SkillsUSA Georgia

Wilcox SkillsUSA Adopts a Mile with Georgia

Wilcox SkillsUSA Chapter voted to join the state in helping clean up our highways and environment. Georgia's Adopt-A-Highway program allows citizens to volunteer to remove litter from state roadsides. This is one way for young people to help promote civic responsibility and pride.

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Alumni Spotlight

SkillsUSA Georgia is extremely fortunate to have a very active Alumni Association!  The following alumni traveled to Jekyll Island, Georgia to assist with the Fall Leadership Conference:  Marcus Dennis, DeMarcus Dixon, Trae Cannon, Corey Smith, Ashley Hopkins, Carolyn Kimbrel, Whitney Mixon, Lyndsee Miles, Brandon Griffin, and Renaldo Key.  While they were there, they were involved in numerous activities:  meeting and greeting advisors and chapter members as they registered for the conference, preparing the conference facility for sessions, working with State Officers, preparing registration materials, facilitating leadership sessions and so much more! 

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State Officer Trakena Moore Addresses Graduation Coaches

State Parliamentarian Trakena Moore addressed 500 High School Graduation Coaches at the Macon Centreplex on Tuesday, October 23.  Ms. Moore gave a passionate speech about her experiences with SkillsUSA and the devotion she feels for the organization. 

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2007 SkillsUSA Georgia Fall Leadership Conference

The SkillsUSA Fall Leadership Conference was held October 5 and 6 at the Jekyll Island Convention Center on Jekyll Island, Georgia.  Over 1,000 students and advisors from 100 chapters across the state joined together to enjoy a weekend full of leadership and team building opportunities.

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The SkillsUSA Fall Leadership Conference was held October 5 and 6 at the Jekyll Island Convention Center on Jekyll Island, Georgia.  Over 1,000 students and advisors from 100 chapters across the state joined together to enjoy a weekend full of leadership and team building opportunities.

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Dalton High School Statesman Awards

Ten Dalton High students earned the SkillsUSA Statesman Award during the Fall Leadership Conference during Fall Break. The Conference is held every year in Jekyll Island, Georgia.  SkillsUSA members throughout Georgia participate in leadership, team building, employability, and legislative advocacy workshops.

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SkillsUSA Georgia State Officers Attend Washington Leadership Training Institute on Capitol Hill

A delegation of 18 career, technical and agricultural education students and instructors representing Georgia met with four congressional leaders on September 18, 2007:  Representative Lynn Westmoreland, Representative Sanford Bishop, Senator Johnny Isakson, and Senator Saxby Chambliss.  Congressional visits are a regular part of SkillsUSA’s Washington Leadership Training Institute (WLTI).

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SkillsUSA: Champions at Work

The Harris County Community Service team has been working hard all summer to promote their “Welcome to the Real World” project. This program has two aspects; a job fair for the students and the public, and the other is a senior seminar to prepare seniors for life after high school whether it is in the work force, college or military. The goals for this program are very simple: to lower the unemployment rate in our local community and to inform the students of
essential information that they need to know to survive in the “Real World”.  

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Local Student Wins Bronze Medal in National SkillsUSA Screen Printing Technology Competition

Kansas City, MO – Victoria Slagle, a sophomore at Troup High School, was awarded the Bronze medal in the Screen Printing Technology at the annual National Leadership and Skills Conference and SkillsUSA Championships.  The competition was held at Bartle Hall, Municipal Auditorium and American Royal in Kansas City, Missouri.
Working against the clock and each other, screen printing contestants were tested on their ability to prepare screens, print a five-color design with specialty inks on a rotary press, and register a three-color design on a rotary press. Contestants also completed a written technical knowledge test and participated in an oral professional assessment.  Victoria had the highest score of all secondary and post-secondary competitors in the written technical knowledge exam.

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Skills Chapters in the News

There are articles about our chapters in the Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation publication on pages:

Johnson High School - page 8
Kendrick High School - page 9
GAERF SkillsUSA Scholarship - page 14
Ringgold High school - page 16
Georgia PrintED Accredited Programs - page 18
Marietta High School - page 20  

Read the Articles : http://www.gaerf.org/about/resource%20FINAL.pdf

Cedartown High School student wins national carpentry competition

Georgia had a great reminder recently of the importance of investing in our high school construction programs.

A young man named Corey Smith represented our state at the SkillsUSA National Championships in Kansas City on June 28. Corey is from Cedartown, about 70 miles northwest of Atlanta. He is a proud graduate of the construction program at Cedartown High School. Read the full story posted below:

Johnson High School - Graphic Arts Competitor

Cason Cleveland, left, a Johnson High graphic arts student, recently won a statewide graphic arts competition and is busy preparing for a national competition . Read more below: