Logan CTC students place high in SkillsUSA competition at SKYCTC
The Region 5 SkillsUSA competition was held on Southcentral Kentucky Community& Technical College’s Main Campus on Feb. 22. The regional competition includes students from Allen, Barren, Butler, Franklin-Simpson, Logan, Monroe, and Warren.
Logan County Career and Technical Center had several students to compete. Among our competitors, we had the following students to place:
Noah Sturgill - 1st place Customer Service
Noah Sturgill - 1st place Computer Programming
Camden Bond - 1st place Electronics
Hunter Buchanan - 2nd place Electronics
Josh Durham - 1st place Job Interview
Dylan Monroe - 1st Place Job Demonstration Open
Dylan Monroe - 1st Place Technical Computer Applications
Wesley Abney - 1st place Poster Design
Jaron Head - 1st Place Precision Machining
Richard Schoonover - 2nd place Precision Machining
Rachael Price - 2nd Place Related Technical Math
Thomas Howard - 3rd place Spelling
Christian Skipworth - 1st Place T-shirt design
Hayden Blick - 2nd place T-shirt Design
Dakota Cardwell - 2nd Place Electrical Construction Wiring
SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit student organization that serves students enrolled in career and technical education training programs at our nation’s public high schools and colleges. SkillsUSA’s mission is to empower its members to become world class workers and responsible American citizens. SkillsUSA complements technical skills training with instruction in the employability skills that make a well rounded worker and citizen. Founded in 1965, SkillsUSA has developed nearly 9.5 million workers through active partnerships between employers and educators.
This year, the competition was enhanced with donations given. SKYCTC is providing SKYCTC SkillsUSA Scholarships to the contest champions in each category if he/she is a 2019 high school graduate with a 3.0 or higher Cumulative GPA. Cleary Construction donated over $1,500 worth of gift cards and hats. M & L Electric donated $900 to cover the cost students’ and advisors’ lunch and snacks for the day.
Logan County CTC as well as all schools represented in the 5th region are greatly appreciative of these generous donations.
LCTC students place at state
All of the above listed students were eligible to compete in SkillsUSA state competition that was held in Louisville KY on April 10th - 12th. The following students placed in the State competitions:
Dylan Monroe - 1st Place Technical Computer Applications
Richard Schoonover - 3rd Place Precision Machining Technology
Camden Bond - 2nd Place Electronics
Noah Sturgill - 1st place in both Customer Service and Computer Programming
The SkillsUSA National Competition will be held June 24-28 in Louisville. The following students are eligible to compete at Nationals if they wish.
Noah Sturgill - Computer Programming
Dylan Monroe - Technical Computer Applications
Camden Bond – Electronics
Shown in the photo, from left, are Dylan Monroe, Rachael Price, Noah Sturgill, Thomas Howard, Christian Skipworth, Richard Schoonover, Josh Durham, Wesley Abney, Camden Bond and Jaron Head