SVACTC students at SkillsUSA Competition
Publisher’s note: This story first ran April 19th in the Times-Record. It was brought to our attention that some student awards were inadvertently missed and we wanted to make sure these kids get the publicity for their awesome accomplishments, we chose to run the full story, with all the awards, again.
The Sheyenne Valley Area Career & Technology Center Skills USA advisors and student members recently attended the State’s Skills USA Competition in Bismarck.
Congratulations to SVACTC Health Science Instructor and Skills Advisor, Mrs. Grafing, on being awarded the 202324 ND Skills Advisor of the year award.
Mr. Reinke, is pictured to the left, holding the Chapter of Excellence Award. The school received the award for SkillsUSA Chapters. There are three levels to earning the award, with only the elite Chapters getting to the 3rd level. It is a competition of its own. The Valley City SkillsUSA team surpassed Level 1 and put in an application for achieving Level 2 in the Chapter of Excellence Distinction award. SVACTC and Dickinson Roughrider are the only schools in North Dakota that have achieved this award.
The application process is made up of activities and standards met throughout the year and justifying in the application how you achieved the particular level.
This is the first time in history our school has received this award and also the first time in North Dakota for SkillsUSA.
Congratulations to all the SkillsUSA advisors and class officers (past and present) for their hand in successfully meeting all the requirements of achieving the Silver Level SkillsUSA
Chapter of Distinction award.
Thirty-eight students participated in and three state officers helped run this year’s State SkillsUSA competition in Bismarck.
The SVACTC staff, advisors and students send a big shout out to all the indivdiuals and businesses, who’s support assisted in sending them to state. “Thanks again to all of our local business partners/sponsors and individuals who helped provide this opportunity to our students by their donations and participation in this years fundraisers. They have represented the SVACTC, its member schools, and their collective communities well.”
SkillsUSA Medalists are as follows:
Graphic T-shirt Design: Adrian RiveraBronze
Health Occupations Professional Portfolio: Kendra Skramstad- Silver, Jada Zahn- Bronze.
Nursing Assistant: Jayden Pederson- Gold.
Medical Math: Corben Golovanoff- Gold, Jayden Pederson- Silver.
Sculpture contest: Dylan Piatz - Barnes County North, 1st Place (train); Joshua Smith Valley City, 2nd Place (movie camera/music box); Shaunn Weiser Valley City, 3rd Place (semi).
Job Skill Demontration: Reid Nelson - Valley City, 1st Place; Cloe Nelson - Valley City, 2nd Place; Joshua Smith Valley City, 3rd Place.
Prepared Speech: Jess Ranisate - Valley City, 2nd Place.
Extemporanous Speech: Quincy Corben - Valley City, 3rd Place.
23-24 Officer team outgoing include:
Kendra Skramsted President; Ella Olson - Reporter; Corben Golovanoff - Historian.
24-25 Incoming
officer team
Quincy Corben and Jess Ranisate.
2024-25 incoming officers will attend four days of officer training in June in Bismarck.
2024 North Dakota State Leadership and Skills Conference competitors (pictured in top photo):
- Aaron Deaver
- Billy Hughes
- Adrian Rivera
- Jase Erickson - Auston Jewett
- Carter Borg
- Carder Jewett
- Scot Rohde
- Damien Modlin
- Reid Nelson - Jamison Mutschler - Caden Amann - Bentley Thornton - Shaunn Wieser
- Levi Trader
- Dylan Hunt
- Colten Hofland - Quincy Corbin
- Josh Smith
- Talon Larson
- Dylan Piatz
- Ava Huseby
- Bailey Leroux
- Drew Potratz
- Tesa Olson
- Kaidence Harstad - Kaci Current
- Cloe Nelson
- Jessica Ranisate
- Jada Zahn
- Brooke Bundy
- Jovi Borg
- Jayden Pederson - Sydney Larsen - Kendra Skramstad - Ella Olson
- Corben Golovanoff - Lucas Compson-Lorenz