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Whittier Students Earn 25 Medals at SkillsUSA State Competition

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Whittier Tech
Maureen Lynch, Superintendent
115 Amesbury Line Road
Haverhill, MA 01830

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Contact: Jessica Sacco
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Whittier Students Earn 25 Medals at SkillsUSA State Competition

15 Students Moving Onto National Competition

Students from Amesbury, Georgetown, Haverhill, Merrimac, Newburyport and Salisbury Place

HAVERHILL — Superintendent Maureen Lynch is pleased to announce that 25 Whittier Tech students earned medals at the state SkillsUSA competition, with 15 taking home gold and qualifying for the national contest in June.

Ninety-five Whittier students spent many hours planning and preparing to compete in more than 30 contests at the SkillsUSA 45th Annual State Leadership and Skills Conference on April 25-27 in Marlborough.

In addition to the 15 students who won gold medals, four earned silver medals and six received bronze.

Machine Tech freshman Ryan Link, of Haverhill, was elected as a national voting delegate and Dental Assisting junior Lauren Fitzgerald, of Salisbury, was re-elected as a state officer.

“We want to congratulate all Whittier Tech students who participated in the annual SkillsUSA competition,” Superintendent Lynch said. “Students work all year preparing for this event, so to place is a huge accomplishment that illustrates participants’ clear understanding of a subject, critical thinking and creativity.”

The medalists are:

GOLD: Chapter Display
Electrical Technology students: Sophomore Josh Roberts, of Haverhill, senior Kaitlyn Cook, of Haverhill and sophomore Nick Muryn, of Amesbury

GOLD: Career Pathways Showcase: Arts & Communication
Design & Visual Communications students: Senior Rhina Tiburcio, of Haverhill, junior Seda Tuncok, of Haverhill, and junior Zachary DePaolo, of Newburyport. They won for their 2018 animated yearbook.

“It was a good experience, especially socializing with our competition,” Tuncok said. “Even though I’m involved in our school drama productions, public speaking is a lot harder than expected.”

GOLD: Career Pathways Showcase: Business/Management/Technology
Marketing and Business Management students: Junior Halie Alsarabi, senior Josmell Ramos and junior Megan Jegorow, all of Haverhill

GOLD: Career Pathways Showcase: Health Services
Health Occupations students: Senior Allasandra Thompson, of Haverhill, sophomore Vitoria Paiva, of Merrimac, and senior Larissa Havey, of Amesbury

GOLD: Urban Search and Rescue
Electronics/Robotics students: Senior Dylan Grandmaison, of Haverhill, and senior Nolan Turi, of Newburyport

“It was fun to meet all of the people there,” Turi said. Their task was to build a mobile robot to complete specific tasks used by fire, police and military service personnel to secure an area by locating, neutralizing, moving, and disposing of explosive materials. “My advice is to go to Skills and go twice because last year I didn’t place and this year I am going to nationals.”

GOLD: CNC Technician
Machine Technology student: Senior Bryan Richards, of Georgetown

“It’s a great feeling to win,” Richards said. “Preparing for the competition is tough work, but winning makes it worth it.”

SILVER: Commercial Baking
Culinary Arts student: Junior Jillian Marden, of Merrimac

SILVER: HVACR
HVAC student: Senior Samuel Claflin, of Haverhill

SILVER: Community Action Project
Early Education and Care students: Sophomores Sharyn Britton and Victoria Miller, both of Haverhill

BRONZE: Career Pathways Showcase: Human Services
Culinary Arts students: Junior Sydney Stewart, senior Autumn Mulloy and senior Sierra Barry, all of Haverhill

BRONZE: Community Service
Early Education and Care students: Seniors Ashley Greene, of Salisbury, Mackenzie Collins, of Amesbury, and Melissa Cepeda, of Haverhill

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North Reading Armed Robbery Suspect in Custody

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North Reading Police Department
Chief Michael P. Murphy
150 Park St.
North Reading, MA 01864

For Immediate Release

Friday, March 22, 2019

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

North Reading Armed Robbery Suspect in Custody

NORTH READING — Chief Michael P. Murphy reports that the suspect from an armed robbery last week is in custody.

On Saturday, March 16, at approximately 3:20 a.m., North Reading Police responded to a report of an armed, masked robbery at the 7-Eleven Convenience Store on Main Street. A man entered the store, and brandished a knife and demanded money from the clerk. The clerk was not injured.

North Reading Police are aware of four similar robberies in the area: at a Lowell Pawn Shop on Thursday, March 14; a Haverhill convenience store on Saturday, March 16; a Tewksbury convenience store on Saturday, March 16; and a Wilmington convenience store on Tuesday, March 19.

An investigation undertaken by North Reading Police and police in Tewksbury, Haverhill Lowell, Lawrence, and Massachusetts State Police led to the suspect.

DENNIS WASHINGTON, AGE 26, OF LAWRENCE was arrested by Police Wednesday in Lawrence. He was later held on an outstanding warrant for robbery.

North Reading Police applied for an arrest warrant for the robbery that occurred in North Reading. A warrant was subsequently issued, out of Woburn District Court for WASHINGTON, charging him with Masked Armed Robbery and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.

WASHINGTON, who is known to police, is being held at the Middleton House of Correction pending arraignment’s in Lowell and Woburn District Courts. Additional charges from North Reading and other communities may be added.

These are allegations. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty.

