More than 30 combined Career & Technical Education students from the BOCES Hewes and LoGuidice centers took part in the New York State SkillsUSA Leadership and Champions Conference in Syracuse. Juniors and seniors participated in a variety of competitions during the three-day conference held April 23-25. The competitions included Welding, Prepared Speech, Carpentry, Culinary, Restaurant Service, Action Skills, Computer Programming, and Criminal Justice. The event, open to Career & Technical Education students across New York, is held annually at the New York State Fairgrounds.
Two of the students from the Hewes Center in Ashville took home top three finishes in their respective competitions -- Seth Vaughn of Southwestern placed second in the Carpenter's Assistant Competition, and Donivan Sampsel-Lindberg of Jamestown finished third in the Computer Programming competition. Other competitors from the Hewes Center included Mackenzie Andrews of Southwestern, Kaydance Bogert of Clymer, Ronin Burham of Panama, Alex Caldwell of Bemus Point, Spencer Carlson of Panama, Sabastion DeJesus of Falconer, Jason Edwards of Southwestern, Logan Ellsworth of Panama, Elliott Gonzalez of Panama, Shaylynn Lane of Southwestern, Kylee Miller of Southwestern, Marissa Oakes of Southwestern, William Pentheny of Falconer, Angel Seeley of Southwestern, Chloe Stewart of Jamestown, Rhett Thompson of Bemus Point, Jayanna Weinert of Jamestown, Peyton Welch of Falconer, and Timathy White of Clymer.
The LoGuidice Center who took part were Jackson Burns of Brocton, Samuel Coia of Lake Shore, Jacquelyn Flick of Silver Creek, Kaylee Keating of Silver Creek, Benjamin Latimore of Gowanda, Nethaniel Parker of Silver Creek, Eric Pryll of Brocton, Damian Rainelli of Lake Shore, Colin Shumaker of Silver Creek, Lillian Teeter of Westfield, and Nicholas Wallace of Brocton.
Because of his second-place finish, Seth Vaughn will be invited to compete at the SkillsUSA National Competition held over the summer in Atlanta, Georgia.
Photo by Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES
