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[jessiac]

I have a burning question: What on earth are

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[unwritten_words]

The Validictorian is the person chosen to deliver the farewell address for the class during graduation. It's a great honor. Ususally it's someone who represents all the positive qualities of the graduating class (smart, funny, athletic, popular, etc...)

Underclassmen are usually Freshmen (9th grade, 14-15yr old) and Sophpomores (10th grade, 15-16 yr old) those are the first two years of high school. The 3rd and 4th years are Upperclassmen: Juniors (11th grade, 16-17 yrs old) and Seniors (12th grade, 17-18 yrs old)

[unwritten_words]

ack. I should have spell checked that. Sorry. Validictorian Valedictorian / Ususally Usually / Sophpomores Sophomores -

I should add that these are titles, and there aren't any special jobs or responsibilities attached to them, apart from the farewell speech given by the Valedictorian.

[jessiac]

Thanks! I've always wanted to know what they meant - I thought for a while that sophomores were musical people in american high schools *blushes*.

[falcon13]

typically, the valedictorian is the student with the highest cumulative grade point average (GPA) in the class. the salutatorian is the #2 person, academically speaking.

[jessiac]

Yet another thing that we don't do here in the UK - Grade Point Averages...sometimes I work it out personally to see how well I'm doing, and teachers tell your parents when they see them what grade your averaging, but it isn't made public.