IVVC Takes Top Honors at State SkillsUSA Conference
Students Advance to Nationals in Kansas City
The Illinois Association of
SkillsUSA held its annual Leadership and Skills Conference in
Springfield on April 17-19, 2008. There were more than 1,300
students who participated and were supported by over 300 business
and industry, organized labor, and educational professionals who
supervised and judged the competitions and provided technical
support.
Students from across
the state participated in 17 Leadership Development Contests, 56
Technical, Skilled and Service Occupations Contests, 6 Health
Contests, 8 Action Skills Contests for Special Needs students and 6
Occupationally Related Contests.
Congratulations to the
following Indian Valley Vocational Center students who placed in
the top three and special congratulations to those students who
took first place gold medal honors and will represent IVVC at the
National SkillsUSA Conference on June 23-27, 2008.
CRIME SCENE
INVESTIGATION - 1st PLACE GOLD MEDAL
Team Event:
Tyler Reboletti (Yorkville)
Tyler Lurz (Sandwich)
Mike Palasiewicz (Sandwich)
CRIMINAL JUSTICE - 1st PLACE GOLD MEDAL
Matt Kimmey (Sandwich)
FIRST AID-CPR - 1st PLACE GOLD MEDAL
Laura Rodriguez (Yorkville)
FIRST AID-CPR - 2nd PLACE SILVER MEDAL
James Colford (Somonauk)
MEDICAL MATH - 2nd PLACE SILVER MEDAL
Laura Rodriguez (Yorkville)
MEDICAL MATH - 3rd PLACE BRONZE MEDAL
Sarah Rooney (HBR)
The following
students also represented IVVC at the State SkillsUSA
Conference:
Hinckley Big Rock High School: Sarah Rooney
Indian Creek High School: Justin Stiker
Plano High School: Branden Hoolehan, Carlos Martinez, Alex Piedrahita
Newark High School: Christopher Jeka
Sandwich High School: Erica Behland, Jaryd Windisch
Serena High School: Levi Ford
Yorkville High School: Emily Beck, Yumanela Candelaria, Breanna Petersen,
Alexandria Rodriguez, Kiersten
Toma, Amanda Underwood, Courtney Webb.
Anyone interested in
learning more about SkillsUSA, financially supporting SkillsUSA
students who are attending Nationals, or scheduling a student
presentation on SkillsUSA for their organization, please contact
Jane Wolf at IVVC, 815-786-9873 or visit our IVVC website at www.indianvalley.org for
more information.
