Valedictorian's an academic title typically conferred in North America upon the highest ranked student among those being graduated from an educational institution. The term's an anglicized derivation of the Latin vale dicere ("to say farewell"), historically rooted in the valedictorian's traditional role as the final speaker at the graduation ceremony. The valedictory address generally's considered a final farewell to classmates, before they disperse as a collective group in order to pursue thei… (More on Valedictorian)