05/08/2026
Good stuff!
A South Los Angeles student is celebrating the incredible accomplishment of receiving 65 college acceptance letters. 🤩🎓✨
The straight-A student and valedictorian from Verbum Dei Jesuit High School is picking an Ivy League school, but he had to do a lot to get to this point.
Lamont Newell is the first male in his family to graduate high school. His mother says the family has been impacted by gang violence and incarceration, making the achievement layers deep. https://abc7.la/RvoyQb
