Recognition Project Announces Winning and Honorable Mentions of 300 Students

Information submitted by the San Ramon Valley Unified School District—

Nearly 300 high school students in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District were recognized with Winning or Honorable Mention entries at Monday’s annual Student Recognition Project Open House at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon.

For the complete list of Winners and Honorable Mentions, visit the Student Recognition Project website at http://www.studentrecognition.org

These students were selected from more than 900 who submitted entries for the project. Students who participate in the Project compete in any of 25 categories that showcase their skills both within and outside the curriculum. Project judging is done by professional business people with extensive expertise in the various categories. The 89 students who were selected as "Winning Entries" will be honored at a gala breakfast onApril 4th.

“The quality of the work we judged was beyond spectacular,” said Kathy Moore, former Poet Laureate for the City of San Ramon, and one of the judges for the Poetry and Creative Writing categories. “We truly are producing some great young writers in our schools and community.”

The program is coordinated by the San Ramon Valley Unified School District and sponsored, in part, by Chevron. The purpose of the program is to create collaboration among students, educators and the business community in the San Ramon Valley, to promote educational excellence and to prepare students for the business world of the 21st century.

Categories include: Applied Design, Architecture/Computer Aided Drafting, Community Service, Computer Programming, Creative Writing, Culinary Arts, Dance, Digital Art, Drama, Early Childhood Education, Entrepreneur, Fashion Design, Instrumental Music, Journalism, Photography-Digital, Photography-Film, Poetry, Science, Video Production, Visual Arts, Vocal Music, Web Design.

For more information about the project, visit http://www.studentrecognition.org