I was smart and lucky enough to be my high school valedictorian!
I was my school's valedictorian, as well.  The term is Anglicised from the Latin term for saying farewell.
Interesting!  What exactly does "angelicised" mean?  Have schools always had valedictorians?
Anglicization refers to making foreign words more palatable to English speakers, or those trying to understand a term from an English speaking perspective.