WXYZ-TV/Channel 7 paid tribute to over 250 high school seniors from throughout Southeast Michigan at a special picnic in the 29th annual celebration of the "Brightest & Best"

Since 1980, the station has honored graduating seniors from public and private schools who have demonstrated excellence in academic, extracurricular and community pursuits. The program has recognized over 7,000 high school seniors in its 29-year history, making it the longest-running program of its kind in the Detroit market.

Brightest and Best 2008

	Capac High School, Akiva Hebrew Day School, Northville High School, Michigan Health Academy, Clintondale High Shcool, Riverview High School, Trenton High School, Dryden High School, Walled Lake Central High School, Whiteford High/Middle School, Wixom Christian School, Lincoln High Shcool, Charlotte Forton Academy, Academy of Oak Park, Consortium High School Academy, Oxford High School, Lamphere High School, Thurston High School, Pershing High School, Oak Park High School
	Westside Christian Academy, Algonac High School, Fraser High School, Loyola High School, Garden City High School, Peck High School, Walled Lake Western High School, Marian High School, Harper Woods High School, Fr. Gabriel Richard High School, Madison High School, Flat Rock Community High School, University of Detroit Jesuit High Shcool, Avondale High School, Greenhills High School, University Prep High School,
	Academy for Business & Technology, Faith Christian School, Andover High School, Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School, Shrine Catholic High School, Rochester Adams High School, Brighton High School, Bethany Christian High School, St. Mary Catholic Central High School, Southfield Christian High School, North Branch High School, Sandusky High School, Detroit Catholic Central High School, Inkster High School, Detroit Community High School, Marlette High School, Huron High School, Utica High School
	Parkway Christian School, Pontiac Central High School, Clarkston High School, Henry Ford II High School, Detroit Country Day School, Community High School, Port Huron High School, Anchor Bay High School, Oakland Christian School, Lake Orion High School, Our Lady of the Lakes High School, Milford High School, Romeo High School, Summerfield High School, Pinckney Community High School, Chelsea High Shcool
	Southfield/Lathrup High School, Holly High School, Lahser High School, West Highland Christian Academy, Clarenceville High School, University Liggett School, Edsel Ford High School, Detroit International Academy, Sterling Heights High School, Cousino High School, Warren Mott High School, Eisenhower High School, Roseville High School, Port Huron Northern High School, West Bloomfield High School, Algonac High School
	Howell High School at Parker Campus, Ecorse Community High School, Harry S. Truman High School, Airport High School, Yale High School, St. Clair High School, Ida High School, Troy High School, Immaculate Conception Catholic High School, South Lyon High School, Lake Shore High School, Dundee High School, International Academy, Michigan Health Academy, Novi High School, Brighton High School, Cleveland Intermediate High School
	Fordson High School, Hamtramck High School, Seaholm High School, Plymouth High School, Kettering High School, Stevenson High, Renaissance High School, Marvin L. Winans Academy of Performing Arts, Light and Life Christian School, Almont High School, Lapeer Community High School, Monroe High School, Lincoln High School, Annapolis High School, Manchester High School, Eaton Academy
	Rochester Hills Christian Schools, Stoney Creek High School, Royal Oak High School, Madison High School, Macomb Christian School, Old Redford Academy, De La Salle Collegiate High School, Clawson High School, New Life Christian Academy, Arts Academy in the Woods, The Roeper High School, Wayne Memorial High School, Southeastern High School, Cardinal Mooney Catholic College Prep, East Detroit High School, Brandon High School
	Conner Creek Academy, Western International High School, Fitzgerald High School, L'Anse Creuse High School, Lakeview High School, Lutheran High School North, Marysville High School, Stevenson High School, Berkley High School, Imlay City Senior High School, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Farmington High School, Centerline High School, Groves High Schol, Warren Woods Tower High School, Regine High School
	Franklin Road Christian High School, Capac High School, Saline High School, Southfield High School, Cass Technical High School, Grosse Pointe South High School, Ann Arbor Academy, Pioneer High School, A.G.B.U. Alex and Marie Manoogian School, Redford Union High School, Baptist Park, Washtenaw Christian Academy, Cody High School, Memphis High School, Grosse Pointe North High School, Rabichoud High School
	Chippewa Valley High School, Northwestern High School, North Farmington High School, Rochester High School, Luthern High School Northwest, Crestwood High School, Notre Dame Prep High School, Dakota High School, Davis Aerospace High School, Henry Ford Academy, Cabrini High School, Cadsey High School, Summit Academy - North High School, Detroit Academy of the Arts & Sciences, Canton High School, Salem High School
	Bishop Foley Catholic High School, Divine Child High School, Armada High School, Communication Media Arts High School, Cooley High School, Finney High School, M.L. King High School, Detroit School of Arts, Southgate Anderson High School, Marine City High School, Lapeer West Senior High School, Brown City High School, Brother Rice High School, Romulus High School, Fowlerville High School, Bedford High School
	Westside Christian Academy, Shalom Baptist High School, New Haven High School, Harrison High School, Heartland High School, John Glenn High School, Huron High School, Waterford Mott High School, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Waterford Kettering High School, Dexter High School, South Lake High School, Lakeland High School, Pontiac Northern High School, Eson Academy, Marian High School,
	Dearborn High School, Ladywood High School, Belleville High School, Conner Creek Academy East High School, Grosse Ile High School, Mercy High School, L'Anse Creuse High School North, Richmond High School, Croswell-Lexington High School, Franklin High School, Roosevelt High School, Detroit City High School, Huron High School, Mt. Clemens High School, Mumford High School, Milton High School
	River Rouge High School, Advanced Technology Acedemy, Southwestern High School, Hazel Park High School, Romeo High School, Summerfield High School, Pickney Community High School, Chelsea High School, John F. Kennedy High School, Athens High School, Allen Park High School, Walled Lake Northern High School, Willow Run High School, Oscar A. Carlson High School, St. Mary's Preparatory, Lincoln Park High School