Student-Athlete Kendall De Laria is the 2015 Valedictorian of North Atlanta High

 

Kendall De Laria transferred to North Atlanta from Tennessee in 2013 where she attended the Christian Academy of Knoxville (CAK). At CAK she was a member of the CAK State-Champion and State-Runner-Up soccer team. In 2013, she entered the International Baccalaureate Program at North Atlanta where she continued her athletics to pursue her interests in sports by participating in varsity cross-country and soccer. In her senior year, she was captain of the girl’s cross-country team. Kendall enjoys leading the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, for which she has served as co-president and as president. She also enjoys participating in local and global mission work and leading a running club for girls at La Amastad. Furthermore, she founded an Operation Smile Club, which fundraises for the organization’s life changing surgeries.

Plans to Attend: Georgia Institute of Technology

Major: Biology and Psychology

Career Goal: Pediatric Dentis

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