PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — A group of students from the Presque Isle Regional Career and Technical Center recently travelled to Bangor for the SkillsUSA state conference.
Students enrolled in a range of CTE fields attended the state SkillsUSA conference and competed in different training categories. A group from the Presque Isle RCTC also qualified for and will be headed to the National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in June.
Students from the Presque Isle Regional Career and Technical Center attending the SkillsUSA conference in Bangor are, from left, Noah White, Taylor Hedrich, Carragan Haney, Kaci Bates, Casey Estabrook, Anna Robinson, and Molly Kingsbury.
(Courtesy of Presque Isle RCTC)
SkillsUSA is a national organization serving technical and trade education programs and brings students together at the regional, state and national level.
More than 20 PI RCTC students attended the state conference and a number of them earned medals in their respective programs.
Among students winning gold medals were Chance Bragan in masonry; Gabe Herweh, Riley Roderick and Ty Schneider in industrial and engineering technology; Belle Thibault in customer service; Anna Robinson in prepared speech; and Kaci Bates in extemporaneous speech.
Winning silver medals were Taylor Hedrich in job Interviewing; and Jason Dumais and Ethan Cassidy in additive manufacturing.
Winning bronze were Grace Gallagher in technical drafting; and Sydney Chavez, Molly Kingsbury, Cole Paterson, Jacob Sjoberg, and Noah White in the quiz bowl.
