Logan Garrand (middle) won first place in Electrical Construction Wiring at the regional SkillsUSA competition.
More than 30 Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical students earn regional honors
Thirty-one Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education students showed their in-depth knowledge of the skilled trades and earned medals at the regional SkillsUSA competition Wednesday, March 19 in Albany.
Congratulations to BH-BL High School student Logan Garrand (below) for winning first place in the Electrical Construction Wiring category. Garrand is currently studying Electrical Trades Technology.
Earning third place awards are BH-BL High School students Ed Chase and Hadassah Harrell, who competed in the Auto Vehicle Maintenance Basics and Cosmetology Jr. categories, respectively. Chase is currently studying Automotive Trades Technology and Harrell is studying Cosmetology (photo below).
All three BH-BL students’ award accomplishments advance them to the state-level SkillsUSA competition at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, April 23-25. Winners of that event will advance to the national competition in June.
The student competitors showed expertise in areas as diverse as electrical wiring, public speaking, automotive repair, job interviewing, and cooking. They competed against their peers from Questar III and several other BOCES during a day filled with events at the Career & Technical education Center, as well as Schenectady County Community College (SCCC) and the International Union of Operating Engineers training facility in Albany.
“Congratulations to our scholars. They all did a fantastic job and we are very proud of them,” said Debra Toy, advisor at the SkillsUSA organization on the Capital Region BOCES Career & Technical Education Center – Albany Campus.
SkillsUSA is a career and technical student organization serving more than 395,000 high school and students. The organization promotes personal and professional growth and offers students the opportunity to compete at the local, regional, state and national levels.
Ed Chase (right) earned third place in Auto Vehicle Maintenance Basics at the regional SkillsUSA competition.
Hadassah Harrell (right) earned third place in Cosmetology Jr. at the regional SkillsUSA competition.