, Georgia Tech, computer science
Walton (Friday, May 28, 9 a.m.)
Valedictorian—Grace Yan, 4.769, MIT, computer science and brain and cognitive science
Salutatorian—Sheena Lai, 4.767, Stanford, undecided
Wheeler (Saturday, May 29, 7 p.m.)
Valedictorian—Mehul Kalia, 4.797, Georgia Tech, computer science
Salutatorian—Manav Shah, 4.773, Stanford, humanities
The entire group of East Cobb valedictorians and salutatorians is shown in the slideshow below.
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