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Whittier Tech Students Double As Monsters During Haunting Hours at Canobie Lake Park

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Maureen Lynch, Superintendent
115 Amesbury Line Road
Haverhill, MA 01830

For Immediate Release

Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018

Contact: Jessica Sacco
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Whittier Tech Students Double As Monsters During Haunting Hours at Canobie Lake Park

HAVERHILL — During the day, Whittier Tech seniors Jada Wood and Brittany Chaput are engaged in classroom and shop activities, but at night, they are monsters who will gleefully terrify you in the dark.

For the second year in a row, the two have seasonal jobs as actors at Canobie Lake Park’s Halloween attraction, Screemfest.

About 100 actors, most of them in high school, work in the park’s five haunted houses, which are linked together with a walking path and attract thousands of patrons each year. The house sets are built among the amusement park rides, which are open during the haunted event.

Chaput, of Haverhill, is stationed in one of five houses known as Facility 235, where she wears a lab coat and others are in Hazmat suits and gas masks suffering from the fallout of a nuclear explosion. The unluckier ones have chemical burns, their mottled skin melting down their faces.

“The best part is when you scare someone so badly they run out of the complex and you have this great feeling like you did your job well,” Chaput said. “It’s so much fun.”

Wood, of Haverhill, is part of The Culling. Her creepy character has joined the cult and she enjoys staring at people with monstrous, dark eyes.

“If guests talk to me, I speak in a slow, monotone voice as if I don’t have a soul,” she said. “Sometimes I giggle because I’m unstable. I freak them out.”

Guests also walk through the Carnivus House, the carnival that came to town and never left, and the clowns ate the customers; The Canobie Lake Hotel, which has been abandoned since the early 1900s because its guests were never seen nor heard from again; and The Village, where horrific mining accidents have occurred.

During dress rehearsals, the actors are given some direction by house leaders, but much of their character interpretation is up to them. Both Wood and Chaput have performed in school plays at Whittier and have fond memories of attending Screemfest as children.

“We make a lot of great friends among our eccentric personalities,” Wood said. “We’re all creatively morbid.”

Screemfest actors report to a makeup trailer 15 to 30 minutes before the show to have fake blood, gelatin, latex, and even horns applied to their faces. Their appearances are so creepy, sometimes, they scare each other. During a dress rehearsal, Wood freaked when she saw girl lying in a pool of blood in a bathtub.

“It takes something special to excel at this kind of work,” Chaput said. “We’re all a little weird. We love Halloween.”

Screemfest runs Friday through Sunday through Oct. 27. Admission is $35 on Fridays, $42 on Saturdays and $34 on Sundays and includes all rides and shows by tribute bands. The houses are open from 6-11p.m. on Friday and Saturdays, and Sunday from 6-9 p.m. Outdoor haunts open at nightfall.

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Whittier Tech Students Place in National SkillsUSA Competition

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Maureen Lynch, Superintendent
115 Amesbury Line Road
Haverhill, MA 01830

For Immediate Release

Friday, July 6, 2018

Contact: Jessica Sacco
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Whittier Tech Students Place in National SkillsUSA Competition

HAVERHILL — Superintendent Maureen Lynch is pleased to announce that two Whittier Tech teams earned bronze medals at the SkillsUSA national competition last week.

Students who earned gold at the SkillsUSA state competition in April moved onto the national round on June 25-30 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Whittier Tech rising seniors Larissa Havey, of Amesbury, Emily Shal, of Amesbury, and Allasandra Thompson, of Haverhill, earned bronze for their career pathways showcase in health occupations for their “Music and Memory” program, which benefits patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in nursing homes.

“I have never felt so much joy in my life, not only being able to represent my school, but being able to care for these residents. We put so much time and effort in trying to improve their quality of life,” said Havey. “Overall, Kentucky wasn’t about winning. It was about getting to experience this joy and memories with the people.”

Graduating seniors Tyler Paolucci, of Georgetown, Jacklyn Verrette, of Haverhill, and Mackenzie Maguire, of Merrimac, also earned bronze in the career pathways showcase in the industrial and engineering technology cluster for their CAD design of Whittier’s new Allied Health Center.

“I am beyond happy to have placed. When I heard that our team earned bronze, I felt like I was going to the moon I jumped so high,” Paolucci said. “This was a six-month long project and the outcome is amazing. We love Whittier so much and as seniors we wanted to leave our mark on the school somehow, so this new Allied Health Center really has our spin on it.”

During the competition, students presented their projects to a panel of judges and were judged in a number of areas, including speaking skills, community impact, demonstration of technical skills and integration of business and industry.

“The six students who placed in the national competition demonstrated unbelievable teamwork, commitment and passion throughout their projects and over the last several months participating in SkillsUSA,” said Whittier’s SkillsUSA Co-adviser Jane Moskevitz. “Our teams had some stiff competition from 40 other teams and for them to place is reflective of the superb work they completed. They should be proud, and know that they have the academic and technical skills to excel outside of Whittier.”

Rising seniors Kaitlyn Cook, Ethan Rousseau and Adam Bellville — all of Haverhill — also have reason to be proud of their work in the chapter display category. This season marked the first time in 16 years that Whittier entered a team in this section of the competition, with the three earning seventh place out of 44 teams. Projects had to represent this year’s theme — “Job-Ready Day One.”

“Just to make it to nationals is an accomplishment, and these students should be so proud of their hard work,” Moskevitz said. “We’ve learned so much this year just seeing what other teams produced and we’re confident we’ll be back next year.”

SkillsUSA is a partnership of vocational-technical and career students, teachers and industry leaders who work together to promote and ensure a skilled workforce in the U.S. More than 395,000 middle school, high school and college students and professional members are enrolled in training programs in trade, technical and skilled service occupations.

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