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Houston senior makes history as first African-American valedictorian at St. Thomas High in 199-year history
via:ABCNEWS
A St. Thomas High School senior is making history.
Student Kellin McGowan is the first African-American valedictorian in the school’s 119-year history.
McGowan received the Albert R. Gaelens Award, which is given to the student who best exemplifies the school’s motto of Teach Me Goodness, Discipline and Knowledge.
English faculty member Darrell Yarbrough said McGowan is a “superhero (with) a cloak of humility.” Yarbrough added that McGowan’s superpower is “his lightning-fast intellect” because he is so aware of what’s going on in the world around him.
“We don’t have to know everything – that is God’s job. And Kellin McGowan is God’s superhero,” Yarbrough continued.
Kellin will attend the University of Chicago to study political science with plans to go to law school.
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