LEADING THE CLASS OF 2010 at Wortham high school are, l-r, valedictorian Jodi Thornton and salutatorian Porsche Lockhart. The Wortham high school Class of 2010 will be headed this year by valedictorian Jodi Thornton and salutatorian Porsche Lockhart.

Expected to cross the stage in June 5 commencement exercises are 33 students.

Commencement is at 7 p.m. in the WHS gymnasium. A baccalaureate service is at 7 p.m. Sunday in the school auditorium.

Miss Thornton, 18, headed the class all four years of high school and graduates with a 4.81 grade point average.

The daughter of Kelly and Sheri Thornton started school in Fairfield, transferred to Mexia in second grade and transferred to Wortham in eighth grade.

She plans to attend Blinn College then transfer to Texas A&M to earn a doctorate in accounting.

“I love math,” she says of her career pursuit.

The valedictorian serves as Beta Club president, student council vice president, Theater Club and FCCLA treasurer, and is a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Interact Club.

Miss Thornton also was named district most valuable player at middle blocker in volleyball last fall, is captain of the cheerleading squad and is an All-American cheerleader. She played basketball and ran track until this year.

The WHS top student competed in University Interscholastic League academics her senior year, as a member of the first place mathematics team and finishing fifth individually in mathematics.

She also participated in 1-act play for three years.

Outside of school activities, she works part-time at a restaurant in Mexia.

Miss Lockhart, 18, improved her class ranking from third place to the second slot this year, posting a 4.72 GPA, and her twin sister, Skie, is ranked fourth.

“I tried to get up there,” she says. “I am satisfied with second.”

The salutatorian is the daughter of Bertrane and Pamela Lockhart.

A native of Wortham, Miss Lockhart reports she was active in school activities even though she did not join many clubs and organizations.

She is, however, student council president, senior class vice president and a member of Beta Club.

In UIL academic meets, she finished third in calcu- lator applications her junior and senior years, was third in informative speaking as a sophomore student and participated in 1-act play one year.

Miss Lockhart plans to attend Navarro College to earn an associate degree in paralegal studies, then plans to attend the University of Southern California and pursue a law degree.

“I argue pretty good,” she says. “I’ve never pictured myself in any other field.”

The salutatorian will have a ready made carpool when she starts classes at Navarro—-her sister and a cousin, Deundria Johnson, also plan to start college there.

After school, Miss Lockhart works part-time at a day care center.

Rounding out the Class of 2010 are Chey Anne Bates, Jeffrey Alan Hale Burns, Bradley Lane Butler, Peyton Lott Calame, Tiffany Caroline Chapman, Kayla Leeann Doan, Dustyn Allen Gatlin, Brittany Graham, Eddie Luna Graham, Lacey Elise Hall;

Deundria Shanice Johnson, Jake McLeod Jones, Latishia Monia Lambert, Samantha Renee Lane, Ethan Wayne Lansford, Levi Larry Lansford, Skie Taylor Lockhart, Devyn Laree Lopez, Christopher Dale Matthews, Holden Tate McCord, Tammy Annette Norman;

Bradley Charles Paradoski, Cameron Lynn Price, Ashley Lakel Rhodes, Blake Reid Ridge, Samantha Louise Sherber, Miki Lynn Short, Spencer James Thornton, Jourdan Marie Vaughan and Brandi Lee Williams.