Student is 1st Black male valedictorian in school s 106-year history
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Dorothy Butler Gilliam s extensive journalism career spanned decades.Courtesy Ahmed Muhammad
An 18-year-old is the first Black male valedictorian in his school s 106-year history.
Ahmed Muhammad is a student at Oakland Technical High School in California. He is graduating May 26 at the top of his class with a 4.73 GPA and, depending on how his final few classes go, may even leave with a 5.0. I m super excited, he told Good Morning America. I feel blessed.
In addition to his regular course load, Muhammad s taken 13 advanced placement classes at Oakland Tech as well as multiple college classes at his local community college.
In a windowless room at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Carl Chan unspooled his story, focusing on two foundational events that, he says, âchanged my life.â
The first occurred as a middle school boy in British-governed Hong Kong, where he was born in 1958. As he walked to catch his bus home, he noticed five white British boys picking on a Hong Kong boy. âThis is wrong! Donât pick on him!â he told the boys.
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Oakland Technical High Senior Slated to Become School First Black Male Valedictorian
Ahmed Muhammad is set to make history at Oakland Technical High School by becoming their first Black male valedictorian.
The 18-year-old straight-A’s student has obtained an impressive GPA of 4.73. Also, he received a score of 1540 on the SAT with a perfect 800 in the math section and a 740 in the evidence-based reading and writing section. Not to mention he’s a key player on his varsity basketball team. Yet the teen was still shocked to find that in the school’s over 100-year history he is the first Black male graduating with this honor.
Photo op with the police chief: The accolades pour in for Oakland Tech s first Black male valedictorian
By Sharon Song
OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland Technical High School senior Ahmed Muhammad has become somewhat of a local celebrity, garnering much love and attention for all of his remarkable accomplishments as he’s set make history as his school’s first Black male valedictorian when he graduates next month. On Monday, the Oakland Police Department celebrated the teen as it shared a photo of him posing with the city’s new police chief, LaRonne Armstrong.
The chief, an Oakland native himself, graduated from Tech rival McClymonds High School in West Oakland.
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