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This month, 45 Milwaukee Public High Schools named valedictorians and salutatorians for their 2009 graduation ceremonies.
Graduating seniors with the highest and second- highest grade point averages receive the honor.
Eight MPS high schools named multiple valedictorians and salutatorians because students were tied in grade points.
At Milwaukee Rufus King and Milwaukee Riverside both had a five-way tie; the schools graduated five valedictorians during their June 2 commencement. Four students from Milwaukee Custer also tied for honors.
“These are our future leaders,” said MPS Superintendent William Andrekopoulos. “We are proud of our high achievers because they will be the change-agents who will move our world forward.”
Listed below are the names of the 2009 MPS valedictorians and salutatorians:
ALAS High School - Elvia Rivas and Joel Acosta, Alliance School of Milwaukee - Julia Williams and Sophia Jones, Assata High School - Lynda Metcalf and Ebony Maxwell, Bay View High School - Allison Bernier and Alejandro Andrade, Lynde & Harry Bradley Technical & Trade High School - Diamond Hanson and Veronica Holmes, CITIES Project High School - Courtney Hartzog and Tatiana Justiniano, Community High School - Andrew Kou Xiong, Nkaujzouapa Lor and Dominique Strapp, Cornerstone Achievement Academy - Jazmynn Fleming and Alana Bentley, Custer High School - Timothy Thao, Anita Buck, Sherita Clendenen, and Yanira Santos.
D.I.A.L (Downtown Institute of Arts and Letters) High School - Justin Roby, El Puente High School, and Miguel Lopez, Foster and Williams High School of the Visual Arts and Communications - Yeng Thao and Myra Davis, Genesis School of Business, Technology/Trade, Health and Human Services - Ja Kimbra White and Brittney Taylor, Grandview High School - Maria S. Rodriguez and Jennifer Gerena.
Alexander Hamilton High School - Jennifer Jacobsen, Mukul Chawla, and Benjamin Ferenz, HR Academy - Chenequa Byers and DéVonte Griffin, Kilmer High School - Victoria Marrero.
Rufus King International Baccalaureate High School- Elizabeth Mosier, Talormarie Rudolph, Elizabeth Jazwecki, David Chou, and Nicolaus Caniza, Lady Pitts School Age Parent Program - Va Xiong and Marquica Woods, James Madison Academy - Nancy Lee and Fabiola Huerta.
Metropolitan High School - Jeremy Jones and Jasmine Holland, Milwaukee Academy of Aviation, Science and Technology - Ebony Neylon and Nicholas Hoffmann, Milwaukee African American Immersion High School - Tracy Nelson and Casandra Johnson, Milwaukee County Youth Education Center - Arthur Conner and Justin Anderson, Milwaukee High School of the Arts - Clare Gawronski and Jessica Jackson.
MLLI (Milwaukee Learning Laborartoy and Institute) - Brittany Givens and Chelsie Lynch, Milwaukee School of Entrepreneurship - Jessica Benson and Phytiema Onojaife Ogbeifun, Milwaukee School of Languages - Tiffany Sanchez, Ker Xiong, and Brittany Harker, New School for Community Service - Nancy Robinson and Tierra Brinkley-Pickens, Northwest Secondary School - Gloria Miller and Yolonda Claybrooks, NOVA Middle and High School - Julian Glass and John Purdle.
Casimir Pulaski High School - Alma Rodriguez and Maritza Estevez, Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School - Jeffrey Stubler and Joseph Chase, Riverside University High School - Raghda Ahmad, Jennifer Donahoe, Ia Moua, Giselle Remolina and Samuel Loveland.
SUPAR (School for Urban Planning & Architecture) - Cheyenne Ensor and Carmen Valentine, South Division High School - Dawn Henn and Cheng Vang, Spotted Eagle High School - Crystal Keeler and Cheyenne Martinez, Transition High School - Ashlee Bishop and Jeremy Scott, Truth Institute for Leadership and Service - Shalonda Dickerson and Chakiris Crain.
Veritas High School - Cynthia Pajic and Alex Kanastab, Harold S. Vincent High School - PaDer Lor and Dano Munoz, Washington High School of Expeditionary Learning - Ashley Williams and Eric Hair, Washington High School of Information Technology - Kevin Duer and Jhavontae Jones, Washington High School of Law, Education & Public Service -Chartia Flowers and Kua Yang, W.E.B. Du Bois High School - Javon Harmon and Mark Kelly, Wings Academy - Ronald Joseph Melanz, Jr. and Sarah Thiesenhusen, Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning - Adnan Ahmad and Carey Barnes.
