Middletown High School names class of 21 valedictorian, co-salutatorians
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Middletown High School has announced the class of 2021 valedictorian is Kaya Cook.Contributed photo / Middletown High SchoolShow MoreShow Less
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Fanny Zheng is the class of 2021 co-salutatorian at Middletown High School.Contributed photo / Middletown High SchoolShow MoreShow Less
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Biyanka Patel is Middletown High School’s co-salutatorian of the class of 2021.Contributed photo / Middletown High SchoolShow MoreShow Less
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MIDDLETOWN The high school has chosen its top three class of 2021 graduating students, and named two co-salutatorians this year.
Valedictorian Kaya Cook, daughter of Steve and Josi Cook, completed the most rigorous courses offered, excelling in honors level, advanced placement, and UConn Early College Experience courses while participating in “countless” extracurricular activities, according to a press release from Principa
Rosabella Daraoui, Co-Valedictorian
Rosabella is the daughter of George and Mona Daraoui of Rochester, New Hampshire. She is the younger sister of Karen, 21, and Jennifer, 19, both of whom are graduates of St. Thomas Aquinas High School. She is also the proud older sister of Charbel, 10. Rosabella attended middle school at St. Elizabeth Seton School and is a parishioner of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish in Rochester.
Rosabella is a member of the National Honor Society and the French Honor Society. While at St. Thomas Aquinas High School, she earned the Yale Book Award and the English Department Award (junior year), the Math Department Award (sophomore year), the French Department Award and Le Grand Concours Bronze Award (freshman year), and Le Grand Concours Honorable Mention (sophomore, junior, and senior years).
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Bhavya Chatragadda, left, is the valedictorian and Emily Ariza is the salutatorian.
LINCOLN – Bhavya Chatragadda is the valedictorian of Lincoln High School’s Class of 2021, joined at the top by salutatorian Emily Ariza.
Chatragadda, daughter of Anka and Sujatha Chatragadda of River Road in Lincoln, has a GPA of about 4.11.
“I believe you should put 100 percent into everything you do,” Chatragadda told The Breeze. There’s a personal satisfaction that comes from “doing something to the best of your ability, no matter your ability.”
An AP Scholar with distinction and Harvard Book Award recipient, Chatragadda said she has always taken her academics seriously, but said hearing she was ranked at the top of her class at the end of freshman year motivated her to want to maintain that standing.