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Norcross High Principal to Address Graduates

William Bishop will address graduating seniors of Norcross High on May 24. He is completing his first full school year as the principal there.

Norcross High's principal William Bishop is one of the key speakers at the school's graduation this week, according to district officials.Β 

Approximately 607 students will be graduating, with 120 of them as honor students. The ceremony takes place 8 p.m., May 24 at Gwinnett Center Arena.

Bishop took over as principal in January 2012, and now he will be saluting those 600 graduates at the close of his first full school year at Norcross High.

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The school holds a special place for the principal, as he taught math there from 2005-2007 before becoming an assistant principal at Duluth High School.

Other speakers at the school's graduation are: Allison Fisher, valedictorian; Robert Hensy, salutatorian; and Christina Valentini, senior class president

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Who's Speaking at Nearby Schools?*

Meadowcreek High School: 507 graduates, 74 honor graduates

  • Steve Flynt, GCPS associate superintendent for school leadership and operations
  • Louise Radloff, school board member

-- Ceremony takes place noon, May 24 at the Gwinnett Center Arena

Gwinnett Online Campus: 42 graduates, 3 honor graduates

  • Linda Mitchell, GCPS director of program development

--Ceremony takes place 7 p.m., May 22 at 550 Trackside.

See also:

  • Do You Have a Graduating Senior?
  • Meet the Valedictorians and Salutatorians for Norcross and Meadowcreek


*(Note: Speakers named here may not be the complete list of graduation speakers.)


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