The James Rumsey Technical Institute held its annual AAA Awards ceremony Thursday to recognize outstanding students. Recipients are chosen from eighteen high school technical programs and four high school academic areas. Kevin Harvey from JRTI’s business partner, Napa Auto Parts, and several representatives from the tri-county school system participated in the ceremony.
Each year, every instructor recommends one student from each of their classes to receive the award. The AAA in the award’s name stands for Attendance, Attitude, and Achievement. Each student recommended has been identified by their instructor as displaying exemplary performance in any combination of those three categories. Many of the students chosen hold leadership positions in the school’s Simulated Workplace initiative.
Many of the recipients’ families attended. Students were not notified in advance of who was chosen in order to surprise them. As each recipient was called forward to receive a certificate and a T-shirt, a brief write-up about the student provided by the instructor was read to the audience. Students and family members cheered as each recipient’s accomplishments were shared. The T-shirts were designed and printed by the Multimedia Publishing class.
AM High School AAA Recipients
PM High School AAA Recipients