The DeKalb County School District acknowledges and celebrates the outstanding academic achievements of the members of the Class of 2021. In accordance with Board policy, IHDA, the District certified 27 valedictorians and 28 salutatorians for the Class of 2021. The honorees meet the following requirements as stipulated in policy IHDA:
“The senior student with the highest cumulative grade point average will be designated as the senior class valedictorian. The senior student with the second highest grade point average will be designated as the salutatorian. These designees shall be determined after first semester grades have been posted to student grade histories. If there is an exact tie for the highest grade-point average, co-valedictorians will be identified. Similarly, if there is an exact tie for the second highest grade-point average, co-salutatorians will be identified.”
Congratulations are extended to the following honorees as they celebrate this important milestone in their lives:
School |
Valedictorian |
Salutatorian |
|---|---|---|
| Arabia Mountain High School | Magnet – Makayla Johnson Resident – Ashanti Lawson |
Magnet – Aderolawe Adeseye Resident– Ajah Hentz-Gilmore |
| Cedar Grove High School | Etimfon Bassey | Karentyn Jenkins |
| Chamblee High School | Magnet – Matthew Lombardo Resident – Richard Von Biberstein |
Magnet – Victor Lim Resident – Anika Karim Resident – Molly Silverman |
| Clarkston High School | Kaylor Le | Selihom Araia |
| Columbia High School | Magnet – Makiya Walker Resident – Chanelle Taylor |
Magnet – Camille Williams Resident – Zaniab Saccoh |
| Cross Keys High School | Uriel Castaneda | Jonathan Marquez |
| DeKalb Early College Academy | Nirmala Niraula Moontashir Siam |
Thang Huynh |
| DeKalb School of Arts | Willa Grace Pevey | Jasmine Yvette Ward Nia Capers |
| Druid Hills High School | Rohit George | William Wainwright |
| Dunwoody High School | Megan Vander Wiele | Seung Joo Lee |
| Lakeside High School | Katherine Kim | Zakir Ahmedin |
| Lithonia High School | Mercedes Fyffe | Jordan Scott |
| Martin Luther King Jr. High School | Mariana Vega-Alvarez | Ariel McDowall |
| Miller Grove High School | Aniya Williamson | Gababa Hassan |
| Redan High School | Mahamud Sheikh | Jadah Willis-Davis |
| Ronald E. McNair High School | Colby Sidwell | Luis Marcial Guzman |
| Southwest DeKalb High School | Magnet – Danielle Jones Resident – Amisha Martin |
Magnet – Aniyah Lee Resident – Alani Duncan |
| Stephenson High School | Marc Lewis | Mason Howard |
| Stone Mountain High School | Sandy Huynh | Soe Thiha |
| Tapestry Charter | Kendra Holloway | Vincent Crosby |
| Towers High School | Yesenia Martinez | Morgan Mouzon |
| Tucker High School | Benen Chancey | Sofia Khemani |
