Students awarded medals at local skills competition

Posted on 03/07/2017

Secondary school students demonstrated their abilities in the trades at a local skills competition.

Congratulations to students who achieved success and represented their schools and HPEDSB with pride! See below for photos.

Baking

Tarryn Horvat, Moira Secondary School, Silver Medal

Individual Carpentry

Logan Triemstra, Bayside Secondary School, Gold Medal
Kurtis Wright, Bayside Secondary School, Silver Medal
Michael Terpstra, Bayside Secondary School, Bronze Medal

Team Carpentry (2 person)

Wyatt Craig and Dawson Craig, Bayside Secondary School, Silver Medal
Kieran Metcalf and Scott Thompson, Bayside Secondary School, Bronze Medal

Esthetics

Brooke Mackins, Trenton High School, Gold Medal
Max Leslie, Trenton High School, Silver Medal
Autumn Stephenson, Trenton High School, Bronze Medal

Photography

Alexis Porter, Bayside Secondary School, Bronze Medal

Precision Machining

Jessica Courneyea, Bayside Secondary School, Gold Medal

Welding

Justin Walmsley, Bayside Secondary School, Gold Medal
Laurence Roy, Bayside Secondary School, Silver Medal
Robert Bentley, Centennial Secondary School, Bronze Medal

At the Skills Competition, hosted in partnership with Loyalist College, local sponsors and community partners, students demonstrated their skills and knowledge in 11 competitions to compete for medals, prizes and scholarships.

Competitions included the following:

Architectural Technology and Design
Automotive
Baking
Character Animation
Electrical
Esthetics
Individual Carpentry
Photography
Precision Machining
Two-person Carpentry
Welding

Three more competitions will take place on April 1 at St. Lawrence College in Kingston. The team going to the May 1, 2017 provincial competition will then be selected.

For more information, please contact:
Kerry Donnell, Communications Officer, 613-966-1170 or 1 800 267-4350, extension 2354, [email protected]