We're so proud of A.J.
51 students were honored. The school has 1,450 students (grades 9-12). Yes Pam, you read that right....1,450 students - one high school for the entire county!
Anyway, he got a very nice certificate, a school t-shirt and a gift bag full of goodies like gift certificates to McDonalds, Hardees, etc.
And they had drawn numbers before the award presentation. They called out the winners by seat numbers. A.J. went up when another number was called and I was sooooo embarrassed for him.

But there was a teacher off to the side and she was giving out the gift bags and she didn't miss a beat to get him and she brought him over to the table to "help" her without too much confusion. I could tell he was embarrassed and I felt so bad for him. And then the last number that they called was his number so he did get to go back across the stage to get his gift - for real this time. He won a gift card to a local pharmacy that has a really nice gift shop!
I went up to the teacher after the ceremony and thanked her for helping him out. She said that she was glad to do it and they all keep a special eye out for him.
Before the award ceremony we went out to dinner - the whole family. Plus, my good friend is also a teacher's aide in the Special Ed department and she went to dinner with us and then went to the ceremony with us.
It was a very nice evening!!!