Joshua Hatfield is Career Center 'Student of the Month'

Joshua Hatfield, senior at the Taylor Career and Technical Center, has been named the "Student of the Month."

Hatfield is part of Mr. Holmgren's machine tool class and has an "A+" grade and perfect attendance. And his teacher can't say enough good things about him:

"Joshua Hatfield has been one of my students for eight months in the Precision Machine Tool program," said Holmgren. "This is an intensive program designed for students who wish to become professional machinists, CNC operators and tool and die makers. 

"During this time, Joshua has been a model student and leader among his peers.

"By its very nature, Precision Machine Tool requires extremely talented and capable individuals. Joshua has definitely been that type of person. His dedication and professionalism was evident throughout all classroom and laboratory work. Consequently, he's accumulated a 4.0 grade-point-average.

During the eight months that I have known Joshua, I have always found him to be an extremely intelligent, dependable, conscientious and responsible person.

He has definitely proven that he has the desire, ability and personal relation skills to be a successful machinist. I am confident that Joshua will accomplish any endeavor that he decides to challenge."