Five students from AMCHS traveled to Kansas City, MO from June 20th - 28th, to compete in the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. The students participated in eight days of Leadership training and competitions.
Sarah Ann Porter competed for two days against 30 other students from across the United States and placed 6th overall. She had to install virtual computers and operating systems, manage remote connections and create spreadsheets, program Access databases, configure email and create and present proposals.
Sarah Ann also was recognized at the Opening Ceremony for receiving the Presidential Volunteer Service Award. She volunteered over 100 hours of volunteer service that was recognized with a pin and a letter from President Obama.
In addition to the competitions, four students were nominated as Official Voting Delegates and represented the Great State of Texas in the SkillsUSA National Delegate meeting. David Holbrook, Patrick Diaz, Bryce Huebner and Amanda Herrera were able successfully support our Texas Candidates and voted in two National Officers. This increased the record of having a Texas Representative in the National Office for the past 35 years.
Our students were also recorded for the new opening scene to Mike Rowe’s new TV Series: “Somebody has to do it” at the closing awards ceremony at Kemper Arena on Friday June 27th.
The SkillsUSA NLSC event held over 13,000 students, advisors and volunteers in attendance from all fifty states and territories including Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. Students competed in 99 different events making SkillsUSA the largest skilled and technical contest in the Nation. SkillsUSA was named one of the top 10 public to private industry partnerships and the NLSC event boasts to have the single biggest day of corporate volunteerism in America. In addition, students ran the National Delegation meetings, attended SkillsUSA University and LEVERAGE Training, participated in a day of service to Kansas City, traveled to Worlds of Fun Amusement park and represented CSISD with great pride.
State – 2014 Results
Congratulations to all of our students who placed at the SkillsUSA State Competition that was held over four days in Corpus Christi, TX. The contests consist of technical information tests as well as hands on production, troubleshooting and application. Our students performed extremely well and we have 4 students that qualified for the National SkillsUSA Competition to be held in Kansas City, MO this June.
We also have two students that were voted in to become a State SkillsUSA Texas Officer:
Patrick Diaz
David Holbrook
Coaches: Scott Faulk, Barbara Klein, Patrick Powell and Bart Taylor
Special Thanks to Chauncey Linder, the Project Hall Coordinator
Here are the results of all of our competitions:
TIVA Student of the Year Scholarship Award Winner:
YasinHaque - $500 Scholarship
ILS Writing Scholarship Award Winners:
1stPlace – Sarah Ann Porter $125 Scholarship
2nd Place – Evan Bendiksen $100 Scholarship
3rdPlace – Pearson McCreary $75 Scholarship
4thPlace – Emily Miaou $50 Scholarship
Overall Best of Show in Information Technology Cluster Project
Best of Show - Team: Raza Zaidi, Sam Suh, DonathanRatcliffe, Jordan Giletto
2D Illustration Project
Best of Show ** -KristenLabarbera
3D Animation Team
3rdPlace Team -Sam Welsh, Dakota Caler
3D Animation Project
Superior Rating - Team: Daniel Valdes, Jared Lascurain, & Kyle Krusekopf
3D Animation Technical Information Test
Silver – Chase Walden
Advertising Design Projects
Superior Rating - Erica Branham
Superior Rating - Kristen Labarbera
Superior Rating - Carolyn Frankson
Superior Rating - Laura Beth Ioerger
Advertising Design Technical Information Test
Bronze – Erica Branham
Applied Engineering
2ndPlace – Emily Miaou, Zeke Hsieh, Nathan Romo, NabhanRiaz
Audio Radio Production
2ndPlace Team –EricKubeczka and Jason Gade
Broadcast News Anchor Team
3rdPlace Team- Helen Reese, Jenna Gonzalez, Liz Williams, Heather Blanton
Computer Maintenance Technical Information Test
Bronze Medal– Nick Lindner
Computer Theory Technical Information Test
Bronze Medal– Sam Miller
Computer Maintenance Computer Case Mod Projects
Best of Show - Team: Raza Zaidi, Sam Suh, DonathanRatcliffe, Jordan Giletto
Superior Rating - Team: Noah Alvard, Sam Miller, Chase Walden, Andrew Browning
Superior Rating - Team: Jon Carpenter, Brett Marburger, Dakota Caler, Kenley Pang
Superior Rating - Team: Kenley Pang, Daniel Valdez, ArijanHorvat
Superior Rating - Team: Johnathan Chang, Gunnar Andrus, Willy Nguyen, NabhanRiaz
Computer Programming
1stPlace ** – Mark Ebbole
Interactive Video Game Design
3rdPlace Team -Mark Ebbole, Kristen Labarbera, Travis Stebbins
Pre-produced Video Projects
Superior Rating –Andrew Lascurain
Superior Rating –Steven Cote and Henry Davis
Superior Rating -Ryan Brauer
Superior Rating -Liz Williams and Heather Blanton
Superior Rating -Eric Golden and Ryan Jones
Superior Rating -Jenna Gonzalez and Helen Reese
Superior Rating -Kent Klein and Diego Espina
Superior Rating -Eric Kubeczka and David Blinn
Technical Computer Applications
1stPlace ** – Sarah Ann Porter
Telecommunication and Cabling
2ndPlace - Zack Minkler
3rdPlace - Raza Zaidi
Television Video Production
2ndPlace Team-Henry Davis and Andrew Lascurain
Television Production Technical Test
Bronze Medal - Peter Krueter
Television Camera Operator Technical Test
Gold Medal - Kent Klein
Bronze Medal - Amanda Herrera
Web Page Design Team
3rdPlace Team - Logan Reynolds and Noah Alvard
District 7 – 2014 Results
Congratulations to all of our students who placed at the SkillsUSA District 7 Competition. These contests consist of technical information tests as well as hands on production, troubleshooting and application. Our students performed extremely well and we had79students qualify for the State SkillsUSA Competition.
