Lucky 13: Valley View Students Earn 'Platinum' Certification

Thirteen Valley View School District 365U high school students have achieved National Career Readiness Platinum Level Certification, placing them in the top one percent of all students nationwide who took the skills test last spring.

Steven Christopher Vonderohe from Romeoville High School and Bolingbrook High School’s John Howeth Birkett, M. Asad Chaudhry, Paul Michael Crafton, Edwin Jaramillo, Alexander Ross Kew, Chelsie May Kolarik-Murray, Daniel Lopez, Gillian Marie O’Donnell, Brian Michael Parro, Marcus John Smith, Jonathon Christopher Vavrina, and Rachel Catherine Wank all earned the honor.

They will be recognized at the Oct. 28 VVSD School Board meeting.

ACT's National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) is a portable credential that demonstrates achievement and a certain level of workplace employability skills in a variety of areas. Through ACT Career Credentials, individuals can earn certification by taking three WorkKeys® assessments: Applied Mathematics, Locating Information and Reading for Information. WorkKeys assessments measure "real world" skills that employers believe are critical to job success.

Test questions are based on situations in the everyday work world.