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Two Essex Tech Students Compete in National SkillsUSA Competition

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Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School
Dr. Heidi T. Riccio, Superintendent
565 Maple Street
Hathorne, MA 01937

For Immediate Release

Monday, July 8, 2019

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

Two Essex Tech Students Compete in National SkillsUSA Competition

Left to right: Essex Tech juniors Henry Jacques, of Gloucester, and Wesley Crowley, of Danvers, traveled to Louisville, Kentucky for the national SkillsUSA competition. (Courtesy Photo Essex Tech)

DANVERS — Superintendent Heidi Riccio is pleased to announce that two Essex Tech students competed in the national SkillsUSA competition.

Juniors Wesley Crowley, of Danvers, and Henry Jacques, of Gloucester, attended the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky from June 24-28 after earning gold medals at the state competition in April. Both placed 16th in their competitions at the national event.

Crowley, who is in the Information Technology Services program at Essex Tech, spent one month teaching himself the skills needed to earn a gold medal at the state level in the internetworking event. During the national event, he designed and troubleshooted corporate routing and switching configurations as part of the Information Technology competition. Crowley also holds certifications from CompTIA and Microsoft.

Jacques, who is in the Biotechnology program at Essex Tech, demonstrated triple z streaking (a form of bacterial culturing) as part of the the health sciences competition.

“This was a great opportunity or Wesley and Henry to represent Essex Tech, themselves and the work they’re doing every day in the classroom and shop,” Superintendent Riccio said. “To make it this far in SkillsUSA is a huge accomplishment, and it illustrates students’ commitment, creativity and deep understanding of their technical area of study.”

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Whittier Students Earn Silver Medals at National SkillsUSA Competition

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

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

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

Whittier Students Earn Silver Medals at National SkillsUSA Competition

HAVERHILL — Superintendent Maureen Lynch is pleased to announce that three Whittier Tech students earned silver medals at the national SkillsUSA competition.

Fifteen students attended the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky from June 24-28 after earning gold medals at the state competition in April.

“This was an exceptionally wonderful group of students,” said Skills Adviser Jane Moskevitz. “They really represented themselves, their families and Whittier. Just to make it to nationals, to be the best in the state competition, is an accomplishment.”

Marketing and Business Management juniors Halie Alsarabi and Megan Jegorow and senior Josmell Ramos, all of Haverhill earned silver medals for their project on  Alzheimer’s research.

Their project centered around a fundraising event Whittier held in March to raise money for the the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women’s/Massachusetts General Hospital.

Marketing and Business Management students handled all the advertising for the event and tracked all the donations, explaining to judges how the project positively impacted the school and the Alzheimer’s community.

“They really stated a good case for how much of a pandemic Alzheimer’s Disease is and represented the research well,” said Moskevitz.

Health Occupations students senior Allasandra Thompson, of Haverhill, sophomore Victoria Paiva, of Merrimac, and senior Larissa Havey, of Amesbury in the Career Pathways Showcase for Health Services narrowly missed earning a medal after going five seconds over the time limit. Their project, which earned fourth place, also focused on Alzheimer research and the event in March, along with their Music and Memory program.

Design & Visual Communications students Senior Rhina Tiburcio, of Haverhill, junior Seda Tuncok, of Haverhill, and junior Zachary DePaolo, of Newburyport placed sixth out of 36 teams for their 2018 animated yearbook in the Career Pathways Showcase for Arts & Communication.

“SkillsUSA is an amazing experience for students, who get to showcase their creativity and learn from their peers throughout the country,” said Superintendent Lynch, who attended the national competition this year. “The competition is the Super Bowl of vocational trades and we look forward to coming back next year!”

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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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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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