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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. C-T Photo/Laura Schuler |
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SkillsUSA
Officers 2006-2007
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2006-2007
Morning Group
Kyle
Leatham, vice president; Chris Shirk, reporter; Leeanne
Mickle, president; Angel Wells, parliamentarian; James
Davis, secretary; Asa McQueen, chaplain; Emily Shannon,
historian; & Seana Carey, treasurer. |
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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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