Nearly 4,000 Volusia County students to graduate this week
This week, 3,905 Volusia County students will walk across the stage at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach to receive their high school diploma.
These graduates have completed their final two years of high school amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
To watch graduations online, visit VCS LIVE Stream on YouTube.
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Atlantic High School
Number of graduates: 257
Valedictorian: Enrico Sita III, studying film at Daytona State College
Salutatorian: Lilian Wagner, studying computer science at the University of Central Florida
Graduation date/time: 4 p.m., May 24
Congrats, grads! Atlantic High School celebrates the Class of 2022
DeLand High School
Number of graduates: 513
Valedictorian: Wendy Zhang, studying computer science at MIT
Salutatorian: Ian Moore, studying computer science at Harvard University
Graduation date/time: 1 p.m., May 25
Deltona High School
Number of graduates: 378
Valedictorian: Katelyn Sarvis, studying civil engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Salutatorian: Emily Wilder, studying geology at Florida State University
Graduation date/time: 4 p.m., May 25
Mainland High School
Number of graduates: 297
Valedictorian: Caden Allen, joining the US Navy as a cryptologic technician
Salutatorian: Sara Casimiro, studying biomedical engineering at Florida State University
Graduation date/time: 7:30 p.m., May 24
In photos: Mainland High School celebrates the Class of 2022
New Smyrna Beach High School
Number of graduates: 455
Valedictorian: Ian Lange, studying chemical engineering at the University of Florida
Salutatorian: Faythe Corr, studying biochemistry and mathematics at the University of Florida
Graduation date/time: 7:30 p.m., May 26
Pine Ridge High School
Number of graduates: 332
Valedictorian: Ella Wakelyn, studying history and religious studies at the University of South Florida
Salutatorian: Jillian Parrish, studying cellular biology at the University of South Florida
Graduation date/time: 7:30 p.m., May 25
Seabreeze High School
Number of graduates: 346
Valedictorian: Ria Gupta, studying biochemistry at the University of Central Florida
Salutatorian: Kyle Stewart, studying nursing at the University of Florida
Graduation date/time: 9 a.m., May 27
Spruce Creek High School
Number of graduates: 583
Valedictorian: Melina Motwani, studying business and finance at Washington University
Salutatorian: Salma Eldeeb, attending Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School
Graduation date/time: 4 p.m., May 26
T. DeWitt Taylor Middle High School
Number of graduates: 123
Valedictorian: Armondo Cruz, studying premed at the University of Florida
Salutatorian: Deana Cunningham, studying computer science at the University of Central Florida
Graduation date/time: 7:30 p.m., May 27
University High School
Number of graduates: 546
Valedictorian: Andrew Krokus, studying astrophysics at Tufts University
Salutatorian: Eros Zhao, studying health sciences at the University of Florida
Graduation date/time: 12:30 p.m. May 27
Nikki Ross covers K-12 education, health and COVID-19 for the Daytona Beach News-Journal. She can be reached at nikki.ross@news-jrnl.com or follow her on Twitter @nikkiinreallife.
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