<p> Massachusetts Vocational Association Secondary Award – 2017 Overview</p><p>The Massachusetts Vocational Association Secondary Award will salute an outstanding vocational technical student from Massachusetts. This award will be in the amount of $500.00 which will be awarded annually at the M.V.A. Annual Convention. The recipient will receive the award at the Saturday night banquet. Parents or guardians are invited to attend. The M.V.A. will give the recipient, three (3) banquet tickets and one (1) hotel room for Saturday night.</p><p>SUBMIT ONLY ONE APPLICATION PER SCHOOL</p><p>The state’s award committee will consist of the Awards Chairperson, Executive Director, and</p><p>The M.V.A. President. This said committee will review all the finalist’s documentation and be responsible to make all the necessary arrangements for the award.</p><p>Please do not send three ring binders or electronically ; we must take the application apart for black and white photo copying. Applications will not be returned because they are destroyed.</p><p>Send applications to:</p><p>MVA C/O Donald Erickson</p><p>44 Hawthorne Street</p><p>Auburn, Ma. 01501</p><p>0R E-Mail attention Don Erickson to [email protected] POSTMARK: January 6th, 2017</p><p>Application must be postmarked by the above date. All applications will be stamped with the date received. INSTRUCTIONS ELIGIBILITY</p><p>1. All secondary vocational technical students who are enrolled in a state-approved vocational/technical and career program.</p><p>2. Only an active M.V.A. member from the student’s school is allowed to nominate the student.</p><p>CRITERIA FOR THE OUTSTANDING VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL STUDENT, SECONDARY</p><p>1. Personal commitment to secondary vocational technical educational and to the program in which student is enrolled.</p><p>2. Success in the vocational technical clinical affiiations, projects and related work experiences, demonstrated by above average scores.</p><p>3. Success in academic areas as demonstrated by above average scores in theoretical components of the program in which student is enrolled. </p><p>4. Evidence of good personal character and leadership by two (2) written references supplied by persons having contact with student on a daily basis.</p><p>5. Involvement in school and community activities or other experiences that challenge the student. Evidence by letter from agency with which the student has participated.</p><p>Please type or print:</p><p>Name: ______</p><p>(First) (Middle) (Last)</p><p>Srette Address: ______</p><p>City/Town: ______State ______Zip ______- ______</p><p>Phone: (______) ______Birth Date: ______</p><p>Name of the School attending: ______School Chapter: Eastern______Central ______Southeastern ______Western ______</p>