School administrators, Board of Education members, central office personnel, and members of the media made a surprise visit to the homes of the Class of 2020 valedictorians and salutatorians of all five high schools in Douglas County on Thursday, May 21. These ten students worked long hours in rigorous courses over the last four years to earn this esteemed honor.
Names of valedictorians and salutatorians are listed below along with the colleges they will attend this fall.
Alexander High School
Valedictorian: MaKenna Otten, University of Georgia
Salutatorian: Caleb Rice, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chapel Hill High School
Valedictorian: Kailey Belcher, University of Georgia
Salutatorian: Manali Patel, Georgia Tech
Douglas County High School
Valedictorian: Ayesha Saeed, Emory University
Salutatorian: Sarah Khan, Georgetown University
Lithia Springs High School
Valedictorian: Carlos De Santiago, Kennesaw State University
Salutatorian: Binaya Timsina, Georgia Institute of Technology
New Manchester High School
Valedictorian: Sage Crystian, Harvard University
Salutatorian: Makayla Smith, Georgia State University
Otten Rice
Belcher Patel
Saeed Khan
De Santiago Timsina
Crystian Smith