Harrison Students Qualify for State in SkillsUSA
Twenty-two Great Oaks Career Campuses students will have the chance to compete against other top students in Ohio after winning medals in local and regional SkillsUSA competition. The list includes several students from Harrison High School, who attend classes at Diamond Oaks.
The SkillsUSA competition gives students in career-technical high school programs the chance to test their skills and be judged by professionals in their field.
The events are as varied as the career-technical programs that the students are in. Automotive students show their knowledge of engines and auto bodies. Precision Machining students demonstrate their skills, while Cosmetology students paint elaborate fingernail designs and style hair. In one room, teams of Law Enforcement students may gather evidence from parked cars. Other students make presentations that demonstrate their public speaking and professional skills.
The winning students are:
From Diamond Oaks Career Campus:
- Collin Duncan of Oak Hills, in the Automotive Technology – Collision program, 1st Place in Collision Repair
- Matthew Fathman, Welding (Harrison) 1st Place in Welding
- Michael Anderson, Welding (Harrison) 1st in Job Demonstration
- Trevor Benton, Commercial/Residential Electricity (Harrison), 2nd in Industrial Motor Controls
- Tyler Lay (Taylor), Welding, 3rd in Related Math
- Jake Witteride, Construction Framing and Finishing (Oak Hills), 1st in Carpentry
- Josh Laub, Precision Machining (Oak Hills), 3rd in CNC Milling Programming
- Keagan Ackley, Welding (Taylor); Hayden Kleine, Welding (Harrison); and William Schallick, Welding (Harrison); 2nd in Welding Fabrication
Also qualifying for state competition from Diamond Oaks are Kayleigh Garret, Culinary Arts (home schooled), Commercial Baking; and Grant Skoumbros, Culinary Arts (Harrison), Culinary.
Scarlet Oaks:
- Shelly Mbidi, Engineering Technologies & Robotics (Winton Woods), 1st Place - Extemporaneous Speech
- Jagger Olberding, Industrial Diesel Mechanics (Princeton), 2nd Place - Prepared Speech
- Alan Garcia, Industrial Diesel Mechanics (Princeton), 2nd Place - Job Skill Demo
- Dylan Schonberg, Construction (Oak Hills), 2nd Place - Carpentry
- Juan Salas, Automotive Technology – Collision (Princeton), 2nd Place - Collision Repair
- Grant Porter, Law Enforcement (Princeton), 3rd Place - Crime Scene
- Ahiya Knauls, Law Enforcement (Winton Woods), 3rd Place - Crime Scene
- Perla Flores, Law Enforcement (Winton Woods), 3rd Place - Crime Scene
- Mathew Neal, Automotive Technology – Collision (Sycamore), 3rd Place - Auto Body Refinishing
Those who win at state competition in April will earn the right to compete nationally.