Students are workforce ready after SkillsUSA competition

Every year, students from FutureForward, the district's career and technical education program, participate in the SkillsUSA State Competition. 

At the state competition, SkillsUSA students hone their hands-on skills against current industry standards in more than 130 occupational areas, from 3-D Animation to Welding and nearly everything in between. At the same time, they develop the transformative career-readiness skills — teamwork, communication, professionalism, leadership and more — that fuel career and life success.

This year, FutureForward had 58 students compete at the state competition — 34 from the Washington Square campus and 24 from the Bollman campus. Our students and teachers worked so hard to prepare for this event, and it was a huge success.

Below are the medal winners at the 2024 SkillsUSA State Competition:

• Auto Collision:

  • (Ash) Lachlan Sission - Collision Damage Appraisal - Bronze

• Carpentry:
  • Steven Prososki - Gold

• CSI:
  • Lucy Tremmel, Leila-Faye Hall, Shakira Zepeda - Gold 
  • Makayla Arellano, Autumn Irsik, Kyleigh Shaw - Silver 
  • Jasmine Trejo, Megan Little, Emma Hurley - Bronze

• Customer Service:
  • Megan Little - Gold

• Diesel:
  • Chance Brown - Silver

• Electrical:
  • Hayden Treese - Silver

• Extemporaneous Speaking:
  • Grant Miller - Gold

• Fire:
  • ​​​​​​​Cameron Fabry - Gold 
  • Jaedon Pridavok - Silver 
  • Chloe Merry - Bronze

• Graphic Design:
  • ​​​​​​​Maya Reno, Jay Carpenter, Abigail Torres - Promotional Bulletin Board - Gold
  • Stephanie Heeley - State Pin Design - Bronze
  • Savannah Moore - State T-Shirt Design - Silver

• Team Works:
  • Grant Miller, Davis Treese, Gavin Carter, Tyler Allen - Silver

• Video Production:

  • ​​​​​​​Kyle Harshman, Lleyton Senne - Digital Cinema Gold

  • Mateo De La Fuente, Jackson Brown - Digital Cinema - Silver

  • Drayden Frary, Lauren Clark - Digital Cinema - Bronze

We are excited to share that 8 students from FutureForward were invited to the National competition. We are so proud to see students representing the district at the national level!  

Special thanks to the FutureForward community for submitting this Five Star Story.

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