SkillsUSA Brings home the Awards!!! 2021

Congratulations to ALL the students for their participation in the virtual SkillsUSA competition on March 26th, 2021.

While this year’s competition included presentations that had to be done with industry judges “live” via Zoom, each competition still had a hands-on project component that needed to be completed before hand. 

Congratulations to all who attended and put their best forward representing themselves and OWTS at its highest level.

Out of 15 participants OWTS had:

·         5 students bring home medals in the top 6!

·         1 student brought home a 3rd place trophy!

·        3 students brought home 2nd place trophies!

·         5 students brought home 1^st place trophies!

Going “Virtually” to Atlanta, GA to compete nationally and represent OWTS & Connecticut are:

·         Shawn Bournique, 1^st place in Cabinetmaking!

·         Casey Gelormino, 1^st place in Related Technical Math!

·         Zoe Orie, 1^st place in Pin Design!!!!

·         Lillian Morrison, 1^st place in Customer Service!

·         Lucas Chaponis, 1^st place in Electronics Technology!

The following students are Trophy Winners placing within the top 3 in the state:

 ·        Zoe Orie, 2^nd place in T-Shirt Design

 ·        Hunter Jayson, 2^nd place in Electronics Technology

The following students were finalists on stage (4^th – 6^th):

·         Aaliyah Chausse  – Customer Service

·         Keegan Robinson – Customer Service

·         Austin Gilpatric  – Carpentry

·        Amberly Palmer – Electronics Technology