FAST FACTS: Here are key numbers for the New Smyrna Beach High School graduating class of 2009
Number of graduates: 314
Valedictorian: Jurate Juozas Lukosaityte
Salutatorian: Alexander Ashley Chisholm
Total scholarships offered to graduates: $1,348,725
* In area and local scholarships: $264,500
* In college, organization, and military scholarships: $791,400
* In Bright Futures scholarships: $292,825
Courtesy photos / Volusia Cty. Gov't / Michelle Coats. "Hot Shot" Aundre Branch of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters visits Samsula Academy in Samula on Monday. At left, fourth-grader Donnie Padgitt with Hot Shot. At right, children see some of Hot Shot's cool basketball-handling tricks.
Courtesy photo. Jurate Lukosaityte is valedictorian of the New Smyrna Beach High School class of 2009. The 18-year-old will attend the University of Florida and major in health science. She gave the following speech to her classmates at Wednesday's graduation ceremony at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach: