Blue Chippers

Each quarter of the school year, we honor our outstanding students who have earned a 4.0 grade point average and perfect attendance for the most recent marking period. For the 1st quarter of this school year, I am proud to announce that we have nineteen students who have earned the honor of being Vantage Career Center Blue Chippers. These students are really the "cream of the crop". They have taken on the challenge that we offer every student when they come to Vantage; perform your very best, be here everyday and prepare yourself for future employment and/or college. These are the students that we would have no trouble recommending for a job or writing them a reference letter for college admission or for any scholarships. They come to school everyday, work hard and push themselves to be better than they were yesterday.

I like the Merriam-Webster definition of a blue chipper. The dictionary talks about a blue chipper in terms of a trading stock, in terms of an athlete and in terms of an asset. It states that it is a stock issue of high investment quality...and enjoys public confidence in its worth and stability. For the athlete, it states that it is an athlete rated as excellent. The final definition states that it is an outstanding worthwhile or valuable property or asset. I truly believe these blue chippers are a very valuable asset to Vantage Career Center. They set the bar for all our other students and they model to the other students what is expected of each of them. I understand that not every student is going to be a blue chipper. However, I would hope that all of you will work as hard as you can to do the best that you can. If you do that, and it doesn't make you a blue chipper next quarter, don't feel upset. Whenever you can look in the mirror and know that you worked as hard as you could, then you can be proud of yourself. You can take that philosophy with you the rest of your life and you will not be disappointed.

Today we honor our 1st quarter blue chippers. They celebrated with pizza during their lunch and were able to bring a staff member of their choosing. I hope if you see any of these students in your classroom or the hallways, you will congratulate them on a job well done. I personally would like to thank them and let them know I am very proud of what they have accomplished. Here is a list of the 1st quarter blue chippers:

Brooke Brown (Welding), Joe Callow (Ind. Mech), Justice Clark (Health Careers), Joey Frank (Elec), Levi Hiltner (Ind. Mech), Bryce Hoehn (Network Systems), Logan Jackson (Welding), Nathan Klima (Network Systems), Andrea Kremer (Int. Media), Aubrey Kremer (Int. Media), Zach McDaniels (Auto Tech), Marcy Shoppell (Culinary Arts), Jacob Sukup (Ag & Ind Powerplant), Trishakay Summers (Network Systems), Angela Tenwalde (Early Childhood), Darian Tijerina (Electricity), Austin Van Atta (Culinary Arts), Thomas Waldick (Network Systems), Mason Walton (Bldg/Gnds).

CONGRATULATIONS once again to our Blue Chippers for the first quarter!!!