**EXHIBIT
      31.1**


**CERTIFICATION
      ACCOMPANYING PERIODIC REPORT**


**PURSUANT
      TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**


I,
      Donald
      J. Percenti, certify that:





1.
      I have
      reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of American Achievement Group
      Holding Corp., AAC Group Holding Corp. and American Achievement
      Corporation;





2.
      Based
      on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement
      of
      a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
      statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
      were
      made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
      report;





3.
      Based
      on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
      included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects
      the
      financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrants
      as
      of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;





4.
      The
      registrants’ other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
      maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
      Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrants and have;


a)
      designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
      controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
      material information relating to the registrants, including their consolidated
      subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
      during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;


b)
      evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants’ disclosure controls and
      procedures and presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the
      effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
      period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


c)
      disclosed in this report any significant change in the registrants’ internal
      control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants’ most
      recent fiscal quarter (the registrants’ fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
      annual report) that could significantly affect the registrants’ internal control
      over financial reporting;





5.
      The
      registrants’ other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
      recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
      registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of registrants’ board of
      directors:


a)
      all
      significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal control over
      financial reporting which could adversely affect the registrants’ ability to
      record, process, summarize and report financial information and have identified
      for the auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and


b)
      any
      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
      who
      have a significant role in the registrants’ internal control over financial
      reporting.





Date:
      July 10, 2007


/s/
                DONALD J. PERCENTI*Name:*
            
            *Donald
                J. Percenti**Title:*
            
            *President
                and Chief Executive Officer**(principal
                executive officer)*