DECATUR — With almost half of the school’s competing students standing on the podium, Calhoun Community College can call this year’s SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference a major success.
Calhoun students captured six gold medals, one silver and seven bronze in the annual competition in Atlanta.
“We couldn’t be prouder of the grit, professionalism, and heart our students brought to the national stage,” Calhoun posted on its Facebook page.
Gold medalists
- Jason Hursh – Additive Manufacturing
- Justin Davis – Additive Manufacturing
- Aryton Mata – Automated Manufacturing
- Charli Robbins – Automated Manufacturing
- Grant Hembree – Automated Manufacturing
- Giovanni Santillano – Medical Math
Silver medalist
- Tyler Manuel – Customer Service
Bronze medalists
- Dallas Turner – Career Pathway Showcase: Arts & Communication
- Kellen Monge – Career Pathway Showcase: Arts & Communication
- Matthew Baruzzini – Career Pathway Showcase: Arts & Communication
- Hunter Freeman – CNC 3-Axis Milling Programmer
- Shane O’Connell – CNC 5-Axis Milling Programmer
- Darcy Sweeten – Job Skills Demonstration Open
- Jenifer Abercrombie – Photography
Representing more than 442,000 career and technical education students and teachers, SkillsUSA chapters thrive in middle schools, high schools and college/postsecondary institutions nationwide.
The organization says its mission is accomplished through the SkillsUSA Framework of Personal Skills, Workplace Skills and Technical Skills Grounded in Academics, which is integrated into classroom curriculum.
