Students Win Gold in National Skills Competition, Advance to Nationals

The Ontario Skills Competition was held May 1 – 4 in Kitchener Waterloo and the Limestone District School Board Team finished very well, with two gold medalist advancing to the Nationals, to be held May 31 in Québec City.

The focus of the competition is to provide a showcase event that draws attention to the passion and pathway destinations students pursue in their particular field of interest.

The annual competition is an excellent opportunity for students to demonstrate their talent and creativity, putting all of their skills to the test against peers and current industry standards. Students are given specific tasks to perform, or scenarios to complete, within a predetermined time frame that will be judged by industry specialists.

Secondary

Gold:  Worksite Safety – Rachel Choma : Frontenac SS
Gold: Auto Paint – Jordan Bain : Napanee DSS

Rachel and Jordan will advance to the National Skills Competition, representing the Limestone District School Board and Ontario.

Bronze: Restaurant Services – Courtney Ruttan : LCVI

Bronze: Plumbing – Brandon Amey : Frontenac SS

Fourth (one point from bronze) : Robotics -

Peter Kim, Kevin Choi, Cody Mountenay, Prerna Babbar : LCVI

The local, and provincial Skills Competition also holds an elementary challenge.

Elementary

Gold:  TV Video -  David Eliot, Philip Mitchel-Brule : Calvin Park P.S.

Gold:  Lego Robotics Simon Kerr, Alex Drover, Lucas Eckert, Bilal Zaidi : Winston Churchill P.S.

Bronze: Animation -

Angel Russel, Emily Woodcock, Nigel Murray, David Lougheed : Calvin Park

In the elementary skills competition LDSB performed extremely well. There is not a national-level skills competition for elementary students.

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Release source: Limestone District School Board

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