Thirty-five students from Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center attended the Missouri SkillsUSA Leadership & Skills Conference at Linn State Technical College in Linn, MO, in March and 16 students received medals. Students receiving first-place medals will compete at the National SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, MO in June.
Pictured above with their awards are, front row, Scott Sheffield, Sarah Hinkle, Erica Davis, Samatha Kinder, Janie Cowson, Harley Criddle, Curtis Hall and Rudy Brown. Back row: Gibson, Cody Lunsford, Justin Day, Lee Green, Garrett Matthews, Austin Shupert, Matthew McFerron and Paul Lichtenegger. Award winners and categories are:
Industrial Motor Control
1st Rudy Brown-S (Secondary)
3rd Curtis Hall-PS (Post-secondary)
1st Sarah Hinkle-PS
Audio/Radio Production
2nd Dakota Gibson & Garrett Matthews-S
Television (Video) Production
2nd Harley Criddle & Austin Shupert-S
1st Justin Day & Cody Lunsford-S
2nd Lee Green & Matthew McFerron-PS
Commercial Baking
3rd Janie Cowson-PS
Electrical Construction Wiring
3rd Scott Sheffield-PS
Precision Machining Technology
3rd Paul Lichtenegger-S
Pre-school Teaching Assistant
3rd Erica Davis-S
2nd Samantha Kinder-S
Missouri SkillsUSA consists of nine districts with over 85 local chapters, resulting in a membership of nearly ten thousand.
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