BLOOMINGDALE — The latest group of graduates were in the spotlight as the Jefferson County Joint Vocational School held its Senior Recognition Ceremony May 16.

Passports, awards and about $40,000 in scholarships were doled out among more than 100 seniors in the school commons. Supervisor/Principal Dan Hartman offeredtha welcome and Superintendent Todd Phillipson spoke.

Keynote speaker Jonathan Cortez, a 2015 graduate, told the grads that the JVS helped determine his future. He studied in the health technologies program and went on to become an emergency room nurse at Trinity Medical Center West.

Awards and scholarships followed for those in the 15 programs from auto collision technologies to welding. Scholarship recipients included Coleman Cooper, $100 Blaner Gift; Katelyn Gallagher, $100 Borden Office Equipment Scholarship; Bailey Ebright, $200 Dr. Tom and Suzanne Brown Scholarship and $500 I Can Succeed Scholarship; Micaila McMillion, $500 Tony D’Aurora Memorial Scholarship; Fred Jones, $100 Christopher Sprouse Memorial Scholarship and Bergholz Foundation Scholarship; Kayla White, EGCC Academic Scholarship; Nathan Eddy, $400 Bob Eddy Scholarship; Harlee Barbour, $300 Geno Morelli Memorial Scholarship and $300 JCJVS Teacher Association/OEA Scholarship; Tyler Sipes, $1,000 Harry E. Scott Memorial Scholarship; Camden Parsons, Laci Gear and Harlee Barbour, Charles M. Pugliese and Thelma M. Pugliese Charitable Foundation Scholarships for $1,000 each; Riley Doyle, $400 Weirton Lumber Company Scholarship; Hunter McFadden, $10,000 Ohio CAT Think Big Scholarship; Dylan Ash ($500) and David Jenkins ($250), Mike “Mags” Cicone Scholarships; Dylan Cucarese, $10,000 Lou Holtz Life Improvement Scholarship with $10,000 match from PTI; Leanna Smith, $250 Dr. David Robinson Scholarship; and Bailey Fillman, $500 Rick Finney Scholarship.

Honors were further distributed for one year of perfect attendance to Camden Parsons, Duayne Wetherell and Tomasso Toriscelli. Vocational and Academic Awards of Distinction went to Austin Stewart, Jacob Hojonski, Devin Cucarese, Isabella Moss, Alexis Rager, Zackeryus Prager, Janelle Lott, Tyler Sipes, Kristen Carroll, Camden Parsons, Dylan Kernen, Jessica Nelson, Hunter Springer, Gabe Hurdle, Skylee Ward, Maverick Woodward, Jason Burrows, Abigail Cronin, Deserae Francis, Shiann Hankett, Luke Darrah and Taryn Dulkowski. Vocational and Academic Awards of Excellence were also presented to Vivian Dubravski, Tomasso Toriscelli, Raleigh Doyle, Kylie Clark, Teresa (Mia) Gabrielli, Kayla White, Kylie Gura, Keenen Alston, Bailey Ebright, Harlee Barbour, Duayne Wetherell, Leanna Smith, Dylan Harris, Coleman Cooper, John Keyoski, Jordan Howder, Clariss Gross, Haley Burgess and Keenan Alston. Meanwhile, National Technical Honor Society members were touted including Harlee Barbour, Haylee Burgess, Kaylee Carpenter, Kylie Clark, Coleman Cooper, Bailey Ebright, William Evans, Crystal Fisher, Laci Gear, Cloa James, Seth Lewis, Micaila McMillion, Camden Parsons, Samantha Price, Allison Robinette, Andrew Schrock, Leanna Smith, Duayne Wetherell and Kayla White for two years and Kayleigh Diekmann, Teresa (Mia) Gabrielli, Aliyah Morris and Kylie Gura, one year.

Among the graduates were Vivian Dubravski, Bailey Fillman, Kaleb Hayes, Cloa James and Josh Riley, auto collision technology; C.J. Adams, William Clay, Carl Cronin, Connor Garbade, Connor Kirkpatrick, Antonio McGinnis, Hunter Strosnider and Tomasso Toriscelli, auto service technologies; Keira Briganti, Raleigh Doyle, Autumn Godman, Jacob Hojonski, Jordan Howder, Nathan Kersey, Brycen Miller, Ethan Saltkield and Landon Thomas, carpentry; Jesse Allen, Nicholas Bado, Justin Batson, Jason Burrows, Kylie Clark, Devin Cucarese and Seth Lewis, computer networking; Lia Chiarenza, Kailyn Devore, Kayleigh Diekmann, Carly Englert, Kaitlyn Evans, Crystal Fisher, Teresa Gabrielli, Anna Haysler, Megan Jones, Aliyah Morris, Isabella Moss, Kaitlyn Nutter and Brooke Potvin, computer networking; Anthony Duke, Kaylee Carpenter, Emily Gubanez, Koby Hood, Samantha Price, Alexis Rager and Kayla White, criminal justice; Zackeryus Prager, Delilah Rucker and Brian Wesley Schlockley, culinary arts; Taryn Dulkowski, Katelyn Gallagher, Kylie Gura, Alazia Hayman, Janelle Lott, Felicity Rawson and Sumer Yeager, early childhood education; Keenan Alston, Charles Bowman, Zane Cunningham, Luke Darrah, Nathan Eddy, Colin Lucas, Gavin Metz, Logan Neilly, Garett Rawson, Tyler Sipes and Maverick Woodward, electrical trades; Haley Burgess, Kristen Carroll, Bailey Ebright, William Evans, Shiann Hankett, Katelyn McWhorter, Jasmine Platko, Allison Robinette and Matelin Sterling, health technologies; Harlee Barbour, Bryce Garman, Breanna Hanlin and Camden Parsons, multimedia and design; Trevor Herbert, David Jenkins, Frederick Jones VI, Dylan Kernen, Hunter McFadden, Derek Roghelia, Duayne Wetherell and William Zullo, power mechanics; Charles Dylan Ash, Mackenzie Bay, Laci Gear, Clarissa Gross, Madison Hale, Tara Johnston, Micaila McMillion, Jessica Nelson, Leanna Smith, Paige Smith and Skylee Ward, small animal science; Macy Bigler, Dylan Haines and Hunter Springer, Transition to Work; and Tyler Browning, Hunter Chetock, Cayden Clifton, Coleman Cooper, Abigail Cronin, Deserae Francis, Kolten Hanlin, Gabriel Hurdle, Chase Keller, John Keyoski, Hunter Ruckman, Andrew Shrock and Jeremy Starr, welding.