From left to right: welding student James Pine (Catskill), welding teacher Ed Hull and student Ross Hammond (Germantown). Pine won second place at the regional SkillsUSA contest.
Questar III’s career and technical education (CTE) students excelled at the 2012 SkillsUSA regional competition on March 14. The regional competition took place at Schenectady County Community College and Stratton Air National Guard Base.
Students serviced automobiles, prepared dinners, styled hair and delivered speeches as part of the annual competition testing job-related and technical skills.
Competing against 500 students from 9 career-tech schools, 19 Questar III students earned awards at the regional competition:
Columbia-Greene Educational Center, Hudson
First Place:
- David Friss (Catskill) – HVAC
Second Place:
- James Pine (Catskill) – Welding
- Ryan Smith (Catskill) – HVAC
Third Place:
- Melissa Kocsis (Greenville) – Cosmetology Junior
- Kyle Stafford (Coxsackie-Athens) – Cisco Networking
- James Wagner (Cairo-Durham) – Auto Services
Fourth Place:
- Amanda Repko (Germantown) – Culinary Arts
Rensselaer Educational Center, Troy
First Place:
- Chris Herrington (Hoosic Valley) – Construction
Second Place:
- Joshua Stangle (East Greenbush) – Jobs Skills Demo
- Keith Trembley (Hoosic Valley) – Auto Service Tech
- Austin Yerden (Lansingburgh) – Cisco Networking
- Matthew Yarter (Hoosic Valley) – Construction
Third Place:
- Nicole Fennelly (Hoosic Valley) – Carpentry Assistant
- Dylan Justus (Hoosic Valley) – HVAC
- Tabitha Monaco (Hoosic Valley) – Cosmetology Sr.
Fourth Place:
- Korbin Bowker-Kuhnen (East Greenbush) – Cisco Networking
- Alyssa Germano (East Greenbush) – Cosmetology Sr.
Fifth Place:
- Kalie Langenbach (East Greenbush) – Cosmetology Jr.
- Brehana Teabout (Averill Park) – Commercial Baking
SkillsUSA is a national organization for high school students enrolled in CTE programs. It provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship and character development.
