Wednesday, March 31, 2021

BecauseOfThemWeCan.com: "After 152 years Albany High [in Albany, New York] has a Black valedictorian" [Onovu Otitigbe-Dangerfield]




30th March 2021

A New York senior makes history as the first Black valedictorian at her high schoolWNYT reports.

Onovu Otitigbe-Dangerfield is a senior at Albany High School in Albany, NY. She's always worked hard academically while also being active in several extracurricular activities. She's president of the robotics team, president of the Key Club, and editor-in-chief of the school's online newspaper. She's also a member of the Select Choir, a violinist, a pianist in the Jazz Improve Band, and a soccer team member. If that wasn't enough, on the weekends, she volunteers at a local nursing home.

The senior is now winding down her high school career with an almost perfect GPA. She's graduating at the top of her class and is now valedictorian, the first in the school's 152-year history.

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