Advisor
Royal Allard
Royal.Allard@cttech.org
(860)496-5337
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. We help each student excel.
A nonprofit national education association, SkillsUSA serves middle-school, high-school and college/postsecondary students preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations.
SkillsUSA is a national club that prepares students for the world of work. As a SkillsUSA member, students are entitled to participate in leadership training and also have the opportunity to compete in their trade with other SkillsUSA members around the state.
As an Oliver Wolcott Technical High School SkillsUSA member you can participate in social, community and leadership activities.
12/7/2023 Announcement
Tis the season, as the SkillsUSA practice professional development test is now open until the end of the month. This is for all students who are interested in, or will be competing in their trade. This test is to practice the various professional development and SkillsUSA knowledge questions that will appear during the student’s trade pre-qualifying exams in January. This is a MUST to practice non-trade related questions contained in their qualifying tests in January. Not only are the January test scores used as part of their competition on March 22nd, but they are used to qualify the top students in the state to automatically be part of the competitions March.
The link to the test is on the CT SkillsUSA website and it is under the members section , practice professional development test.
(Also see hyperlink here: SkillsUSA Practice Professional Development Test )The password is skillsusa all in lowercase.
At the end of the practice test, students should scroll down and see the complete list of questions with answers they received correct, incorrect, and what the correct answer should be so that they may learn from their mistakes.Pre-qualifying exams will be the entire month of January, results will be in the beginning of February.
For planning purposes, Regionals are Feb. 5th, for any student interested in any job skill demonstration event, job interview, T-shirt design, or Pin Design, must attend the Regional event!If there are any questions, please see Mr. Allard and I appreciate all that you do to continue supporting the students and SkillsUSA.
The Oliver Wolcott/Our Culture is Beautiful Cultural Club.
It’s cool to experience the multicultural community of students and talk about traditions, self-awareness, and identity. In our club sessions, we learn mindfulness techniques and share ideals for leadership. You’ll enjoy conversations with students with different backgrounds, on topics from hobbies to hair styles and from career interests to musical talents. We also talk about family traditions, challenges, obstacles, and success in life.
In our club, we value and accept all students in every grade. We can all learn from each other. Diversity is a youth party!!!
Wolcott Tech’s ski and snowboarding club
Tuesday’s at Mohawk Mountain In Cornwall, CT from 2:30pm-7pm
Introduce students to the exciting sport of snowboarding or skiing. For both experienced and beginner skiers/snowboarders, it offers a great opportunity to do so with peers from school.
Advisors- Greg Diaz, Jake Aldrich, Norman LaMere and Amy Russell
