Student of the month certificate maker

Printable Student of the Month certificates and awards. The wording is filled in below: add the month, write why each student was chosen and print one per page.

Student of the month certificate templates

Eight of the 24 designs, with this certificate's wording. Choose one to use it in the maker below; every design takes your list of names, your logo and signatures.

3 certificates A4 landscape · Heritage gold

Print at 100% scale, margins None.

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1Wording

Occasion Organisation optional Certificate title Line before the name Award or reason used when a name has none of its own

2Recipients 3

One per line. Add a tab, “|” or comma, then a personal award line.

Pasted from a spreadsheet? Column A = name, column B = award. A first row of column titles (Name, First name / Last name, Award) is read and skipped.

Import names from CSVor a .txt list, read on this device

Remember names on this device

3Design and paper

Heritage gold · A4 · Landscape

Design

Paper Orientation

Add school or team logo

Images stay in your browser. PNG, JPG, WebP (or SVG for the logo), under 2 MB.

4Date and signatures

Today · Ms. Rivera

Date empty hides it Date style

Number each certificate

Signer 1 name Role

Add signature image

Signer 2 name optional Role

Add signature image

Example wording — replace it with yours

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How schools run Student of the Month

Student of the Month is usually chosen by each teacher for their class, or by a grade team for the whole year group, and presented at a monthly assembly or in front of the class. Many schools give the award a monthly theme – respect in September, responsibility in October, kindness in November – so the reason on the certificate ties the student to that month's value.

Because the award comes round every month, it pays to set it up once: your logo, design and the principal's signature are remembered in this browser, so each month you only change the month and the names.

What to put on a Student of the Month certificate

The title: “Student of the Month”, optionally with the month itself (“Student of the Month – March”).
The student's name, the way they like to be called.
Why they were chosen: one specific sentence about what they did, not just “for being great”.
The month and year, in the date or in the reason line.
The school's name and logo, with the teacher's and the principal's signatures (two signers fit).

Student of the Month certificate wording examples

KindnessCongratulations to · Name · Student of the Month for September, for making every new student feel welcome
Hard workThis award is presented to · Name · for working hard every single day in maths and never giving up
LeadershipCongratulations to · Name · for leading your group with patience in our science project
ResponsibilityAwarded to · Name · for always being ready, organised and on time this month
ImprovementThis certificate is presented to · Name · for the biggest improvement in reading this month
RespectCongratulations to · Name · for showing respect to classmates, teachers and our school

One certificate per class, printed together

When every class chooses its own Student of the Month, collect the names and reasons in a spreadsheet – column A the name, column B the reason – and paste both columns into Recipients. Each student gets their own page with their own reason, in the same design, ready for the assembly. Add the class to the reason line if certificates are handed out by someone who does not know every student.

More wording, whole lists and printing

The wording guide has 12 more student of the month wording examples, each with a link that fills it in here. To make one for every name on a class, team or staff list, see how to make certificates in bulk from Excel or Google Sheets. Before printing on card, read how to print certificates for paper weights and print settings.

Frequently asked questions

What is Student of the Month based on?

Each school sets its own criteria. Common ones are effort, kindness, behaviour, leadership, improvement or a monthly value such as respect or responsibility. Whatever the reason, write it on the certificate so the student and their family know exactly what was noticed.

Can I make one certificate for every class at once?

Yes. Paste up to 100 names, each with its own reason after a tab, “|” or comma, or paste two columns from a spreadsheet. Every student gets a separate page.

Can I keep the same design every month?

Yes. The design, logo, wording and signatures are remembered in this browser, so next month you only change the names and the month. Tick Remember names on this device if you also want the names kept.

Can the principal and the teacher both sign?

Yes. Under Date and signatures there are two signers, each with a name, a role and an optional signature image.

All 17 are on the certificate templates page, grouped by occasion, in 24 designs.