Central Albertan students earned top marks, money and a chance to represent their province at the Skills Alberta competition in May.
Five Central Albertans will go on to be a part of Team Alberta as they compete at the Skills Canada National Competition in Vancouver from June 5 to 8.
Dustin Sejdl of Ponoka earned the spot for his cabinet making skills; Ponoka’s Josiah Pilon’s carpentry skills earned him the trip; Scott Pylypow of Ponoka placed first for carpentry and gets to make the trip; Jennifer Sidwell of Lacombe won for job skill demonstration; Red Deer’s Mackenzie Clews won for electrical installations and Coralee Martin, of Red Deer, earned the chance for IT software solutions for business.
But many other area students got high marks in the competition. Chad Magas, from Sylvan Lake, placed third in carpentry; Richard Staples of Innisfail placed second in electrical installations; Amy Liang of Caroline won second at the junior level of hairstyling; Red Deer’s Chance Foisy got third in IT software solutions for business; Ponoka’s Lisa Winter got third in joinery; Patrick Francis of Red Deer took third in precision machining and a team of Dylan Johns, Quinn Meadus, Andrew Thacker and Sudhadra Upadhyay all from Lacombe took third place in robotics.
As well two Chinook’s Edge schools, Didsbury and Innisfail high schools, have received a $10,000 grant from Encana through Skills Canada Alberta. The money is meant to enhance the CTS equipment in their school labs.