Vance County Schools has been in graduation mode for the last couple of weeks and announced Thursday that 240 seniors in four schools have received their high school diplomas.
Graduation exercises began on the morning of May 25, with Vance County High School; Vance County Early College High School graduated later that evening at the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center.
Vance Virtual Village (V3) Academy and AdVance Academy graduated on June 10 in the Wayne Adcock Auditorium of the district’s Center for Innovation. Students, staff and guests gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.
At the graduation ceremonies, representatives from the Class of 2022 shared words of encouragement with their fellow classmates:
To the Class of 2022, Karla Cruz Ochoa offered encouragement for the new graduates “to triumph against all the odds and to relentlessly chase your dreams. Let us never forget that we are the product of Vance County High School. The home of the Vipers!”
Aniya Palmer of Vance County Early College High School shared a similar sentiment with her classmates. “As we go into the next major part of our lives,” Palmer said, “I hope that everyone keeps the same perseverance and dedication to accomplish whatever they desire in life. And one day may we all become Big Chiefs and be an influential person to someone around us.”
And from Vance Virtual Village Academy’s Naadirah Moore: “Face [future] challenges with your head high and heart wide open. You must excel in everything you do, and strive for excellence in every task. It is your job to make the best of everything you have, at every moment you experience.”
Following is a breakdown of some of the accomplishments of the 240 newly minted graduated of Vance County Schools:
- 18 cum laude Scholars (weighted grade point average of 3.25-3.5),
- 18 magna cum laude Scholars (weighted grade point average of 3.6-3.9)
- 16 summa cum laude Scholars (weighted grade point average of 4.0+).
- 4 North Carolina Scholars, 71 college endorsements and 68 college/UNC endorsements.
- 31 students with the President’s Award for Educational Excellence
- 17 students with the President’s Award for Achievement
- 19 graduates earned North Carolina Career endorsements
- 22 were early graduates
- 23 students were recognized in the top 10 percent of the Vance County Schools Class of 2022.
- 15 students who graduated associate’s degrees in Arts
- 11 students graduated with associate’s degrees in Science.
- 3 graduates are members of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
- 4 National Honor Society Scholars
- 37 Beta Club Scholars