An 18-year-old black teen made local history by becoming the first black male to graduate as valedictorian from Oakland Technical High School. Ahmed Muhammad earned the highest academic rank in his class, holding a 4.37 GPA. He is also an accomplished athlete and part of the school’s varsity basketball team.
However, this is not the only impressive achievement this young man has under his belt. The student is also the founder of a science education company called Kits Cubed. The company, which was launched last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, creates affordable science kits for elementary and middle school-age kids.
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Teen Who Is 1st Black Male Valedictorian of His High School Gets Into 11 Colleges Duration: 01:34 Meet Oakland Technical High School’s first-ever Black male valedictorian. Ahmed Muhammad is a straight-A student, science enthusiast and basketball player. The 18-year-old even runs his own nonprofit, Kits Cubed, that sends science kits to students in need. His latest feat is getting into all 11 colleges he applied to, including Harvard, Columbia and Stanford. “It’s crazy to me. I definitely didn’t think that was going to happen,” he said. Inside Edition Digital’s Johanna Li has the full story.
Oakland Technical High senior to be school s first Black male valedictorian
By Sharon Song
OAKLAND, Calif. - When 18-year-old Ahmed Muhammad graduates from Oakland Technical High School next month, he will make history by becoming the school’s first Black male to be named valedictorian.
Oakland Technical H.S. senior, who founded science education company Kits Cubed, to be school s first Black male valedictorian, after being accepted to all 11 colleges to which he applied including Harvard and Stanford. (Ahmed Muhammad)
Muhammad will be recognized with the distinction of having the highest academic rank in his class, finishing his four years at Tech with a cumulative 4.73 grade point average (on track for a 5.0 GPA for his senior year). In addition, he received a score of 1540 with a perfect 800 in the Math section and a 740 in the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section. On top of all that, he will leave his mark as a stand-out athlete who was an integral membe
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