Families and friends surround the Walt Whitman High School graduates inside the DAR Constitution Hall on Wednesday, June 8. Photo by Deb Stevens.
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About 450 seniors from Walt Whitman High School participated in graduation ceremonies on Wednesday, June 8 in the DAR Constitution Hall.
Nine seniors were National Merit Semi-finalists — William Arnesen, Rían Adamian, Olivia Blanchard, Jacob Blitz, Tommy Buarque De Macedo, Jesse Cao, Ben Gersch, Alan Li and Elana Shaw.
English Teacher Omari James received the annual Alain Leroy Locke Award for excellent teaching.
Carolyn Hoover, 17, of Bethesda, was a Distinguished Finalist for Maryland's Annual National Awards for Student Volunteers. Hoover helped to raise $135,000 for cancer research over the past year by co-founding and organizing a walkathon at the school called “Walk Away Cancer.” She also co-chaired the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Committee at the school, for which she helped organize a dance-athon, a 5K race and a battle of the bands.
Eighty-seven percent of the seniors will attend four-year colleges; six percent will attend two-year colleges. More than 71 percent will attend college out-of- state.