Three KDSS students shine at Regional Skills 2015

It was a practical exercise in career-related experiential learning for local students at the area’s signature skilled trades event of the year.

Georgian College, Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute, and St. Mary’s High School in Owen Sound were competition sites for the 11^th annual Regional Technological Skills Challenge, held Friday, March 27. The event included the participation of 87 high school students enrolled in technological education courses in the Bluewater District School Board and Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board area.

Co-ordinated once again by the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program, there were eight diverse categories that students could test their skills in, ranging from Carpentry and Welding to Culinary and Hairstyling. Local industry judges evaluated the competitors according to industry standards.

The day also included tours of the various competition sites for local businesses and industries, while teachers and coaches visited Caframo Limited in Georgian Bluffs and Transcontinental RBW Graphics in Owen Sound to hear first-hand from local industries about some of the current realities and opportunities for students in the skilled trades.

 

Three students from Kincardine District Secondary School made it to the top three in the various competitions. Top-scoring students will advance to district challenges in April while others will compete provincially in May at the Ontario Technological Skills Competition in Waterloo.

The results are as follows:

 

Auto Service Technology

1^st – Ethan Raymond, Walkerton District Community School

2^nd – John Bulsink, St. Mary’s High School

3^rd – Tyler Dunn, John Diefenbaker Senior School

 

Carpentry – Team of Two

1^st – Benjamin Harrison & Damian Walker, Chesley District Community School

2^nd – Matthew Walter & Garett Schular, Saugeen District Secondary School

3^rd – Keegan Angel & MacKenzie Krotz, Chesley District Community School

 

Culinary

1^st – Daniel Kolaska, Kincardine District Secondary School

2^nd – Summer Camerson, St. Mary’s High School

3^rd – Rachelle Ruetz, Sacred Heart High School

 

Electrical

1^st – Shiann Booth, Saugeen District Secondary School

2^nd – Coby Stanley, Saugeen District Secondary School

3^rd – Andrew Devison, Saugeen District Secondary School

 

Hairstyling

1^st – Brittany Barker, Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute

2^nd – Kylie-Anne Loucks, Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute

3^rd – Olivia Convay, Kincardine District Secondary School

 

Precision Machining

1^st – Matthew VanSickle, Sacred Heart High School

2^nd – Andrew Brillinger, John Diefenbaker Senior School

3^rd – Ben Klages, Sacred Heart High School

 

Small Powered Equipment

1^st – Matt Schmidt, Sacred Heart High School

2^nd – Declan Mowle, Kincardine District Secondary School

3^rd – Lucas Bulsink, St. Mary’s High School

 

Welding

1^st – Michael MacLennan, Sacred Heart High School

2^nd – William Sprott, Grey Highlands Secondary School

3^rd – Brendan Crispin, Sacred Heart High School