WACO—Rockdale High School SkillsUSA students came home with six medals and qualified seven students for state from their first district level competition ever during the weekend at TSTC-Waco.
Students, and placings were, with state qualifiers in italics:
First aid/CPR—Jasmine Acosta, Leslie Banda, Wyatt Pounders, Adriana Salamon, advisor Leah Spiers Employment application process—Nathan Thomas, gold; advisors, Brooksy Fisher, Glenda Walker.
Construction tool ID—Lane Wallace, silver; Aaron Avila, Jacob Davis, Joseph Nieto, Enrique Rivera; advisor, Brandon Grigsby.
Welding—Tyler Elliott, Luisa Garcia, Brandyn Gibson, Dalton Hubnik. Kaden Kruse, Blaise Samford, Cody Vance; advisor, Art Free.
Welding applications—James Weller, gold; Ramon Casteneda, silver; Hunter Vance, bronze; advisor, Art Free.
Welding fabrication (team of three)—J. R. Harris, Jacob Phillips, Braden Wallis, silver; advisor, Art Free.
SkillsUSA Texas Championships are held in Corpus Christi April 5-8, 2018.
First-place winners at state earn the right to compete in the National SkillsUSA Championships in Louisville, Kentucky alongside more than 7,000 other competitors from across the country.
The district contests included 80 high schools and over 1,200 career and technical education (CTE) students competing in nearly 100 hands-on trade, technical, and leadership contests.
These contests span more than 95 trade areas.
The Rockdale chapter, was formed this fall.
Students worked against the clock and each other, proving their expertise in their chosen occupational areas.
All contests were run with the help of TSTC faculty, industry professionals, and technical competencies that are set by industry.
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