Cora Ormseth has been named Arcadia High School’s Valedictorian for the graduating class of 2010. Principal David Vannasdall made the announcement today at the annual senior assembly.
Cora Ormseth
Cora, who will deliver the Valedictory Address at AHS commencement ceremonies to be held at Santa Anita Park on Friday, June 11, was selected by a committee of faculty members and students from a group of 30 Salutatorians, all of whom rank academically at the very top of the graduating class of over 950 students.
Cora will be attending Yale University next year and hopes to one day become a pediatrician.
During her four years at AHS, Cora has earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average while taking an extremely rigorous schedule of classes, including honors and Advanced Placement courses in English, mathematics, history, science, and world languages.
Besides being a tremendous student academically, Cora is extremely well-rounded. She is a two-sport varsity athlete and serves as Team Captain for the Girls’ Cross Country Team. She is the Opinion Editor for the Apache Pow Wow school newspaper and is involved in numerous other clubs and organizations on campus.
Off campus, Cora participates in the Bridging Communities Program, a program linking Japanese American and Muslim American youth, and volunteers at the Huntington Gardens.
During her four years at Arcadia High School, Cora has been honored as a Rotary Student of the Month for Academics, an MVP for the Cross Country team, and a recipient of the Stan Chambers Journalism Award. Cora is also a National Merit Scholarship finalist and scholarship recipient.