Cobb County’s graduates are off to their next phases in life, some of which include continuing to sweat in the Georgia heat of summer.
Yes, 13 of the valedictorians/co-valedictorians from Cobb’s 16 high schools are sticking around for home cooking and free laundry. A couple are going up North to some place named Harvard.
Here is last year's group in Cobb.
Three high schools had co-valedictorians.
Check out the GPAs, the schools, the majors and the proud parents below. The information was provided by the Cobb County School District.
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Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Alan C. Pope High School
Valedictorian: Caleigh Ann Cullinan
GPA: 4.768
Intended college: University of Georgia
Intended area of study: biology and psychology
Parents: Tom and Michelle Cullinan
Salutatorian: Hisham Kashif
GPA: 4.741
Intended college: Augusta University
Intended area of study: cell and molecular biology
Parents: Kashif Akhtar and Sabeen Akhtar
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Allatoona High School
Valedictorian: Sophia Blythe Greenberg
GPA: 4.618
Intended college: UGA
Intended area of study: environmental studies
Parents: Jeffrey and Jennifer Greenberg
Salutatorian: Ethan Lewis Benville
GPA: 4.606
Intended college: Georgia Institute of Technology
Intended area of study: applied mathematics and quantative finance
Parents: Denise and Jim Benville
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Campbell High School
Valedictorian: Jennifer Shen
GPA: 4.8
Intended college: Georgia Tech
Intended area of study: industrial and systems engineering
Parents: Shyh-Chiang Shen and Minya Huang
Salutatorians: Grant Adams Brown; Andrew Stephenson Huffman; Patrick Jacob Kramer; Emma Lynn Sollenberger; Jeniveve Alexandra Vaia; Patrick Theodore Will
GPA: 4.794
Intended colleges: Georgetown University; University of Virginia; Georgia Tech; Northwestern University; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech
Intended areas of study: international business, Spanish, Portuguese; finance; biology; secondary education; material science and engineering; economics
Parents: Dick and Lisa Brown; Trey and Kristen Huffman; Andrew and Jennifer Kramer; Alan and Stacy Sollenberger; Jason and Siley Vaia; Geoffrey and Celeste Will
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Carlton J. Kell High School
Valedictorian: Brian Tyler Buckley
GPA: 4.5
Intended college: Georgia Tech
Intended area of study: industrial engineering
Parents: Stephen and Barbara Buckley
Salutatorian: Veronica May Achinger
GPA: 4.403
Intended college: UGA
Intended area of study: middle grades education
Parents: Tom and Vickie Achinger
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
George Walton High School
Valedictorian: Andrew Hoon Chyong
GPA: 4.8
Intended college: Georgia Tech
Intended area of study: biomedical engineering
Parents: Ike and Stephanie Chyong
Salutatorian: Melody Mei Wang
GPA: 4.759
Intended college: Harvard University
Intended area of study: economics
Parents: Hank and Samantha Wang
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Harrison High School
Valedictorian: Rachel Mae Wilder
GPA: 4.697
Intended college: Georgia Tech
Intended area of study: aerospace engineering
Parents: Jeff and Tracy Wilder
Salutatorian: Jadyn Micalah Sethna
GPA: 4.594
Intended college: Georgia Tech
Intended area of study: biology
Parents: Fram Sethna and Carla Pearson-Sethna
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Hillgrove High School
Valedictorian: Deyana Aziz Siddiqui
GPA: 4.75
Intended college: Agnes Scott College
Intended area of study: pre-med
Parents: Abdul Siddiqui and Subuhi Aziz
Salutatorian: Abigail Kathryn Robertson
GPA: 4.72
Intended college: UGA
Intended area of study: psychology and Spanish
Parents: Forrest and Kathryn Robertson
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Kennesaw Mountain High School
