Students Earn Top Awards at Ohio SkillsUSA Championships!
Congratulations to Penta Career Center students who competed in the Ohio SkillsUSA Championships on April 26-27 in Columbus, Ohio. Twenty-seven students earned either a gold, silver or bronze medal. A very special congratulations to Alex Santellana (Rossford), from the Advanced Manufacturing Technology program, who earned first place (gold medal) for the Extemporaneous Speech contest. Alex will advance to the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference this summer in Louisville, Kentucky.
Other students who earned top awards included:
2nd Place (Silver Medals):
Cole Baker (Anthony Wayne), Construction Carpentry for the Cabinetmaking contest
Ian Riddle (Maumee), Computer Aided Design, Benjamin Metcalf (Maumee), Welding and Devin Hannafius (Northwood), Construction Concepts, all for the Career Pathways Showcase (Architecture & Construction) Team contest
Samantha DeSelms (Bowling Green), Culinary Arts for the Culinary Arts contest
Alex Kwapich (Springfield) and Dale Kwapich (Springfield), Information Technologies Academy, both for the Interactive Application & Video Game Design Team contest
Olivia Reno (Genoa), Medical Technologies Academy for the Medical Math contest
Lauren Vizi (Genoa), Medical Technologies Academy for the Medical Terminology contest
Megan Low (Otsego), Cosmetology and Mya Watkins (Springfield), Cosmetology, both for the Nail Care contest
Kyle Kubiak (Perrysburg), Information Technologies Academy and Zachary Wisler (Oak Harbor), Information Technologies Academy for the Web Design Team contest
3rd Place (Bronze Medals):
Abbey Goupill (Lake), Culinary Arts, Nichole McDonald (Oak Harbor), Culinary Arts, Brooke Pennell (Woodmore), Culinary Arts, and Brevin Thompson (Maumee), Computer Aided Design, all for the Entrepreneurship Team contest
Kaitlyn Campbell (Eastwood), Alexandra Clark (Eastwood), Bethany Dieckhoner (Swanton), and Mariah Pierce (Lake), all from the Medical Technologies Academy for the Health Knowledge Bowl Team contest
Jenna Grames (Bowling Green), Exercise Science/Sports Healthcare, for the Medical Math contest
Anthony Jack (Oak Harbor), Heating & Air Conditioning Technology for the Sheet Metal contest
Derek Archer (Perrysburg) and Caleb Kanagaratnam (Perrysburg), both from Digital Video Production for the Television/Video Production Team contest
Cullin Liskai (Woodmore), Welding for the Welding contest