[Sonny M]

I always believed that a school should have a valedictorian, its tradition and its a nice way to reward a students who have done the best. For those who don't make it, they are still on the honor roll. I know some schools, you can get over a 4.0, alot of honors programs automatically add points to your average.

[PhiKapMom]

There are just too many here in our schools that have a perfect GPA to pick only one of them. So they have gone the graduated with Honors Route. I know the speeches are a whole lot better with the students picked by their peers instead of some I sat through with Valedictorians. They graduate over 400 here and we get out in a little less than two hours which is great!