From February 8-27 over 400 students competed in 52 hands-on skill and leadership competitions. These competitions provided a unique opportunity for some of the most talented career and technical education students in the area to showcase their skills. District Gold Medal winners advance to state and potentially national competitions.

This year, the SkillsUSA Council is partnering with post-secondary educational institutions and area businesses to award over $200,000 in scholarships and prizes to the medalists of twelve competitions.

Following the competitions, which took place over the course of three weeks at varying host locations, students gathered at their technical schools for a live, online awards ceremony to hear the results of the competitions and, for the winners, to receive their medals.

Gold medal winners will represent District 11 at the State competition in Hershey, PA this coming April.

Contestants are from the following area career and technical schools:

Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School (BAVTS)

Career Institute of Technology (CIT)

Lehigh Career & Technical Institute (LCTI)

Monroe Career & Technical Institute (MCTI)

Upper Bucks County Technical School (UBCTS)

BAVTS student include:

1st place - Zane Henritzy, Robert Smith, Jordan Krische, Michael Kuzio, Ariel Montanez, Kristan Fleary, Brandon Balliet, Jeremy Myers, Thomas Coffin and Joseph Fekete

2nd place - Elyjah Pinero, Zachery Siekonic, Owen Roth, Brady Rowe, Abigail Wenger, Mersadies Bonilla, Richard Oliver, Tathiana Millien, Anthony Lamoreaux, Billy Gaston and Julia Pletz

3rd place - Matthew Clark, Anthony Hughes, Arianna Viera, Amy Swierczek, Benjamin Murdock, Harkiran Bhullar, Brandon Cordero,

Christopher Kulp, Max Heffner, Francisco Lora Nunez and Kenneth Zuniga

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