Guam 9th grader receives Gold President’s Honor Roll Award

Fernando Tarriela Valderrama, an incoming ninth grader at Harvest Christian Academy in Guam, received the Gold President’s Honor Roll Award last May for Outstanding Academic Excellence.

Fernando Tarriela Valderrama

Conferred by the President’s Education Awards Program in the U.S., the award is the highest recognition given to graduating elementary, middle, and high school students who meet standards of excellence.

Valderrama is part of Harvest school’s National Junior Honor Society (NJHS), which encourages high academics along with strong character and leadership development. His extracurricular activities include joining Orchestral classes and being part of the Running Club/Cross Country. Outside of school, Valderrama is a gray and white belter in Jiu-Jitsu.

His parents are Tom and Tricia Valderrama. His maternal grandmother is Philippine National Bank’s first Chairwoman Flor Gozon Tarriela.