In what has become an annual ceremony, the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) recently presented its Student Champions Award for Excellence to several Blackstone Valley Tech students and graduates.
At the BVT School Committee’s December meeting, six awards were presented by MASC Immediate Past President Patrick Francomano in recognition of the students’ gold medal victories at the 2015 SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference Championships held in Kansas City, Missouri, in June 2015. Considered the Olympics of vocational technical education, the annual SkillsUSA competition features thousands of the nation’s top career technical education students competing in trade-based events judged by panels of business and industry experts.
Seen here (left to right) are: Health Services students Hannah Licarie of Millbury, Samantha Cella of Northbridge, and Mikayla Corda of Grafton, who earned gold medals in the team-based Community Service competition; 2015 Electronics and Engineering Technology graduate Anthony Arrigo of Upton, who won a gold medal in Urban Search and Rescue (Mobile Robotics); and MASC Immediate Past President Patrick Francomano.
Not pictured are 2015 Health Services graduate Francesca Niro of Mendon, who won gold in Basic Health Care Skills, and 2015 Electronics and Engineering Technology graduate Dillon Arnold of Northbridge, who won gold along with his teammate Anthony Arrigo in Urban Search and Rescue (Mobile Robotics).
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