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By Wendy Nilsen Pollitzer

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[caption id="attachment_1258" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Beaufort High Graduates"]<a href="http://www.beaufortislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Graduation.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1258" title="Graduation" src="http://www.beaufortislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Graduation-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>[/caption]

Last week, almost 600 seniors graduated from two area high schools. A collective amount of $7.5 million in scholarships was awarded to the Lowcountry graduates from Battery Creek and Beaufort High schools.<!--more-->

[caption id="attachment_1259" align="alignleft" width="223" caption="Battery Creek High School Valedictorian, Allyson Morgan"]<a href="http://www.beaufortislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Allyson-Morgan-Valedictorian.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1259" title="Allyson Morgan-Valedictorian" src="http://www.beaufortislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Allyson-Morgan-Valedictorian-223x300.jpg" alt="" width="223" height="300" /></a>[/caption]

Valedictorian of Battery Creek High School was Allyson Brooke Morgan, who earned a 4.96 grade point average and will attend Brigham Young University in the fall. Theresa Nicole Bishop, who earned a 4.64 grade point average, was salutatorian and will attend Newberry College.

Beaufort High School Valedictorian Marian Rose Hohenwarter earned a 4.88 grade point average. She will attend the University of Virginia. Brittany Megan Baker was salutatorian and earned a 4.79 grade point average. She plans to study at Furman University.

For a complete list of graduates from Battery Creek and Beaufort High schools, visit www.BeaufortIslandNews.com.

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