A Watertown student was one of more than a dozen from Minuteman High School who won medals at a recent SkillsUSA Massachusetts competition.
The school sent out the following announcement:
Minuteman High School students recently competed against 13 other high schools and were awarded 18 medals in the SkillsUSA Massachusetts District 3 Competition for demonstrating knowledge in their career technical area of study, employability skills and safety.
Minuteman brought home six gold medals, seven silver, and five bronze. Twelve students of the 18 students will advance to the SkillsUSA MA States competition to be held in late April at Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School.
The winners are listed below, those with asterisks will continue onto the state level competitions:
Competition: Advertising Design
GOLD: Ariana Calder, Design and Visual Communications career major, grade 12, Lancaster*
Competition: Auto Service Technology
BRONZE: Ryan Breen-Aronson, Automotive Technology career major, grade 10, Arlington
Competition: Cabinetmaking
GOLD: Olivia O’Neill, Carpentry career major, grade 10, Lexington*SILVER: Annie Brosnan, Carpentry career major, grade 10, Arlington*
BRONZE: Caleb Begley, Carpentry career major, grade 10, Arlington
Competition: CNC Milling
GOLD: Ellie Vail, Advanced Manufacturing career major, grade 12, Arlington*
SILVER: Jonathan Corbett, Advanced Manufacturing career major, grade 12, Watertown
Competition: CNC Turning
GOLD: Henry Price, Advanced Manufacturing career major, grade 12, Brookline*
BRONZE: Bradley Winters, Advanced Manufacturing career major, grade 11, Lexington
Competition: Commercial Baking
SILVER: Alex Findeis, Culinary Arts career major, grade 10, Belmont*
Competition: Culinary Arts
SILVER: Josh Formaggio, Culinary Arts career major, grade 10, Acton*
Competition: Early Education
BRONZE: Maria DaSilva, Early Education and Teaching career major, grade 11, Arlington
Competition: First Aid
SILVER: Sophia Magdeleno, Health Assisting career major, grade 10, Stow*
Competition: Plumbing
SILVER: Harrison Hathaway, Plumbing and Heating career major, grade 11, Newton*
BRONZE: Marc-Andre Noel, Plumbing and Heating career major, grade 10, Medford
Competition: Robotics and Automation
GOLD: Gabriel Herbertz, Robotics and Automation career major, grade 12, Stow*
GOLD: Peter Loschen, Robotics and Automation career major, grade 12, Winchester*
Competition: Welding
SILVER: Nathan Doherty, Metal Fabrication and Welding career major, grade 12, Lancaster*
Minuteman’s Faculty Advisors for the SkillsUSA Club are Denise D’Ambrosia, teaching assistant, and Clifford Keirstead, carpentry teacher.