Below are the honor speakers for the 2012 NHS Graduation:
Valedictorian is Henry Hoang Tran, son of Hoang Tran and Chinh Nguyen. He plants to attend Stanford University. Picture is from The Rock Hill Herald. Video is from Comporium.
Click here for a great story about Henry's family in Andrew Dys' article in the Rock Hill Herald. From the article:
"His parents came to America in 1993, sponsored by the Catholic Church, after his father was released from five years in a Vietnamese prison. That is what happens when the father, Hoang Tran, was a captain in the defeated South Vietnamese Army. He ends up in jail because his side lost. The mother with tiny babies waits for release in poverty that is brutal.
But finally the Trans arrived in Rock Hill with two older boys and two older girls. Nobody spoke a word of English. Henry was born just after the family arrived.
“This is opportunity, America,” said the father.
Henry’s mother said, through translation by the older brother, Huu, who just finished Clemson, that American success requires education.
“That is the way to a better life,” she said. “Through hard times, all we wanted was for our children to succeed. In America.”"
Salutatorian is Chandler Jordan Green, daughter of Wallace and Mitzi Green. She plans to attend the University of South Carolina. Picture is from The Rock Hill Herald. Video from Comporium.
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