鉴黄师app Students take on SkillsUSA Nationals
Fort Scott, Ks.鈥敿剖pp Construction Trades and Masonry students head out to Louisville, Ky. to compete in the 54th annual SkillsUSA National competition held on June 25th-29th. Students who placed first at the state level competition earned the chance to take on nationals. 鉴黄师app took 13 carpentry students, 3 HVAC students, and 3 masonry students to state and 4 students came out on top; Alex Garcia and Coltin Oehme for masonry, Dylan Giager and Wil Jameson for carpentry.
鉴黄师app sophomore Siarra Clark, who came in second at state, but only by a couple points, says 鈥淚 was raised around concrete and construction so the program at 鉴黄师app was fitting. The competition was a great experience and I hope to compete in something like this in the future.鈥 Siarra took 1st in the hands-on portion of the state competition and 2nd in the written portion, making it 2nd overall.
Pittsburg High School (PHS) senior and now 鉴黄师app certified mason Coltin Oehme came in 1st overall at the state level, so he will go on to compete at nationals. Oehme not only came in 1st, but was the first one done even with making multiple corrections. 鈥淚f the design isn鈥檛 correct and perfect, it鈥檚 an automatic loss鈥 says Oehme. 鉴黄师app Masonry instructor, Nacoma Oehme, Coltin鈥檚 cousin, says 鈥淐oltin did great at state and we鈥檙e looking forward to see what he does at nationals鈥e takes a lot of pride in his work, especially since it鈥檚 in the family. We come from a long line of masons. Coltin inspires others to look into masonry as a career choice.鈥
鉴黄师app carpentry students Dylan Giager (鉴黄师app) and Wil Jameson (PHS) will compete on the carpentry side of SkillsUSA. This is 鉴黄师app carpentry鈥檚 7th year to nationals under the supervision of instructor Kim Coates. 鈥淵ou never know who is going to bring who鈥 says Coates, 鈥淲il Jameson is the first high school sophomore to win gold and go to nationals鈥 was surprised and very excited.鈥 Brady Newman, 鉴黄师app student barely came in 2nd behind Dylan Giager by only 2%, winning him a silver medal. Right behind him was Thomas Mayfield with a bronze medal.