With less than a week to go until graduation ceremonies begin, students, families and teachers across Nashville are preparing to celebrate the outstanding achievements of every Metro Schools graduate. There will be 26 ceremonies held in arenas, school auditoriums, college campuses and even the Grand Ole Opry house in a two-week period, April 12-26.

IMPORTANT: Due to forecasted rain, Stratford STEM Magnet High School has moved its graduation to the TSU Gentry Center. See the full graduation schedule with dates, times and locations for each school.

In addition to the honor of receiving a high school diploma, most schools will also honor the top performing students of each graduating class. The 2015 Valedictorians and Salutatorians are:

School	Valedictorian	Salutatorian
Antioch High School	Nardeen Samih Fayik	Dina M. Mikaiel
Cane Ridge High School	Merna Auype El Sols	Marina Ramzy
East Nashville Magnet School	Jostyn Hodges	Katherine Climaco Benitez
Glencliff High School	Elizabeth Narvaez-Vega	Abdel Kareem Moadi
Hillsboro High School	Alex Jolly	Leah Daniel
Hillwood High School	Heaven Anhalt	Kenan Sakic
Hume-Fogg Magnet High School	Kathryn Elizabeth Pickrell	Madison Leigh Cuthbertson
Hunters Lane High School	Kallen Shea Donaghey	Virginia Cruz Victorio
LEAD Academy High School	Antonio Onwu	Victoria Stafford
Maplewood High School	David Medina	Jevonna Nicole Holbert
Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet School	Bushra Rahman	Camron Shirkhodaie
McGavock High School	Christopher Harris Taylor III	Allison Paige Woomer
MNPS Middle College High School	Naba Saleh Al-Akashi	Eva Maria Thomason
MNPS Virtual School	Madeline Ruth Milam Murphy	Lexie Amber Nance
Nashville Big Picture High School	DeWanna Andrea Williams	DiKaysia M. Buchanan
Nashville School of the Arts	Sophia Regina Allison &Allison Morgan Ullein	Jenise Krisstarrah Williams
Overton High School	Catherine Elizabeth English	Maylan Daniel Mehus
Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School	Darryl Lamont Harris, Jr.	Adrian Jaques Prather
Stratford STEM Magnet High School	Nazje Tanae Mansfield	Hong Sheng Shi
Whites Creek High School	Joanna Brooke Yant	Adriana Nichole Buchanan

Next week, the Board of Education will honor these students, as well as those who have earned even more academic distinctions this year, at the annual Salute to Excellence. Student achievements include perfect scores on the ACT, National Merit Scholarship Finalists and even one student with 13 years of perfect attendance, kindergarten through graduation.

Salute to Excellence Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Metro Schools’ Board Room 2601 Bransford Avenue, 37204