Congratulations to CTE’s Julia Morton who took home first-place honors with a gold medal in Dental Assisting at the National SkillsUSA Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. CTE sent 13 students to the annual conference to compete, which was held June 24-29, and had a total of six students place in the top 10 in the nation in their respective categories.
Students competed in the following: 3-D Visualization and Animation, Interactive Application and Video Game Development, Web Design, Advertising Design, Architectural Drafting, Nail Care, Cosmetology, and Dental Assisting. Also, two students from Pretech 1 and Engineering 2 went as state advisors and took part in a week-long delegate session.
Here is a full list of the students who took part:
Connie Barber (3-D Visualization and Animation)*
Jeremiah Batres (Web Design)*
Raseda Be (Architectural Design)
Alexander Bergeron (Interactive Applications and Video Game Design)
Geo Cuciti (State Advisor)
Landon Emmons (Technical Drafting)
Lee Ingadottir-May (3-D Visualization and Animation)*
Savannah Kreis (Cosmetology)
Jay Leuschner (Advertising Design)
Ben Martin (Interactive Applications and Video Game Design)
Joshua Mathieson (Web Design)*
Julia Morton (Dental Assisting)**
Ivy Resmer (State Advisor)
Maedeh Vardan (Dental Post Secondary)*
Jennifer Waterhouse (Nail Care)
* Top 10 Finish
** Gold Medal