Southeast Missouri's 2021 Valedictorians

Sarah Yenesel

Friday, June 18, 2021

In recent weeks, the Southeast Missourian traveled to 18 high schools in the region to interview and photograph their valedictorians.

Paige Schaefer, Chaffee's 2021 valedictorian, poses for a photo at Chaffee High School in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Paige Schaefer, Chaffee's 2021 valedictorian, poses near the trophy case with the valedictorian plaques where she will soon be listed at Chaffee High School in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Eagle Ridge's valedictorian Logan Schwieger poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Eagle Ridge's valedictorian Logan Schwieger poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)

Thomas W. Kelly High School's 2021 valedictorian Alaney Moore poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Thomas W. Kelly High School's 2021 valedictorian Alaney Moore poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Thomas W. Kelly High School's 2021 valedictorian Alaney Moore poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Erin Grayhek, Oak Ridge's valedictorian, poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Erin Grayhek, Oak Ridge's valedictorian, poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)

Oran's valedictorians Alyssa Spane and Landgon Scheeter pose for a photo at Oran High School in April. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Oran's valedictorians Alyssa Spane and Landgon Scheeter pose for a photo at Oran High School in April. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
St. Vincent High School's valedictorians Claire Deterding, Genevieve Lipe and Hannah Riney, from left, pose for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
St. Vincent High School's valedictorians Claire Deterding, Hannah Riney and Genevieve Lipe, from left, pose for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
St. Vincent High School's valedictorians Claire Deterding, Genevieve Lipe and Hannah Riney, from front to back, pose for a photo outside the school's chapel in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Advance's valedictorian Danielle Markham poses for a photo at the high school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Advance's valedictorian Danielle Markham poses for a photo with the softball team's recent state trophy at the high school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Advance's valedictorian Danielle Markham bumps a volleyball at the high school in May. She said one of her favorite high school experiences was going to the state volleyball competition multiple times. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Bell City's valedictorian Mia Dembowski poses for a photo outside the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Bell City's valedictorian Mia Dembowski poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Bell City's valedictorian Mia Dembowski poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Delta's valedictorian Emily Landewee poses for a photo at the in front of the high school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Delta's Emily Landewee holds up her valedictorian medal at the high school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Delta's valedictorian Emily Landewee poses for a photo at the high school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Notre Dame's valedictorian Claire Southard poses for a photo at the school's tennis court in May. She played tennis all four years. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Notre Dame's valedictorian Claire Southard poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Notre Dame's valedictorian Claire Southard poses for a photo in the school's chapel in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Scott City's valedictorian Kayla McCain poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Scott City's Kayla McCain holds her valedictorian medal at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Scott City's valedictorian Kayla McCain poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Zalma's valedictorian Logan Lemons sets a volleyball at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Zalma's Logan Lemons holds her valedictorian medal at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Zalma's valedictorian Logan Lemons poses for a photo at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cape Central's 2021 valedictorian Emma McDougal poses in front of the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cape Central's 2021 valedictorian Emma McDougal poses for a photo with her diploma at the school in May. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cape Central's 2021 valedictorian Emma McDougal poses for a photo in front of the Richard D. Kinder Performance Hall at the school in May. She said her favorite high school experience is her time in the theater program. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jackson's valedictorian Winston Pais poses for a photo with his hand over the handprint he made for the commemorative 2021 class wall marking at the school in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Jackson's 2021 valedictorian Winston Pais throws his cap in the air at the school in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Winston Pais poses with his valedictorian medal at Jackson Senior High School in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Leopold's 2021 valedictorians Kyleigh Lewis and Lauren Fluchel, from left, pose for a photo in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Leopold's 2021 valedictorians Lauren Fluchel and Kyleigh Lewis, from left, pose for a photo outside the school in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Leopold's 2021 valedictorians Lauren Fluchel and Kyleigh Lewis, from left, pose for a photo in the gym at the school in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Meadow Heights's 2021 valedictorian Titus Ackman poses for a photo in the gym at the school in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Titus Ackman holds up his valedictorian medal at Meadow Heights High School in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Meadow Heights's 2021 valedictorian Titus Ackman poses for a photo in the gym at the school in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Scott County Central's 2021 valedictorian Lydia Canady poses for a photo at the school in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Scott County Central's 2021 valedictorian Lydia Canady throws her cap in the air in front of the school in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Scott County Central's 2021 valedictorian Lydia Canady poses for a photo in the gym at the school in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Woodland's 2021 valedictorian Emma Scott poses for a photo in the gym at the school in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Emma Scott holds up her valedictorian medal at the Woodland High School in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Woodland's 2021 valedictorian Emma Scott poses for a photo in front of the school in June. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)