SKILLS USA wins at state competition
April 2, 2015
Ten Students from Law Enforcement Chapter 4217 attended the SkillsUSA Texas State Leadership and Skills Conference in Corpus Christi.
Each of the 13 SkillsUSA Districts in Texas sent their best to compete, totaling over 7000 students. Students competed in Felony Stop, Emblem, Building Search and Early Childhood Education and took WorkForce Ready assessment technical tests in Criminal Justice and Crime Scene Investigation.
Returning with medals were senior Austin Conley taking a Bronze medal in the WorkForce Ready Criminal Justice Technical Test. Conley also had the highest score among all the competitors in this contest.
It was nerve wracking because I didn’t know what the other competitors were doing. I feel honored though, to be going to Nationals in order to represent Texas and Wylie East. Not many students get this honor and being a first year organization it’s absolutely outstanding.
— Christie Reid, senior
Senior Nicole Norenberg, Cindy Moreno and Rebekah Porter all received Bronze medals in the WorkForce Ready Crime Scene Investigation Technical Test. Norenberg had the highest score of all the competitors in this contest.
“Having to study last minute was extremely difficult,” Norenberg said. “It felt good to advance as far as I did but it was so intimidating to walk across the stage to receive our awards in front of 7,000 people.”
WorkForce Ready technical tests provide a national level assessment according to leading industrial standards for Career and Technical Education that is supported by industry, education and policy leaders.
“It was nerve wracking because I didn’t know what the other competitors were doing,” senior Christie Reid said. “I feel honored though, to be going to Nationals in order to represent Texas and Wylie East. Not many students get this honor and being a first year organization it’s absolutely outstanding.”
Reid took first place and the gold medal in Early Childhood Education. She had four hours to prepare a lesson plan on a given topic and present the lesson plan to judges. Reid is now moving on to the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, in June to represent the school and Texas.
“As a first year program, we only took 10 students, but we received the highest test scores,” SkillsUSA Sponsor David Lanman said. “Winning five medals is phenomenal.”
