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SkillsUSA
Hosting 5th Annual "Mock Accident" Event
Tuesday,
April 26, 2011
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Lowes' Educational Foundation Awards $10,000 Grant
Monday,
November 29, 2010
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SkillsUSA
State Contest Winners
March
25-27, 2010
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Outstanding
Vocational Students
April
20, 2010
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SkillsUSA
Hosting 3rd Annual "Mock Accident" Event
Friday,
April 17, 2009
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2009
SkillsUSA State Competition & Northwest District SkillsUSA
Championships
Monday,
April 6th, 2009
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2008
Skills Contests
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CAPTION:
Contests on a variety of skills ranging from residential
wiring, automotive repair, and leadership were held Monday
morning, February 18, 2008, at Grand River Technical
School as part of the Skills USA District contest. Around
300 students from eight area schools, including GRTS, were
expected to participate.
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2006
SkillsUSA: A Family Tradition
May
3, 2006, Lee Caughron Contact
Eighteen
students from the Grand River Technical Schools chapter of Skills
USA traveled to Linn, MO. for the Skills USA state competition.
All eighteen placed in the top ten and twelve were in the top five
statewide. Three students placed first which earns them the right
to compete at the National Skills USA Leadership Conference held
in Kansas City at Bartle Hall the week of June 18th-23rd.
Brandon Meadows placed first in the auto collision repair skills
contest; James Lightener placed first in the residential plumbing
skills contest; and Zach Link placed first in the cabinetmaking
skills contest as well as the cabinetmaking written test.
Brandon
Meadows moves on to compete at Nationals in Auto Collision Repair.
Zach Link competes at nationals in Cabinetmaking.
Zach is
carrying on a skill that seems to run in the family. Zach's
father, Eric, and his grandfather attended the awards ceremony on
Saturday. A few years ago, Eric, then a student at the Grand River
Technical School, also competed in cabinetmaking at state. He won
first place and then scored well enough at nationals to earn him a
trip to Japan where he competed at the international level. To say
the least Zach is carrying on a family tradition and we wish him,
Brandon, and James the best as they compete at nationals.
Congratulations to all on a job well done!
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SkillsUSA
Members Send Supplies to Victims
Tuesday,
September 6, 2005
SkillsUSA
Members teamed up with Mid-West Quality Gloves to send much needed
supplies to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The SkillsUSA
student organization is located at the Grand River Technical
School in Chillicothe, MO. Students and Advisors gathered approx
$600-700 worth of non-perishable food items, medical supplies,
paper products and even pet food to send to various locations.
The
supplies were picked up by employees of Midwest Quality Gloves,
who would then deliver it back to be loaded onto a semi-tractor
trailer bound to help the victims located in Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Texas with the help of Feed the Children.
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SkillsUSA
Members Compete in 2005 State Competition
C-T
Article Wednesday, May 4, 2005
 "History
has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered
heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because
they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” B. C.
Forbes. Though all of the competitors faced many obstacles during
the 2005 Missouri SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference, they
refused to quit. Not everyone walked away with medals and awards,
but they all walked away winners for having tried their best.
The 2005
SkillsUSA state conference was held April 7th ,8th and 9th at Linn
Technical College in Linn, Mo. Seventeen competitors from the
Grand River Technical School attended the leadership and skills
contest to match their abilities against the best from nine other
districts from across Missouri. They competed in written tests as
well as hands-on events. Contests ranged from Automotive Service
Technology to Welding Technology and just about everything in
between.
Competing
were Anthony Hinnen, Automotive Tech Information and Skills where
he placed 2nd in Technology and 4th in written information.
Charlie Chapman placed 6th in Cabinet Making Skills and Billy
Robinson placed 2nd in Carpentry Technology Information and 4th in
Carpentry Technology Skills. Others earning top ten placements
were D.J. Phair in Collision Repair Technology Skills and
Information, Bryon Drury in Electronic Applications Technology,
Steven Lentz in Electronic Technology Information, Jeff Henderson
placed 3rd and Sean Phipps placed 4th in Industrial Motor Control
Technology Skills. Sean Phipps also placed 3rd in Electronics
Technology Information. The team of Justin Horn and Darien
Schreiner placed 2nd in the Mechatronics competition. In the
contest of Welding Technology, Kyle Paulus placed 2nd in Skills
and 9th in the written information contest.
