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- Last Updated on Sunday, 31 May 2015 03:53
The Mon Valley Career and Technology Center is proud to announce a very successful trip to the SkillsUSA State Conference and Competition in Hershey, Pennsylvania in April.
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Mon Valley CTC, located in Charleroi, sent 29 competitors into 18 different disciplines and walked away with 15 medals.
Alex Taylor (Bentworth), Jessica Weiss (California), Heather Sickels (Ringgold), Emily Stark (Charleroi), Mike Marple (Monessen), and Eric Rosenberg (Ringgold) were awarded gold medals in the very competitive chapter business procedure competition, where they had to demonstrate their knowledge of parliamentary procedure.
Tyler Macz (Ringgold) earned a gold medal in the computer programming contest.
Anthony Deems (Beth Center), Kenny Briggs (Charleroi), Josh Kramer (Monessen), Dennis Berry (Ringgold), Isaac Ramsey (Ringgold), Holly Saner (Ringgold) and Jill Yohe (Ringgold) scored big with a bronze medal in the highly prestigious quiz bowl competition as they answered questions about current events, academic knowledge and professional development. As a post-secondary competitor, Ingrid Jimenez brought home a bronze medal in the cosmetology competition.
The gold medal winners will now move on to Louisville, Kentucky for the SkillsUSA National Skills and Leadership Conference in June.
SkillsUSA Advisors Lexann Romonosky and Jeff Yanits were extremely proud of all of the MVCTC competitors for the time and dedication they put into their skills and the professional manner in which they conducted themselves on the three day event. Fellow advisors Dennis Dull and Chris Ralston were also instrumental in preparing the student's for the trip. The students are already making plans for next year's contests.