School withholds valedictorian’s diploma for saying “hell”
PRAGUE, Okla.– There’s a bit of diploma drama going on between a local high school and that school’s valedictorian. David Nootbaar is furious his daughter’s school is keeping her diploma. He said,...
View ArticleControversy over valedictorian speech goes viral
PRAGUE, Okla. — The fight continues for an Oklahoma valedictorian who is being denied her diploma because she used the word “hell” in her graduation speech. Her high school principal told her she...
View ArticleDiploma Dilemma: Valedictorian appears on The Today Show
NEW YORK — Prague High School valedictorian Kaitlin Nootbaar and her father, David, talked with Matt Lauer on The Today Show Thursday morning. Kaitlin said she has learned a valuable life lesson...
View Article‘I have everything to lose,’ Homeless teen becomes school’s valedictorian
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sometimes the most inspirational stories are right in front of you and you may never know. That’s the case with Griffin Furlong. Furlong lost his mother to leukemia when he was...
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