Skills Champions!

March 31, 2025

Oliver Wolcott Technical High School won 1^st Place in the Outstanding Chapter of all 17 Technical High Schools bringing home a 6-foot Trophy!

This is FOUR consecutive years running and is a testament to the caliber and dedication of our students to be the best of the best in the school, CTECS District, and the community!

We also have won the national Chapter Excellence Program (CEP) for the FOURTH year in a row, and we are eagerly awaiting national scores to see if we will be selected in the top 24 as a Model of Excellence!

I would like to announce that out of 52 participants OWTS had 38 make the stage as the best of the best top 6 in Connecticut:

4 students brought home medals in the top 6!
6 students brought home 3rd place trophies!
6 students brought home 2nd place trophies!
22 students brought home 1st place trophies!
Our Electronics Seniors SWEPT the Mobile Robotics Competition with 1^st , 2^nd , and 3^rd place in the state!

The 21 students going to Atlanta, GA to compete nationally and represent OWTS and Connecticut are:

Alex Beale, 1^st place in T-Shirt Design! (Her T-Shirt will also be produced and worn on the journey to and from Atlanta, GA by TEAM CT!)
Brandon Hovanak, 1^st Place Plumbing!
Evan Cowette, Zoey Chapulis, & Jazmine Cote, 1^st Place Promotional Bulletin Board!
Kayla Guaillazaca-Lata, 1st Place Career Essentials Carpentry! (Going to nationals in Atlanta as a voting Delegate!)
Lucas Shilling & Walter Keutmann – 1^st Place Mobile Robotics!
Evan Cowette, 1^st Place Spelling! (Going to nationals in Atlanta as a voting Delegate!)
Ethan Moore, 1st place Carpentry! (3 Years in a row!)
Charlie Stevens, Kamrynn D’Angelo, Rosco Schaer, & Paige Quartiero, 1^st place Health Knowledge Bowl!
Alyssa Stahovec-Duntz, Anthony Knapp, & Anita Budge – 1^st place Community Service! (2 Years in a row!)
Luis Martinez, Karlson Owour, Jack Darby, Keegan Connolly, & Lucas Newholm, 1^st place Quiz Bowl! (as a Junior TEAM!!!)

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

Laila Asani, 2^nd place in Nurse Assisting
Laila Asani, 2^nd Place in Anatomy & Physiology
Jack O’Charek & Alex Varecka, 2^nd Place Mobile Robotics
Asher Shipley, 2^nd place Cabinetmaking!
Asia Santiago, 2^nd Place Restaurant Service!
Nathan Bellino, 3^rd Place CNC 2-Axis Turning Programmer
Jacob Green & Jordy Cornejo Beltran, 3^rd Place Mobile Robotics
Kayla Guaillazaca-Lata, 3^rd Place Related Technical Math
Nadia Cheney, 3^rd Place Customer Service
Asia Santiago, 3^rd place Career Essentials Customer Service!

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

Abigail Nechitilo – Related Technical Math
Sophia Grocki – Baking and Pastry Arts
Antonio DiLeone – Technical Drafting
Anita Budge – Customer Service