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Jeff Tech students recently competed at Skills USA representing district 7, which contains 19 schools. We are very excited that 30 students competed in the district competitions at Stuckey’s Subaru in Hollidaysburg, Fulton County AVTS in McConnellsburg, Central PA Institute for Science and Technology in Pleasant Gap, and Admiral Perry AVTS in Ebensburg. Thirteen of those students received medals. We will have three first-place recipients eligible to compete at the state competition in Hershey, PA from April 10 through April 12, 2019.
The students, their placements, and the area of competition are listed below:
- Lisa Reitz – 1st Place Extemporaneous Speaking
- Leah McConnell – 1st Place Medical Terminology
- Ashley Maze – 1st Place T-shirt Design
- Kyle Knapp – 2nd Place Precision Machining
- Nicole LeDonne – 2nd Place First Aid/CPR
- Logan Smith – 2nd Place Automotive Refinishing
- Matt Beck – 2nd Place Collision Repair
- Gavin Lingenfelter – 2nd Place Automotive Refinishing
- Lillie Pierce – 2nd Place Nurse Assisting
- Payten Adams – 2nd Place Restaurant Service
- Hunter Benton – 3rd Place Welding
- Brendan Crate – 3rd Place Welding Sculpture
- Ariel Forrest – 3rd Place Architectural Design
Skills USA is a national student organization that instills the development of employability, participatory, and leadership skills to complement the occupational skills developed by students in technical education classrooms or work-based learning sites. Some of the purposes of the skills competitions are to unite a common bond in students, develop leadership abilities, instill work ethic, help students attain a purposeful life, create enthusiasm for learning, and promote a high standard in trade ethics, workmanship, scholarship, and safety.
Back row left to right: Kyle Knapp, Logan Smith, Cort Holben, Eric Bradford, Javen Fotta, Brendan Crate, Isaiah Troutman, Cassy Becker, Matt Beck, Lisa Reitz, Haley Keener Kiera Shaffer and Leah McConnell. Front row left to right: Ashley Maze, Lillie Pearce, Falisha Hutchins, Shelby Weyant, Kelsey DeLarme, Paige Lander, Ariel Forrest, Emma Horne, and Payton Adams. Missing from the photo: Emily Senior, Hunter Benton, Evan Grech, Gage Hickok, Gavin Lingenfelter, Nicole LeDonne, Korinne Anderson, and Anna Martin. Photo by Nikki Howard (cosmetology senior.)
Students had a wonderful time at semi-formal!
Court for Princess: left to right - Emma Horne, Kelsey Delarme, Falisha Hutchins, Eden Ianaro, and Lilly Zimmerman
Court for Prince: left to right - Austin Smith, Jonathan Herndon, Kyle Knapp, and Dominic Auge
