Congratulations Skills USA

This past Friday, February 13th, we sent several students over to EHOVE Career Center for the SkillsUSA regional competition events. EHOVE is an acronym for Erie Huron Ottawa Vocational Education and is located along the Ohio Turnpike just below Sandusky, Ohio. Our students left Vantage around 5:45 am that morning for the long two and a half hour bus ride. The students were competing in Automotive Technology, Precision Machining, Collision Repair Technology, Carpentry, Cosmetology, Electrical Construction Wiring, Industrial Motor Controls, Welding, Health knowledge, Medical Math, Medical Terminology, Nail care, Nurse assisting, and First Aid/CPR.

The competition is always an exciting time for the students because it is built up with anticipation and nerves. The students do not know what they will be working on before they arrive. They know the area that they are competing in but the actual part they have to manufacture or the part they have to re-build, they do not know. They will practice their skills for several weeks before they head over to the competition and try to go over any unusual circumstances that they may encounter. Their lab instructors do a great job preparing them and helping them develop their skills. Once the competition begins, they are on their own.

I am proud to announce that we had five (5) students that will be going on to the state competition:

Tyler Foust - Automotive Service Tech (3rd place out of 16)

Derek Schroeder - CNC Milling (2nd place out of 10)

Cole Ketchum - CNC Turning (2nd place out of 7)

Corey Booher - Collision Repair (2nd place out of 8)

Bianka Robach - Nurse Assisting (3rd place out of 14)

Congratulations to all our competitors and to the five students heading off to the state competition, I wish you the best of luck and have all the confidence in you.