The class of 2019 is made up of 175 students. Eighty-six students in the class have achieved a Latin honor academic recognition. Eighteen students have earned a Suma Cum Laude designation (weighted GPA of 4.0 or greater), 24 students have earned a Magna Cum Laude designation (weighted GPA of 3.5 to 3.99), and 44 students have earned a Cum Laude designation (weighted GPA of 3.0 to 3.49).
Seniors will also be wearing zipper pulls that denote academic and technical readiness. Forty-nine students have met both academic and technical readiness benchmarks, 34 students have met academic ready benchmarks, and 48 students have met career readiness benchmarks.
Special music will be performed by the ACHS Band and the ACHS Choir. Colors will be presented by the ACHS Cadet Corps. The motto for the Class of 2019 is, ” Our lives are before us, our pasts are behind us, but our memories are forever with us.” The class chose I’ll Always Remember You by Hannah Montana as the class song, the Peace Lily as the class flower, and red, white, and blue as the class colors.
(Chad A. Parnell – ACHS)