Valedictorians: Courtney Reagan Coats; Meredith Belle Johns
GPA: 4.781
Intended colleges: University of Pennsylvania; Harvard University
Intended area of study: dual degree in biology and economics; government
Parents: Marion and Stephen Coats; Marcia and Michael Johns
Salutatorian: Daniel Houyin Chu
GPA: 4.734
Intended college: Johns Hopkins University
Intended area of study: computer science
Parents: Qizhi Tu and Kong Chu
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Lassiter High School
Valedictorian: Anastasia Achieng Onyango
GPA: 4.707
Intended college: Harvard University
Intended area of study: biomedical engineering
Parents: Dan Odero and Juliana Onyango
Salutatorian: Neal Michael Ostrowski
GPA: 4.680
Intended college: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Intended area of study: biomedical engineering
Parents: Michael and Amy Ostrowski
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
McEachern High School
Valedictorian: Carnell Olisaeloka Lyon
GPA: 4.524
Intended college: Georgia Tech
Intended area of study: aerospace engineering
Parent: Vivian Lyon
Salutatorian: Onyinye Nkechi Okere
GPA: 4.508
Intended college: Kennesaw State University
Intended area of study: nursing
Parents: Cleo and Immaculata Okere
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
North Cobb High School
Valedictorians: Julianna Reiter Isbitts; Sarah Elizabeth Punch
GPA: 4.719
Intended colleges: UGA; College of Charleston
Intended areas of study: political science and economics; psychology
Parents: Mark and Debra Isbitts; Robert Punch and Kimberley Franklin
Salutatorian: Abbey Lauren Milwicz
GPA: 4.635
Intended college: Duke University
Intended area of study: molecular biology
Parents: Michael and Anita Milwicz
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Osborne High School
Valedictorians: Tina Diep; Rosa Victoria Venegas
GPA: 4.453
Intended colleges: UGA; Agnes Scott
Intended areas of study: pre-med; nursing
Parents: Tuan Diep and Cam Giang; Miguel Venegas and Rosa Maria Hernandez
Salutatorian: Ashley Zavala
GPA: 4.406
Intended college: UGA
Intended area of study: biology
Parents: Ana Zavala
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Pebblebrook High School
Valedictorian: Brinkley Madison Doherty
GPA: 4.462
Intended college: Tulane University
Intended area of study: cell and molecular biology, and dance
Parents: Wendi and Frankie Doherty
Salutatorian: Erin Victoria Davis
GPA: 4.382
Intended college: Boston University
Intended area of study: acting
Parents: Gretchen Davis and Eric Davis
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
South Cobb High School
Valedictorian: Zainab Molumo
GPA: 4.516
Intended college: Emory-Oxford University
Intended area of study: human health on the pre-med or pre-optometry track
Parents: Sade and Bolaji Molumo
Salutatorians: Donni-Margree Lenora Crenshaw; Paige Nicholas; Sha'kira Thomas
GPA: 4.5
Intended colleges: UGA; UGA; Mercer University
Intended areas of study: biology with a concentration in neuroscience; biology; biology
Parents: Jeffery and Donna Crenshaw; Kevin and Susan Nicholas; Natasha Thomas
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Sprayberry High School
Valedictorian: Mark Andrew Giles Jr.
GPA: 4.726
Intended college: Mercer University
Intended area of study: neuroscience/pre-med
Parents: Mark and Lisa Giles
Salutatorian: Payton Grace Wade
GPA: 4.636
Intended college: College of Charleston
Intended area of study: biology
Parents: Amy and Allen Wade
Credit: Cobb County School District
Credit: Cobb County School District
Wheeler High School
Valedictorian: Shawn Michael Doss
GPA: 4.735
Intended college: Johns Hopkins University
Intended area of study: neuroscience
Parents: Suresh Doss and Pauline Doss
Salutatorian: Grace Kathryn Whittington
GPA: 4.727
Intended college: Yale University
Intended area of study: global affairs
Parents: Wade Whittington
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