Students Honored at National SkillsUSA Championships for Skilled Workforce

Kansas City, Mo. (Grassroots Newswire) June 28, 2012 -- Students from Pennsylvania high school and college technical education programs won the nation's highest awards at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. Industry leaders representing over 1,100 businesses, corporations, trade associations and unions recognized the students for their demonstrated excellence in 94 hands-on occupational and leadership contests, such as robotics, criminal justice, aviation maintenance and public speaking. All contests are designed, run and judged by industry using industry standards. Top student winners received gold, silver and bronze medallions. Many also received prizes such as tools of their trade and/or scholarships to further their careers and education. The SkillsUSA Championships is for high school and college-level students who are members of SkillsUSA. In addition, high scorers in the contests received Skill Point Certificates. The Skill Point Certificate was awarded in 86 occupational and leadership areas to students who achieved a high score defined by industry. The SkillsUSA Championships have been a premier event since 1967. The Skill Point Certificates were introduced in 2009 as a component of the SkillsUSA Work Force Ready System. The following students received both medallions and Skill Point Certificates: Team F (consisting of Logan Ostrander, Andrew DeVarney), from North Montco Technical Career Center (Lansdale), was awarded the High School Silver medal in Mechatronics. "Over 5,900 students from every state in the nation came to compete in the SkillsUSA Championships this week," said SkillsUSA executive director Tim Lawrence. "This is the SkillsUSA partnership at its best. Students, instructors and industries are working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce and every student excels. These students prove that career and technical education expands opportunities." According to the U.S. Department of Education, students who take three or more career and technical education (CTE) programs in high school are more likely to attend college and stay there to graduate. In fact, 79% of CTE concentrators enrolled in postsecondary education within two years of high school graduation. And, students in CTE programs have a higher-than-average high school graduation rate. The average high school graduation rate for students concentrating in CTE programs is 90% compared to an average national freshman graduation rate of 74.9%. Industry support of the SkillsUSA Championships is valued at over $35 million in donated time, equipment, cash and material. All contests are run and judged by industry experts using industry standards for employment. Contests assess hands-on, employability and academic skills. Over 1,700 industry judges and technical committee members participated this year. The SkillsUSA Work Force Ready System was developed as an extension of the SkillsUSA mission and supported by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The System recognizes students for excellence in occupational training; it assesses and documents the entry-level technical proficiency and cumulative experiences of candidates. For more information about the SkillsUSA Work Force Ready System, visit www.workforcereadysystem.com. SkillsUSA helps students discover and grow their career passions. As a nationwide partnership of students, instructors and industry working together, SkillsUSA works to ensure America has a skilled workforce. It helps every student excel. The nationwide career and technical education (CTE) student organization serves more than 320,000 high school, college and postsecondary students-and their instructors-in technical, skilled, and service occupation instructional programs. CTE is learning that works for America. SkillsUSA has the active support of more than 1,100 corporations, trade associations, business and labor unions at the national level. Over 10.5 million people have been annual members of SkillsUSA since its founding as The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America in 1965. SkillsUSA programs teach leadership, citizenship and character development to complement technical skill training. The organization emphasizes respect for the dignity of work, ethics, workmanship, scholarship and safety.

Automotive Dealer's Association competition tomorrow

Tomorrow two Automotive students, Austin and Caleb, will be competing in the Automotive Dealer’s Association hands-on competition against 11 other teams from Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We wish them the best of luck!

SALON AT NORTH MONTCO OPEN

The Salon at North Montco is open to the public. Hours are Monday- Friday 8:10 -11:30 AM and 12:15- 2:00 PM (when school is in session). Be sure to check our website (www.nmtcc.org)for the calendar to verify that school is open.
For more information you may contact the salon at 215-368 1177 x113.

Please use our new entrance, facing Sumneytown Pike, when visiting the salon!

BAKERY NOW OPEN EVERY WED. AND THUR.

The bakery at North Montco is now open every Wednesday and Thursday (when school is in session.)

The hours for the bakery are 8:45-10:00 AM and again between 12:30 and 2:00 PM.

Items available will vary each week!
Stop by and purchase some delicious treats!

For more information call the North Montco bakery at 215-368-1177.

COFFEE FUNDRAISER

North Montco Technical Career Center is holding a Coffee fundraiser. If you have a Keurig Single Cup coffee brewer in your home or office, you can help raise funds to benefit North Montco’s student organizations, incentive programs and senior awards.

All you need to do is log on to www.CoffeeKing.com and purchase your K-cups. You must enter the promo code – NMONTCO - in the discount code field during checkout. This will allow the proceeds to be sent to North Montco. Coffee King will send your coffee order directly to you.

This promotion will run from now until the end of June. Be sure to tell your friends and neighbors.

Thank you for your support!

SKILLSUSA COMPETITION

North Montco Technical Career Center (NMTCC) students competed at the Pennsylvania District 2 SkillsUSA competition held at Western Montgomery Career and Technology Center. The students competed against students from 9 other technical schools in 58 various competitions.

NMTCC students earned 8 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 5 bronze medals. Gold medal winners are eligible to compete against students from across Pennsylvania in the state level competition to be held in April. We are proud of all our competitors!

Congratulations to all of our Skills competitors!

The following students received First place medals:

David F., Prepared Speech

Jesse H., Advertising Design

Fallon H., Cosmetology

Cody C., Diesel

Ashley R. and Ashley L. (model), Esthetics

Dennis S., HVAC

Sam S., Technical Drafting

Second Place medals were awarded to:

John T., Architectural Drafting

Jake F., Auto Service Specialization

Christopher R., Motor Control

Christopher M., Precision Machining

Julian K., Technical Computer Applications

Casey S., Welding

And the following students received Third Place medals:

Crystal A., Action Skills

Taylor L., Medical Math

Sean M., Firefighting

Tyler M. and Dylan M., Web Design

All first place winners are eligible to compete in the state competition.

The following students will also be competing in the state competition:

Savannia B., Graphic Communications

Dillon C., Pin Design

Andrew D., Mechatronics

Logan O., Mechatronics

Congratulations to all our competitors and good luck to those who will be competing at the state competition!

SkillsUSA is a national organization for students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health occupations. It provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship and character development. It builds and reinforces self-confidence, work attitudes and communications skills.

BAKE SALE - FEB. 8TH and 9TH

The bakery at North Montco will be open to the public on Wednesday and Thursday - February 8th and 9th.
The bakery will be open during the hours of 8:45- 10:00 AM and again from 12:30-2:00 PM.
Items include cookies, cupcakes, Italian bread, cherry pies and much more (while supplies last).