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Three project managers from VMS Construction came to Stafford this morning to present to the Construction, Electrical/Plumbing, Natural Resources and Power Mechanics/Welding programs. They shared job opportunities, the residential and commercial jobs that they have completed and how important the trade skills are to their business. They gave this list of advice to the students to be successful in any field they choose:

1. Be on time
2. Work ethic
3. Effort
4. Body language
5. Energy
6. Attitude
7. Be coachable
8. Passion
9. Do extra
10. Be prepared

They also stressed the importance of having strong communication skills to be successful in the field.

SkillsUSA VT 2018

Press Release
For Immediate Release
April 9, 2018
South Burlington, VT
Contact: [email protected]

South Burlington, VT – About 89 Stafford Technical Center participated in the SkillsUSA Leadership Conference at various locations in and around South Burlington on April 4th and 5th. Students from a variety of programs competed in events that allow students to develop and demonstrate personal, workplace and technical skills. A few competitions were held on the weekends leading up to the two-day conference.

SkillsUSA is a national partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA is an individual membership organization serving middle school, high school and college/postsecondary students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health occupations. SkillsUSA Inc. is a national nonprofit and tax-exempt organization.

Stafford Technical Center garnered 33 medals total in individual and group competitions, including 8 Gold medals, 18 Silver medals, and 7 Bronze medals. Medal winners attend Stafford Technical Center from the following schools: Fair Haven Union High School, Rutland High School, Otter Valley Union High School, Mill River Union High School, Poultney High School, Proctor High School, Mount St. Joseph Academy, West Rutland High School and homeschooling.

Also recognized as Advisor of the Year was Stafford’s own John Bixby, Electrical and Plumbing Instructor. Bixby was recognized for his years of service to SkillsUSA and his contribution of setting up the Team Works competition in the state of Vermont.

Gold medal winners are: Anthony Petrossi (MRUHS) in Firefighting, Caden Curtis (RHS) and Levi Tarbell (MRUHS) in Team Works, James Mars (Poultney HS) in Plumbing, Matthew Rock (RHS) in Medical Math, Noah Logan (RHS) and Johnathan Urbani (RHS) in Additive Manufacturing, and Matthew Rock (RHS) in Job Interview.

Silver medal winners are: Dylan Beebe (MRUHS) and Samuel Norton (MRUHS) in Interactive Game Design, K. “Jasper” Lynch (RHS) in Pin Design, Carter Colwell (RHS), Zariannah Guyette (RHS) and Hunter Lanfear (MRUHS) in Crime Scene Investigation, Dylan Beebe (MRUHS) in Extemporaneous Speaking, Brittany Stewart (OVUHS) in Cosmetology, Jacob White (OVUHS) in Action Skills, Gregg Godda (Proctor HS) and Marcus Rockwell (MRUHS) in Teamworks,
Logan Kenyon (RHS) and Gavin Owens (homeschooled) in TV Video Production, Hunter Lanfear (MRUHS) in Job Skills Demo, Darin Alt (FHUHS) in Plumbing, William Li (MSJ) in Medical Math, Brooke Galvin (FHUHS) in Technical Drafting, Kegan Stellato (RHS) in Photography.

Bronze medal winners are: Julie Cressy (WRHS) in Pin Design, Ryan Ward (MRUHS) in Extemporaneous Speaking, Jared Disorda (OVUHS) in Plumbing, Dan Denton (RHS) and Nick Fish (RHS) in Digital Cineman Production, Victoria Dubois (FHUHS) in Job Interview, and Lauren Lape (OVUHS) in Job Skills Demo A.

Mr. Lucci

Mr. Lucci, of our adult education programs, has taken up boxing!

Stafford Technical Center is pleased to unveil a student-created bench made possible by a grant from Rutland South Rotary. Last spring Stafford was awarded a $750.00 grant for a student project. The funds were used to purchase the materials to build an “Adirondack style” bench by two students in the Power Mechanics and Welding program.
Dylan Brown and Hunter Given, both seniors at Stafford Technical Center from Fair Haven Union High School, worked on the bench through the first semester of school this year. Under the watchful eye of the instructors, Tony Bosnich and Jim Patry, the students measured, cut, sanded and welded the bench together from steel pieces.
Rotarian Roger W. Louiselle, contacted Melanson’s Co. to request help with powder coating the bench. Melanson’s Co has the largest powder coat booth set up in the state of VT. Melanson’s provided sandblasting, zinc coating, and powder coat finish to the bench, as well as the time and effort of three employees spending a day on the project. Currently, the bench is inside Stafford Technical Center until it can be placed in its permanent home outside the school.

Forestry work

Last week, students from Stafford Technical Center’s Forestry and Natural Resources Program completed work on an educational lean-to at our Kehoe Green Mountain Conservation Camp. They harvested 24,000 board feet of red pine from the Rutland City Forest, milled the logs, and then built the lean-to as part of their project. Thanks so to the students much for all their hard work!

Students working on OSHA 10 testing.

Digital Arts Students Design New Site

If a career in web design interests you check out our Digital Arts program. Digital Arts students worked diligently for over a year on this website from planning and writing to layout and content. We are very lucky to have such talented students in our school. Special thanks to the students who graduated and moved on before we were ready to go live. In the last few months, none of this would have happened if not for the hard work of Dylan Beebe. Dylan worked outside of school to move this project along to the finish line. Explore our career areas, learn about what we do and why we do it. Thank you for stopping by.

Coming Soon

Before you know it the Stafford Road Show will be visiting local high schools to show you all the opportunitites available at Stafford. You won’t want to miss it!