CCTI students head = to national competition

CCTI students head to national competition

By RICK GRANT tneditor@tnonline.com

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RICK=20 GRANT/TIMES NEWS Two CCTI student are headed to the national = SkillsUSA=20 competition in Kansas City this June. (l to r) Cody Schultz and = Joshua=20 Fallet.

Two students from the Carbon Career and Technical Institute have made = it past=20 the state level in the annual SkillsUSA competition. SkillsUSA is a = partnership=20 organization between students, teachers and industry employees with the = goal of=20 ensuring a renewable force of skilled workers throughout the United = States. The=20 organization promotes leadership, professionalism, workmanship, and = readiness=20 for the world of work. This is the first time CCTI has has had 100 = percent=20 participation by the student body in SkillsUSA and the first time in a = decade=20 that the school will send students to the national competition.

This year, Cody Schultz, a senior studying electrical construction, = will=20 compete at the national level in industrial motor control, and Joshua = Fallet, a=20 senior in CCTI's graphic design program will compete in advertising = design.

The students will travel to Kansas City, Missouri, in June for the = 45th=20 annual National Leadership and Skills Conference. They will join 5,000 = students=20 from around the country who will compete in 90 different practice areas = during a=20 $37 million event that will attract about 15,000 advisors, delegates, = parents=20 and observers.

To get to this point, Schultz and Fallet first competed with other = students=20 in their own shops at CCTI before winning the right to travel to = Susquehanna=20 County Career & Technical Center in Dimock to compete at the = district level.=20 CCTI is in District 1 of 13 districts in the state. Carbon county = competes at=20 the district level with Wayne, Pike, Susquehanna, Lackawana and Luzern=20 counties.

After winning at District, Schultz and Fallet traveled to Hershey to = compete=20 at the state level. That contest required students to answer a 50 = question=20 Professional Development Program (PDP) test, 20 questions on safety and = then=20 complete a project in 3.5 hours. Both students won top honors and will = now=20 travel to Kansas City to undergo a similar test, with the addition of an = in=20 person interview before a panel of judges.

"We had modern equipment to train on, good support from = administration and=20 good students," said electrical instructor George Cope, an advisor in = the=20 program. "We trained for this just like it was the Olympics."

CCTI has two SkillsUSA advisors: Michelle Klock, who teaches graphic = design,=20 and Mr. Cope. The national competition will take place during the week = of June=20 22-27.

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