By Stella Hammargren
Several SkillsUSA members recently competed at regionals in welding.
AJ Mendoza believes that this helps him achieve greater success.
“I do the welding and I’m gonna do that when I graduate, it’s pretty fun,” said Mendoza.
Cooper Hill also believes that this will help him in the future with his career.
“I like electrical, I think this will be beneficial in the long run,” said Hill
Mr. Andrew Meyer, the advisor for SkillsUSA, believes that this organization is a good fit for many kids and they should join.
“All the cool kids are doing it,” said Meyer. “The talented individuals are in a competition around the trade industry, anything you can think of that is in that industry is exercised in this organization.”
The welding certification ended with all seven students going home with their welding certificates. The SkillsUSA competition ended with Anton Mendoza getting 1st place, Logan Jung in 3rd, Shane Gilliand in 4th, and Beau Blades in 8th.
Dempsey Jenkins, a welding student who recently received his certification also believes that this is a good organization even if he is not a part of it.
“It was pretty cool getting my certification, even though I am not in Skills USA it’s a pretty cool group,” said Jenkins.
SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization that has more than 395,000 high school members enrolled in training programs in trade occupations.
