Tracy High junior Jordan Tencati is a member of the school’s student leadership as well as an active participant in community charity events such as the Relay For Life and Brighter Christmas. Glenn Moore/Our Town
As most students are just starting their school year today, Jordan has been busy preparing activities as a member of Tracy High’s leadership club and as the treasurer for the school’s Associated Student Body council. As part of the Link Crew, he works with fellow upperclassmen to make sure incoming freshmen have a smooth transition into high school.
In addition to all that, Jordan has to keep in shape for water polo and baseball.
He’s challenging himself inside the classroom, too, as a member of Tracy High’s International Baccalaureate program. Jordan said he’ll take four advanced classes this year, a big step for a 15-year-old. His mother, Carol Tencati, said Jordan hasn’t missed a day of school since kindergarten and carries a 4.17 high school grade-point average.
“If you want to do something in life, you go after it — not just wait,” Jordan Tencati said.
Jordan also helps out in the community, staying active with Brighter Christmas and the American Cancer Society Relay For Life and being a bell ringer for the Salvation Army during the holidays.
“Sometimes, he just amazes me with some of the stuff he does,” Carol said. “It just seems like it just flows. He never has to work at it to make it all work — it just kind of comes together.”
Our Town: How do you find the time to do everything?
Jordan Tencati: This summer, I haven’t had a lot of free time. I had some free time that I spent with family, but this summer I was with my leadership friends a lot.
OT: What motivates you to be involved with so many activities?
JT: I don’t know. I just like being busy. I don’t like having a lot of spare time. I just love getting involved, being with the school and representing my school really well.
OT: What do you want to do after high school?
JT: I’ve actually been planning on getting into the Air Force as a mechanical engineer. After high school, I have two colleges in mind that I really want to go to — Michigan State and Arizona State. If I get in, I want to join the ROTC program, so I get the college experience but also get ready for the Air Force.
OT: What made you want to go into the Air Force?
JT: A bunch of the stuff that’s been going on in Iraq, and I’ve watched so many things on the Air Force, something interested me. Engineering is basically physics, and I’m big on chemistry and physics and math.
OT: What motivates you to stay active with community service?
JT: I like the way it makes you feel afterward. All these families are in need of help, and we’re just doing our part.
Meet Jordan Tencati
Age: 15
How long in Tracy: His whole life
Education: Tracy High School
Activities: Leadership club, Associated Student Body council, Link Crew, Tracy High baseball and water polo, Brighter Christmas, Relay For Life, Salvation Army volunteer
Favorite quote: “There’s no such thing as failure.”
• In the Spotlight is a weekly profile in Our Town. To nominate someone to be In the Spotlight or to comment on this week’s story, contact Our Town Editor Justin Lafferty at 830-4269 or jlafferty@tracypress.com.
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