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Andrew students excel at SkillsUSA Competition

The Illinois Association of SkillsUSA held its 50th annual Leadership and Skills Conference in Springfield, Illinois.  The conference leadership and skill events were held at the Prairie Capital Convention Center, the Capital Area Career Center, the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel, Robert Morris College and Springfield Hilton Hotel.  The nearly 1,800 registered participants are supported by an additional nearly 300 business and industry, organized labor and educational professionals who will supervise and judge the competition and provide technical support.

Andrew students participated in four areas of competition, Culinary Arts, Clothing Construction, Adobe Photoshop Design and Video Production.  All students had to take qualifying exams before being allowed to compete at the state level.

Culinary Arts
1st Nicolette Jäger (National Qualifier)
2nd Reynaldo Clemente
4th Chris Choquette

Clothing Construction

5th Alyssa Friesser
6th Brandy Gran

Adobe Photoshop Design
1st Brandon Paravich
4th Michael Dertz
5th Andres Saldivar
7th Austin DeRoo

TV (Video) Production
5th Michael Brennan & Nicholas Bobber

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