SkillsUSA Students Advance to State
Indian Valley Vocational Center in
Sandwich is proud to announce that 13 SkillsUSA members are
eligible to travel to Springfield on April 17-19 to compete against
the best and brightest Career and Technical students in the state
at the SkillsUSA State Conference. These students earned this
honor by scoring in the highest levels on their written qualifying
exam and Professional Development Test in
February.
The following students
may represent IVVC in Springfield as written qualifiers:
Hinckley-Big Rock
High School
CPR/First
Aid
Sarah Rooney
Indian Creek High
School
Architectural
Drafting (Board)
Justin
Stiker
Plano High
School
Fire
Fighter
Branden
Hoolehan
Architectural
Drafting (Board)
Alejandro
Piedrahita
Sandwich High
School
Drafting and
Design
Brittany
Kubina
Criminal
Justice
Matthew
Kimmey
Serena High
School
Technical Drafting
(CAD)
Levi Ford (second year
qualifier)
Somonauk High
School
CPR/First
Aid
James
Colford
Yorkville High
School
Preschool Teaching
Assistant
Amanda Underwood
(second year qualifier)
Courtney
Webb
CPR/First
Aid
Yumanela
Candelaria
Laura
Rodriguez
Nurse
Assisting
Breanna
Petersen
In addition to the
above students, there will be three teams of Law Enforcement
students participating in the Crime Scene Investigation competition
as well as students participating in events that do not require a
written qualifying exam. The following students will be
attending the SkillsUSA State Conference in these areas:
Newark High
School
Christopher
Jeka
Plano High
School
Carlos
Martinez
Sandwich High
School
Erica Behland (second
year attendee)
Tyler Lurz
Michael
Palasiewicz
Jaryd
Windisch
Yorkville High
School
Alexandria Rodriguez
(second year attendee)
Tyler
Reboletti
Kiersten
Toma
Emily Beck
SkillsUSA (formerly
VICA) is a student organization at Indian Valley Vocational Center.
This year there are 90 members in the IVVC SkillsUSA club
representing 11 school districts. SkillsUSA’s purpose and mission
is to prepare America’s young workers in career and technical
programs by developing leadership skills, personal skills and
communication skills along with technical expertise. Regional,
State and National competitions enhance those skills. In the
spring of 2007, Peter Heibel from Sandwich took the Illinois
SkillsUSA Gold Medal in Architectural Board Drafting and Autumn
Skorup from Sandwich advanced to the SkillsUSA National Competition
in Kansas City, MO to place 4th in the nation in Nurse
Assisting. Go SkillsUSA!
