PIQUA — Upper Valley Career Center Student Services Director Matt Meyer has released the names of Students of the Month for January 2017.

According to Meyer, students from each program are named for the honor recognizing extra effort and to encourage development of leadership, scholarship, citizenship and community service abilities throughout the year. The local recipients for January are:

Botkins: Joe Fisher, Automotive Collision Repair Technologies II.

Fairlawn: Derek Goff, Automotive Collision Repair Technologies I (Ground Transportation).

Fort Loramie: Justin Meyer, Pre-Engineering and Design Technologies I.

Houston: Gabrielle Cagle, Medical Technologies II.

Sidney: Jazmin Hammer, Interactive Media I.