We also have student representatives that were voted into district office:
Leonor Castro
David Holbrook
Ross Romero
Coaches: Scott Faulk, Barbara Klein, Patrick Powell, Bart Taylor and Jill Steenbergen
Here are the results of all of our competitions:
3D Animation Team
1stPlace Team ** - Kyle Krusekopf, Jared Lasarian
2ndPlace Team ** - Sam Welsh, Dakota Caler
3rdPlace Team ** -Daniel Valdes, Brandon Becker
3D Animation Project
Best of Show ** - Daniel Valdes, Kyle Krusekopf, Jared Lasarian
3D Animation Illustration Project
Best of Show ** -KristenLabarbera
3D Animation 3D Still
Best of Show ** -Brandon Becker
Advertising Design
1stPlace ** – Ann Yue
3rdPlace** - Erica Branham
4thPlace – Kristen LaBarbara
Applied Engineering
2ndPlace ** – Emily Miaou, Zeke Hsieh, Nathan Romo, NabhanRiaz
3rdPlace – Daniel Purcell, Jose Chavez, Jordan Giletto, James Cargill
Audio Radio Production
1stPlace Team ** -Eric Kubeczka and Jason Gade
2ndPlace Team ** –IlhamSusanto and Ricky Desai
3rdPlace Team ** –JacobAltendorf and Thanet Lawrence
Broadcast News Anchor Team
1stPlace Team ** - Helen Reese, Jenna Gonzalez, Liz Williams, Heather Blanton
Computer Maintenance
2ndPlace ** – Nick Lindner
4thPlace ** – Sam Miller
Computer Maintenance Computer Case Mod Projects
Best of Show ** - Team: Raza Zaidi, Sam Suh, DonathanRatcliffe
Superior Rating ** - Team: Noah Alvard, Sam Miller, Chase Walden, Andrew Browning
Superior Rating ** - Team: Jon Carpenter, Brett Marburger, Dakota Caler, Kenley Pang
Superior Rating ** - Team: Kenley Pang, Daniel Valdez, ArijanHorvat
Superior Rating ** - Team: Johnathan Chang, Gunnar Andrus, Willy Nguyen, NabhanRiaz
Computer Programming
1stPlace ** – Mark Ebbole
2ndPlace ** – Erica Salsman
3rdPlace ** – Travis Stebbins
Digital Cinema Production
2ndPlace Team ** -Ryan Jones and Steven Cote
3rdPlace Team ** -Matt Barnes and Leonor Castro
Extemporaneous Speaking
2ndPlace ** – Paul Morgan
4thPlace – Brett Marburger
Internetworking
1stPlace ** – Alejandro Cavasos
2ndPlace ** – Mikolaj Pate
3rdPlace ** – Johnathan Chang
3rdPlace – Andrew Browning
Job Demonstration A
4thPlace – Tristan Edge
Medical Math
4thPlace ** -YasinHaque
Mobile Electronics Installation
3rdPlace ** -Brandon Ramirez
Mobile Robotics
2ndPlace Team ** -Hector Gusman and Levi Sapo
Opening and Closing Ceremonies
3rdPlace –Sarah Ann Porter, Nathan Romo, DonathanRatclifffe, Ross Romero, Brady Barnett, Linnea Brown
Pre-produced Video Projects
Best of Show ** - Andrew Lascurain
Best of Show ** - Jason Gade and Peter Krueter
Superior Rating ** –Steven Cote and Henry Davis
Superior Rating ** -Ryan Brauer
Superior Rating ** -Liz Williams and Heather Blanton
Superior Rating ** -Eric Golden and Ryan Jones
Superior Rating ** -Jenna Gonzalez and Helen Reese
Superior Rating ** -Kent Klein and Diego Espina
Superior Rating ** -Eric Kubeczka and David Blinn
Quiz Bowl
3rdPlace Team ** - Kevin Yan, Yuchen Gao, Sarah Ann Porter, Evan Bendiksen, Ann Yue, David Holbrook, Nick Lyle
Related Technical Mathematics
1stplace ** - Erica Salsman
3rdPlace ** – Colin Xie
4thPlace – Emily Miaou
Residential System Insatllation and Maintenance
1stplace ** - Brady Barnett
3rdPlace ** – John Carpenter
Technical Computer Applications
1stPlace ** – Sarah Ann Porter
2ndPlace ** –ShreyasKommein
3rdPlace ** – John Lingsweiler
4thPlace – YasinHaque
Telecommunication and Cabling
1stPlace ** - Raza Zaidi
2ndPlace ** - Zack Minkler
3rdPlace ** - Kenley Pang
4thPlace ** - Philip Dusold
Television Video Production
1stPlace Team ** - Diego Espina and Alejandra Fajardo
2ndPlace Team ** -Henry Davis and Andrew Lascurain
3rdPlace Team ** -RasGoodwyn and Amanda Herrera
Video Game Design
1stPlace Team ** -Mark Ebbole & Travis Stebbins
3rdPlace Team -Jared Lasarian &Daniel Valdes
Web Page Design Team
1stPlace Team ** - Logan Reynolds and Brandon Clipp
2ndPlace Team ** - Noah Alvard and Linnea Brown
3rdPlace Team ** - Matt Saputra and Raza Zaidi
4thPlace Team – Gunnar Andrus and Willy Nguyen
** Students qualified for State Competition