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STUDENTS CELEBRATE SUCCESS

AFTER STATE COMPETITION

Ninety students from Mercer County Technical Schools competed at the recent SkillsUSA New Jersey State competition. Four of the first place winners earned the opportunity to compete at the 50th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Missouri on June 23-27, 2014. The New Jersey SkillsUSA competitions took place at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, New Jersey.

SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps each student excel. For more information, visit www.skillsusa.org.

In this photo: Sara Ely

In this photo(left to right): Daniel Montero, Michael Burgess

In this photo (left to right): Brian Melendez, Anthony Kliendienst, Tameka Roberts

In this photo (left to right): Alejandra Feliciano and

Himanshi Sachdeva

In this photo: David Garcia

In this photo: Alessandra Simmens

In this photo: Magnus Harris

2014

STATE WINNERS

AUTO COLLISION CUSTOM PAINT

2nd Place (postsecondary)

Ardrick Edwards

Hamilton

Angel Guzman

Hamilton

BASIC MASONRY

1st Place

Chris Pasun

Trenton

3rd Place

Devin Pultorak

Trenton

BUILDING MAINTENANCE

2nd Place

Stephen McCall
Ewing

CAREER PATHWAYS SHOWCASE: FINANCIAL SERVICES

2nd Place

Mike Glover

Hightstown

Anthoney Mayoros

Hamilton

Brandt Mickolas

Ewing

CAREER PATHWAYS SHOWCASE: GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY

1st Place

Anthony Kleindienst (*)

Plainsboro

Tamara Lively (*)

Hamilton

Brian Melendez (*)

Hamilton

CARPENTRY

2nd Place

Kevin Fuller
Hamilton

COMMERCIAL BAKERS AIDE

3rd Place

Taylor Settles

Bristol, PA

COSMETOLOGY (ADVANCED)

3rd Place (postsecondary)

Mary Kamau

Ewing

COSMETOLOGY KNOWLEDGE BOWL

3rd Place

Debbie Robbins

Lawrenceville

Fatima Baxter

Hamilton

Jessica Glodowski

Hamilton

Lily Mahaney

Hopewell

CULINARY ARTS

1st Place

Sara Ely (*)

Pennington

DIESEL EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY

3rd Place

Anthony Marrazzo

Hamilton

EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION PROCESS

2nd Place

Svetlana Craft

Cranbury

3rd Place

Jacqueline Paredes

East Windsor

FINISH CARPENTRY

1st Place

Noah Zeichner

Ewing

FOOD SERVICE

3rd Place

Corrine Preville

Plainsboro

RESTAURANT SERVICE

3rd Place

Vanessa Rodas

Hamilton

TEAM SKILLS DEMO

3rd Place

Michael Burgess

Robbinsville

Daniel Montero

Ewing

WEDDING CAKE DECORATING

3rd Place

Alejandra Feliciano

Hamilton

Himanshi Sachdeva

Lawrenceville

(*) Indicates eligibility to compete nationally.