Two JTED students from Julie Ellis' Business class at Vail Academy and High School, Courtney Barger and Remington Knauer, were recently honored for being among five students in Arizona named nominees for the U.S. Presidential Scholars in Career and Technical Education (CTE).
This is the first year President Obama has included CTE students as Presidential Scholars. Only twenty students from across the nation will be selected for the honor and recognized in May 2016.
Nominees were selected based on evidence of academic rigor, technical competence, employability skills and ingenuity/creativity/problem solving.
CTE State Director Jeanne Roberts from the Arizona Department of Education presented the awards. Several business, education, and community leaders praised the work of Ms. Barger and Mr. Knauer during a ceremony held in front of their classmates.
Jim Click Jr. awarded the students $2,500 each to designate to an organization of their choice.
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