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HIWT Attends Skills USA National Competition
By: Janet Piechocki

The Skills USA
conference and
competition took place
June 26th to the 29th,
2018. Representatives
from each state were
brought together to
compete. Students
competed under the
sub-categories of Arts
& Communication,
Construction, Health
Sciences, Hospitality
and Tourism, Human
Services, Information
Technology,
Leadership,
Manufacturing,
Public Safety,
Science Technology
engineering and Mathematics, and Transportation. Under Construction there was the Welding, Welding Fabrication, and Welding Sculpture
competitions. Students from Douglas High School, Douglas, WY won the gold for welding fabrication and a student from Lufkin High
School, Lufkin TX, won the gold for welding. A student from Cumberland County Regional Technical Education Center in Vineland NJ won
the welding sculpture.
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps
each student excel. They provide educational programs, events and competitions that support career and technical education (CTE) in the
nations classrooms.
I was given the
opportunity to judge
post-secondary
sculptures and it was
very diffcult because
all the sculptures were
so good, said Janet
Piechocki, Marketing
and Career Development
Representative. There
were so many great
sculptures in the high
school group as well. It
looked as if everyone
stepped up their game
this time around.
Ultimately a student
from Austin Community
College-Round Rock
Campus won the gold
for the post-secondary
group.

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