The PowerSport Institute, a motorcycle technical school in Ohio, has a strict attendance policy – no excused absences.

The Student of the Month for July has not had to worry about an excuse because he has had perfect attendance since starting school last Fall. That is up until missing the whole last week of July. Because of his absence during that week we received the following letter:

“I am writing this letter to give your school a big “Thank You” for letting one of your students attend the Loretta Lynn Motocross event held in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. He helped my grandson who was racing in the 50cc division. He volunteered unselfishly to give us a hand. There are not many individuals today that just offer to help like that and I just wanted to make you aware of the kind of help he gave us. He was very knowledgeable of the way the bike should run and I am guessing he learned that in your school. Keep up the good work.” – from Larry L. Holder, Fort Wayne, Indiana on behalf of rider Alex Holder

Through the first three weeks of July this student had perfect attendance and an overall GPA of 93.5%. Mr. Holder is obviously not aware of the school’s attendance policy and that we did not let him attend and that his GPA will be affected by missing that week of school.

However, the real world experience the student received by doing so is a big part of the learning process as well as attending class every day and PSI wanted to recognize him for representing PSI in a professional and positive manner – even outside of class.

Congratulations to Brandon Larrabee, PSI Student of the Month for July, 2013 from class PT-39.