The top
winning contestants were Sean Phipps in Job Interview and Curt
Spiking in Plumbing Technology Skills, earning 1st place, gold
medals, prizes, and the right to compete in the national level
competition. The National SkillsUSA Championships will be held
June 20th -25th in Kansas City, Missouri where the Grand River
Technical School competitors will face the top winners from all 50
states as well as Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
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SkillsUSA
District Leadership and Skills Conference 2005
The Grand River Technical School’s chapter of SkillsUSA recently
participated in the Northwest District SkillsUSA Leadership and
Skills Conference held at the Hillyard Technical Center in St.
Joseph, Missouri. The conference was held on February 18th, 2005,
and was attended by seven technical schools in northwestern
Missouri.
The Grand
River contestants brought home 15 gold medals, 8 silver medals, 10
bronze medals and 2 trophies. Contestants competed in 21 different
technical skills and technical knowledge areas including several
leadership contests. They competed against students from Carrolton
Area Career Center, Carrollton Excelsior Springs Area Career
Center, Excelsior Springs; Hillyard Technical Center, St. Joseph;
North Central Career Center, Bethany; Northland Career Center,
Platte City; and Northwest Technical School, Maryville, Missouri.
The
following participants received medals in their individual contest
areas: Anthony Hinnen, 1st place in Auto Service Technology Skills
and 1st in Auto Service Technology Knowledge; Josh Alexander, 3rd
Place Auto Service Technology Skills; Billy Robinson, 1st place
Carpentry Skills and 1st place Carpentry Technology Knowledge;
Zach Link, 1st place, Carpentry Technology Knowledge; D.J. Phair,
1st place Collision Repair Technology Skills and 3rd in Collision
Repair Technology Knowledge; Ben Bagley, 3rd place Collision
Repair Technology Skills and 2nd Collision Repair Technology
Knowledge; Kyle Moss, 3rd place Collision Repair Technology
Knowledge; Bryon Drury, 1st place Electronics Applications Skills;
Jason Snyder, 2nd place Electronics Applications Skills and 3rd
place Electronic Technology Knowledge; Steven Lentz, 2nd place
Electronics Technology Skills and 1st Electronics Technology
Knowledge; Sean Phipps, 2nd Electronics Technology Knowledge and
2nd place Job Interview; Lindsey Donnell, 3rd place Health
Knowledge Bowl; Michelle Diesburg, 3rd place Health Knowledge Bowl
and 2nd place Nurse Assisting Knowledge, Tiffany Perry, 1st place
Nurse Assisting Knowledge and 3rd place Health Knowledge Bowl; Wes
Knapp, 1st place Welding Technology Skills; Kyle Paulus, 2nd place
Welding Technology Skills and 1st place Welding Technology
Knowledge; Cory Stuedle, 3rd place Welding Technology Skills;
Daniel Cummings, 2nd place Welding Technology Knowledge; and the
team of Alex Chaney, Steven Lentz, Megan Foster, Bryon Drury and
Mia Shambo received 1st place medals and a 1st place trophy for
SkillsUSA Quiz Bowl.
Other
contestants qualified to go “straight to state” competition in
their individual areas of study at the Grand River Technical
School. They include Sean Phipps and Jeff Henderson in Motor
Control Technology Skills; Justin Horn and Darien Schreiner in
Mechatronics Technology Skills; Curt Spiking, Kevin Goad, and
Keith Minnis, Plumbing Technology Skills; and Charlie Chapman in
Cabinet Making Technology Skills.
1st and
2nd place skills winners continue on to the SkillsUSA State
Leadership and Skills Conference in Linn, Missouri on April 7, 8
and 9. They will be competing against the best in Missouri for the
right to represent Missouri in the National SkillsUSA Olympics,
held in Kansas City Missouri the last week in June, 2005.”
For
additional information, please call Grand River Technical School
at 660-646-3414 and ask for Vicky
Duckworth, lead advisor.
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