MISSING FROM PHOTO: Dayna Hughes-Fair Haven-Digital Arts/Leadership & Marketing (Gold-T-Shirt Design), Briann Crossman-RHS-Health Careers (Bronze-First Aid & CPR) and (Silver-Gorilla Communications), Samantha Lacz-West Rutland-Health Careers (Silver-Gorilla Communications), and Logan Greeno-Mill River-Video Communications and Leadership & Marketing (Silver-Photography)
It was a competition of “Olympic” proportions. Students trained for months in a particular event, and then competed with their peers for the chance to earn Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. The event depicted here is the Vermont Skills USA Competition which was held April 3 & 4 in Burlington, Vermont. Stafford Technical Center students collected a record number of medals this year with 21 total in categories ranging from T-Shirt Design, Photography, Medical Math, Plumbing, and Automotive Collision Repair. This skill Building is an integral part of the student’s preparation for college.
Skills USA is a national non-profit organization serving teachers, high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trades, technical, and skill service occupations including health careers.
Those students receiving Gold Medals are eligible to participate in the Skills USA National Competition to held this June in Kansas City, Missouri. The following students received medals in their respective competitions:
GOLD MEDALISTS
Ryan Eastman (OV-Auto Refinishing and Collision) for COLLISION REPAIR
Dayna Hughes (Fair Haven-Digital Arts-Leadership & Marketing) for T-SHIRT DESIGN
Ryan Taylor (Fair Haven-Electrical/Plumbing) and Nick Hill (Fair Haven-Electrical/Plumbing) for TEAMWORKS
SILVER MEDALISTS
Ryan Eastman (OV-Auto Refinishing & Collision)-for AUTO REFINISHING
Chandler Reed (OV-Auto Refinishing & Collision) for COLLISION REPAIR
Samantha Lacz (WR-Health Careers), Andrew Fitzgerald (WR-Electrical/Plumbing), Briann Crossman (RHS-Health Careers), and Ryan Taylor (FH-Electrical/Plumbing) for GORILLA COMMUNICATIONS
Erin Perry (RHS-Health Careers)-for JOB INTERVIEW
Katlyn McCoy (RHS-Health Careers) for MEDICAL MATH and Logan Greeno-(MR-Video Communications and Leadership & Marketing)- for PHOTOGRAPHY
Kelsey McLaren (FH-Electrical/Plumbing) and David Fernandes (OV-Electrical/Plumbing)- for TEAMWORKS
BRONZE MEDALISTS
Corey Mossey (OV-Auto Refinishing & Collision) for AUTO REFINISHING
Kylie Sherwood (Post Secondary-Cosmetology 2) for COSMETOLOGY POST SECONDARY
Briann Crossman (RHS-Health Careers) for FIRST AID & CPR
Nick Scott (Poultney-Forestry, Natural Resources & Horticulture and Leadership and Marketing) for JOB SKILLS OPEN
Andrew Fitzgerald (WR-Electrical/Plumbing) for PLUMBING
Howard Waldron III (FH-Auto Technology) for RELATED TECHNICAL MATH