St. Clair TEC students brought home an impressive 18 medals at the state SkillsUSA Leadership Conference held April 8-10 in Grand Rapids. Forty-one TEC students from eight programs competed at the state-level competition. The seven gold medal winners — Jacob McEachin, Emma O’Connell (Model: Skylar Soulliere), Sierra Kelly (Model: Hannah Gombos), William Wideman, and Curtis Dresser — will be advancing to the National SkillsUSA competition in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 20–24.
SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving more than 310,000 high school and college students preparing for careers in trade, technical, and skilled service occupations. The SkillsUSA competition is an annual event designed to gauge students’ mastery of various career-oriented skills and showcase the nation’s best career and technical education students.
Congratulations to our SkillsUSA participants for their hard work during after-school practice sessions with dedicated TEC instructors and paraprofessionals.
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Instructors: Jason Belfinger and Brian Hunter
Paraprofessionals: Alex Super and Wayne McClelland
Automotive Service Technology Overall
- Gold: Jacob McEachin, Port Huron Northern High School, Senior
CONSTRUCTION TRADES
Instructor: Ken Sygit
Paraprofessional: Caleb Howell
Electrical Construction Wiring
- Silver: CJ Miller, Virtual Learning Academy, Junior
COSMETOLOGY
Instructors: Alecia Klein, Beth Koski, and Sue Colman
Paraprofessionals: Kara Randall and Tina Ponessa
Cosmetology Overall
- Silver: Courtney Barber, Marysville High School, Senior
- Bronze: Brianna Snyder, Port Huron Northern High School, Senior
Cosmetology Mannequin
- Gold: Maggie Tanton, Blue Water Middle College, Junior
- Bronze: Rebekah Schmaltz, Marysville High School, Junior
Esthetics
- Gold: Emma O’Connell, Yale High School, Senior (Model: Skylar Soulliere, Port Huron Northern, Senior)
- Silver: Sienna Guerrero-Brown, East China Virtual, Senior (Model: Lily Ingles, Marysville, High School, Senior)
Nail Care
- Gold: Sierra Kelly, Marysville High School, Senior (Model: Hannah Gombos, Memphis High School, Senior)
- Bronze: Taylor Colston, Port Huron High School, Senior (Model: Peyton Rowley, Capac High School, Senior)
DIGITAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
Instructor: Chad Kubik
Paraprofessional: Ann Frederick
Pin Design
- Silver: Danielle Liebetreu, St. Clair High School, Senior
METAL MACHINING TECHNOLOGY
Instructor: Duane Emig
Paraprofessional: Marv Koob
CNC Technician
- Gold: William Wideman, Memphis High School, Senior
CNC Turning
- Gold: Curtis Dresser, Port Huron Northern High School, Senior
WELDING
Instructor: Becca Robertson
Paraprofessional: James Lay
Welding Overall
- Bronze: Jason Sanday, Yale High School, Senior
View photographs from the competitions on TEC’s Facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/StClairTEC
The St. Clair County Technical Education Center (TEC) is operated by the St. Clair County Regional Educational Service Agency. TEC provides career-oriented programs to high school juniors and seniors. TEC offers programs on- and off-site. Programs provide students the opportunity to earn high school elective and academic credit, college credit, and state certification.
More information is available on the TEC website at www.sctec.org.
Submitted by St. Clair TEC
