MOUNT VERNON, New York -- Congratulations are in order for a graduating senior from Mount Vernon who is not only her class valedictorian, but she has also achieved perfect attendance her entire ...

Unbeknownst to his peers, Hadzic, 18, had just come from his father's funeral. Miralem Hadzic died of pancreatic cancer at age 52. Somehow, Hadzic's legs carried him to the podium. Then he delivered a ...

High school class valedictorian Alem Hadzic was unusually somber before delivering his commencement speech on May 16. “People were coming over to wish me luck and I was kind of blowing them off,” ...

"I can’t throw something away that he worked so hard for me to achieve," Alem Hadzic said during his graduation speech Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in ...

"To be the class that commenced a new way forward," she said, "bravo." With graduation ceremonies all across the U.S. canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, graduates are understandably feeling a bit glum ...

A North Carolina high school valedictorian thanked God and proclaimed his faith in Christ during his speech last weekend, according to a legal firm that urged him to push back against attempts by his ...