20 Students attend SkillsUSA Fall Leadership and return with medals

Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School students attended the SkillsUSA Fall Leadership Conference from November 24 – 26, 2019. Students at the conference participated in intensive leadership training in multiple areas, including: communication skills, group dynamics and employability skills, while having opportunities to become involved in the SkillsUSA Professional Development Program (PDP), earn a SkillsUSA Massachusetts Leader Award, and learn more about SkillsUSA’s various programs. The students that attended participated in several challenges, including: Framework Case Study, Community Construction, Framework Video Challenge, Membership Promotions, Community Service, and Workplace Safety.

• Chloe Baganha – Sophomore – Early Childhood and Education
• Sara Carreiro – – Sophomore – Dental Assisting
• Ramon Corado – Junior – Plumbing – Workplace Safety Project – Bronze
• Dylon Correia – Sophomore – Automotive Technology – Membership Promotion Project – Silver Madison DeLuca – Sophomore – Engineering Technology, Member of the Courtesy Corp
• Jerry Diaz-Rivera – Sophomore – Electrical Technology – Membership Promotion Project – Silver Daniel Escoto – Sophomore – Nurse and Health Assisting
• Benjamin Farland – Sophomore – Engineering Technology
• Geinys Figaro Figaro – Sophomore – Medical Assisting – Community Construction Project – Silver
• Kara Koska – Sophomore – Dental Assisting
• Jillian Leary – Sophomore – Drafting Technology
• Sarah Lopes – Sophomore – Medical Assisting
• Ricardo Macedo – Sophomore – Electrical Technology – Workplace Safety Project – Silver Joshua Medeiros – Sophomore – HVAC – Workplace Safety Project – Silver
• Andrew Morin – Sophomore – Carpentry
• Payton O’Brien – Sophomore – Cosmetology – Workplace Safety Project – Gold
• Jillian Simmons- Sophomore – Information Support Services & Networking
• Abigail Souza – Sophomore – Nurse and Health Assisting – Membership Promotion Project – Gold
•  Arianna Stevens – Sophomore – Visual Design Technology
• Bryn Tremblay – Sophomore – Legal and Protective Services – Membership Promotion Project – Bronze

All of the students earned their Leadership Award Pins and placed 3rd or above in the Track Quality Awards. The students traveled with the following advisors/chaperones: Steven Condon, Meghan Lacasse, Michael Meriano, and Lori Russell-Pelsue. The GNB Voc-Tech students were exemplary participants, making the school, the national organization and themselves, proud, as they work to become leaders in our programs, school, and community.