SkillsUSA Members Shine at 2024 State Conference

Career & Technical Education students from Eastside and Southside technical centers performed well in this spring’s SkillsUSA contests, which were part of the 2024 state leadership conference April 17-20 in Louisville. Congratulations to all!

Eastside

• Broadcast News Production – 1. Abby Barnes, Harris Hall, Ayden Hayes, and Alyx Fretthold; 2. Sunny Johnson, Riley Taylor, Jay Barnette, and Niles Geurtz
• Crime Scene Investigation – 3. Zoe Fields, Luke Thompson, and Zach Morris
• Firefighting – 2. Sash Newton; 3. Jacob Browning
• Job Skills Demo - 3. Taylor Roney
• Opening/Closing – 3. Abby Barnes, Alyssa Clem, Riley Taylor, Jane Staed, Grace Tomazic, Savannah Washburn, and Jaiden Neal
• Power Equipment- 2. Gavin Cooper
• T-Shirt Design – 3. David Ingram
• Video Game Development – 1. Jane Staed and Wyatt Robinson
• Video Production – 3. Ella Hart and Sophia Florez

Southside

• Baking & Pastry Arts – 3. Iracel Damian Martinez
• Cabinetmaking Design – 1. Jacob McCarty
• Cake Decorating – 1. Promisse Helms
• Career Pathways – 2. Miley Boblett, Zackary Dunn, and Iyanna Ross 
• Carpentry 1 – 1. Cayden Kitchens
• Culinary Arts – 1. Nicholas Brown
• Debate – 2. Jamie Ritchie and Lidia Solis
• Extemporaneous Writing – 2. Claire Lee
• Health Knowledge Bowl – 2. Gabe Aghil, Karina Cruz, Jenny Lutchenko, and Ellie Thompson
• Quiz Bowl – 3. Jackson Charlton, Landon Dye, Thomas Givan, Gabe Simpson, David Komprs, and Reece Thomson
• Spelling – 3. Cooper Ford
• Welding I – 1. John Calvin Parker; 2. Landon Dye
• Wood Sculpture – 2. Skylar Clark

SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to ensure our country has a skilled workforce. As a nonprofit national education association, SkillsUSA serves middle school, high school, and college/postsecondary students preparing for careers in trade, technical, and skilled service occupations.

Contacts: Hunter Dean at Eastside and Daryn Morris at Southside