Charlotte Amalie High School’s Class of 2026 Graduates With 65% Honors and First Male Top Two in 35 Years

Charlotte Amalie High School closed the territory’s public high school graduation week Thursday with a ceremony that celebrated the academic strength, resilience and personal growth of its “unstoppably iconic, quintessentially excellent, boundlessly unique” Class of 2026.

The school’s 95th commencement recognized 231 graduates, with Principal Njnanya Boyd highlighting several milestones for the Chickenhawks. More than 65 percent of the class graduated with honors, including 31 students recognized as high honor students.

Ms. Boyd said another notable achievement was the strong academic showing among male students. Half of the students in the top 10 were male, and “for the first time in 35 years,” she said, both the valedictorian and salutatorian were male. Just three years earlier, only one student in the top 10 was male.

The class also included 39 students who completed industry certification requirements in career and technical education disciplines. Forty-six English Language Learners were part of the graduating cohort, including 10 who graduated with honors and one who earned high honors.