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GRADUATION 2011: Los Altos High School Preview
An unusually large number of valedictorians and speakers will be recognized at the 6 p.m. gathering at Tom Burt Field.
The Class of 2011, nearly 400 strong, graduates on Friday, celebrating their accomplishments in their last hour and a half together before they embark on the next adventure in a waiting world.
This year's class has an unusually large number of nine valedictorians—students who maintained a 4.0 grade point average all four years of high school. They are: Caleb An, Lauren Bednarski, Rachel Grate, , Sean Langhi, Mark Levin, Egan McComb, Jacqueline Treiger and Gary Yu.
There are a large number of speakers this year, as well. These students, an all-girl line-up, were selected through tryouts befire a panel of staff and faculty. The speakers include Yareli Flores, Rachel Grate, Jill Rubin and Carolyn Yang.
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Among the hundreds listening to them in the audience will be Barry Groves, the superintendant of the Mountain View-Los Altos School District (MVLA), Brigitte Sarraf, associate superintendant, and Phil Faillace, a member of the MVLA Board of Trustees.
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