The three students are 19-year-old Kessia Garnett who graduated Valedictorian followed by 17-year-old Anika Lewis and 19-year-old Nashavia Cummings who shared the Salutatorian position. These young women are all in the Honour Society and plan on entering college next semester.
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U did it girls congrats
Go Ladies!
Congrats
Weldone ladies
Awesome ladies
Congratulations guys
Gr8
Do you see the smiles, believe you, me, it was not as easy as it looks. Time, hard work, with Guyanese discipline. congratulations, for a job well done.
Go girls
Go girls
In the USA, Great School Rating for this school is 2. Highest rank is 10. Also, the entire high school has only 290 students – not a normal US high school. I am not saying that these girls aren’t smart, but the school has no competition for them. These girls can very well be average performers at a regular high school in the USA, that has some competition/challenge. They just happen to be the best among that set of students. Good Luck to them anyhow.