“A lot of people don’t get that second chance, and Goodwill allowed that second chance for me, and I appreciate that,” he said of the opportunity the school brought him. Goodwill Excel Center’s website describes its mission as “understanding that many students may come into the program with varying skills having been out of the […]
A senior in Rusk, Texas, has become the first Black person to graduate as valedictorian at her school. Trinity Asberry’s grandmother was the first to suggest she’d made history at Rusk High School according to CBS 19. “The first thing I did when I found out is I called all my family members, ‘Hey I’m valedictorian!’ ” […]
Albany High School’s first Black valedictorian is going to notch off a dream of hers by attending Harvard University this fall. Onovughakpor “Onovu” Otitigbe will study biomedical engineering and neuroscience at the Ivy League school after graduating with a nearly perfect GPA. The graduate was a part of two sports teams and three music ensembles […]
65-year-old Twyanna Williams has graduated from high school after putting her education off for several years. Williams graduated as the class valedictorian. When the Philadelphia native was a teen, she didn’t finish high school and had to take jobs to support the family, because her parents separated. “I felt sad for myself for coming out of […]
Jonathan and Janaya Boston McCray are their class of 2021’s valedictorian and salutatorian, at William W. Bodine High School in The post Philadelphia twins graduate as valedictorian and salutatorian first appeared on The Black Detour. Source link Related Posts Philadelphia Police Union Demands 5 Percent ‘Accountability Pay’ to Wear Body Cameras A police union in […]
When Da’Vion Tatum was in the first grade he asked his mother for an algebra book. “My mom was like, ‘I ain’t ever seen nothing like this before,’” Tatum told FOX 26 HOUSTON. Tatum is now a senior at Westfield High School in Spring, Texas a suburb of Houston. The teen says he taught himself […]
18-year-old Ahmed Muhammad from Oakland, California is to become the first Black male student to graduate as valedictorian at his school, Oakland Technical High School. Muhammad has the highest academic rank in his class with a cumulative 4.73 GPA. along with being apart of the school’s varsity basketball team. Muhammad also founded a science education […]
Documentary series following life at a high school in South Carolina, USA. High-achieving pupil Jalena begins college application. Watch Segregated America: A School in the South on BBC Three’s iPlayer page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p04b9k5l/segregated-america-a-school-in-the-south-1-the-quest-to-be-the-best — Click here to subscribe to BBC Three: http://bit.ly/BBC-Three-Subscribe Did you know that we’re up to other things in other places too? Best […]