Students compete in Regional SkillsUSA Competition; Four earn gold medal, several others place

Congratulations to the many OCM BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) students who recently competed and placed in the Regional SkillsUSA competition held at SUNY Morrisville on February 27. This annual competition gives OCM BOCES the opportunity to compete against other schools in timed technical, trade and leadership contests.

One OCM BOCES team (pictured at left), consisting of North Syracuse CSD seniors MacKenzie Lananux (Laboratory Technology), Kristin Rogers (Laboratory Technology), and Jessica Sorbello (Health Occupations Technology), and Chittenango CSD senior Grace Nicholas (Health Occupations Technology), earned a gold medal in the health knowledge bowl competition. The event pitted 10 four-student teams from various Region II BOCES. The competition covered topics such as medical ethics, medical law terminology and medical vocabulary.

OCM BOCES student Lily Skinner, from the Fabius-Pompey Central School District, was among four BOCES students from across the region to sing the national anthem prior to the competition.

Other OCM BOCES students who placed in the competition include:

1. Dominique LaRose, Pastry Arts senior from the Liverpool Central School District – 1st place in Commercial Baking

2. James Miller, Automotive Collision Technology junior from Cortland Alternative School and the Cincinnatus Central School District – 1st place in Collision Repair Technology

 

3. Jake Nobile, New Vision Medical Professions senior from the Solvay Union Free School District – 1st place in the First Aid/CPR

4. Hannah Northrop, Cosmetology senior from the Liverpool Central School District – 1st place in Cosmetology senior category

 

5. Alex Sanford, Culinary Arts junior from the Cortland Enlarged City School District – 1st place in Restaurant Service

 

6. Skyler Lyons, Pastry Arts senior from the Baldwinsville Central School District – 2nd place in Commercial Baking

7. Allison McDonald, Cosmetology senior from the Liverpool Central School District – 2nd place in the Nail Care category

8. Deirdre Monroe, Cosmetology senior from the Cortland Enlarged City School District – 2nd place in Job Interview

9. Hunter Moore, Graphic Communications senior from the Cortland Enlarged City School District – 2nd place in Photography

 

10. Anthony Pham, New Vision Medical Professions senior from the North Syracuse Central School District – 2nd place in First Aid/CPR

11. Nahsia Batts (pictured far left), Health Occupations Technology junior from the Cortland Enlarged City School District – 3rd place in Job Demo Open

 

12. Charlotte Hollenbeck, Automotive Technology senior from the Homer Central School District – 3rd place in Automotive Maintenance Basic

 

13. Ben Nelson, Culinary Arts senior from the North Syracuse Central School District – 3rd place in Food Preparation Assistant

 

14. Yesenia Rodriguez-Abelar, Cosmetology senior from the Cazenovia Central School District – 3rd place in the Cosmetology senior category

 

15. Brooke Turner (pictured right), Health Occupations Technology junior from the Homer Central School District – 3rd place in Job Demo Open Model

Following is the complete list of OCM BOCES students that competed in the Regional SkillsUSA competition:

Baldwinsville Central School District:
Kalie Arnold, Joseph Fiorini, Eva Korczakowski, Skyler Lyons, Connor Oakes, Shannon Perrotta, Sierra Phillips, Andreana Reed, Cameron Sant

Cazenovia Central School District:
Yesenia Rodriguez

Chittenango Central School District:
Anthony Lozipone, Grace Nicholas, Ashley Price

Cincinnatus Central School District:
Keyara Aiken, Ashley Angel, Kristen Angel, Melanie Cass, Chelsea Gerrard, Jennifer Ivison (helper), Kaitlin Manley, James Miller (Cortland Alternative School student), Shelby Phillips, Brooke Tobias

Cortland Enlarged City School District:
Nahsia Batts, Mazey Cornell (helper), Julia Goddard, Alizabeth Knout, Christopher Luke, Deirdre Monroe, Hunter Moore, Nicole Nichol, Juan Oliver, Alex Sanford, McKenzie Stark
 
DeRuyter Central School District:
Breanna Hare, MaryJo Miller (helper)

East Syracuse Minoa Central School District: 
Shannon Miller

Homer Central School District:
Tara Daley (helper), Charlotte Hollenbeck, Cory Kanar, Tanya Smith, Brooke Turner

LaFayette Central School District:
Ben Kramak

Liverpool Central School District:
Ashanti Dorsey, Dominique LaRose, Allison McDonald, Hannah Northrop, Marie Vassallo

Marathon Central School District:
Tyler James, Taylor Larrabee, Rachel Lawrence, Jerralyn Vogt, Stephanie Wales, Basha Zurbruegg
 
Marcellus Central School District:
Isabella Wennberg
 
McGraw Central School District:
Cody Reome, Sarah Thurley

North Syracuse Central School District:
Sarah Amato, Megan Gorman, Mackenzie Lanaux, Ben Nelson, Olivia Orlando, Sidney Perks, Anthony Pham, Natasha Rivera, Kristin Rogers, Jessica Sorbello

Solvay Union Free School District:
Natosha Black, Jordan Micheletti, Jake Nobile, Miya VanFossen

Tully Central School District:
Jason Reid (OCM BOCES Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program), Ally Snyder, Taylor Soderholm

West Genesee Central School District:
Lisa Hall

SkillsUSA is a national organization serving teachers and high school/college students preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health occupations. The organization provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship and character development and builds and reinforces self-confidence, work attitudes and communications skills.

For more information about OCM BOCES Career and Technical Education Programs, students should see their high school guidance counselor or call our OCM BOCES guidance counselors at: (315) 433-2635 in the Syracuse area or (607) 758-5260 in the Cortland area.