Twelve students from Minuteman High School, including one from Arlington, recently received medals — four gold and eight bronze — in a statewide skills competition.
The students earned the medals at the 2015 SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference held in Marlborough from April 30 to May 2. Fifty-nine students from Minuteman took part in the event — 54 contestants, three voting delegates and two candidates for state office.
SkillsUSA allows students in career and technical education to compete in a host of technical and leadership competitions.
The medalists were:
Sarah Joseph ’15 (Arlington), bronze medal in career pathways showcase – health; Aiblinn Moore ’16 (Medford), bronze medal in telecommunications cabling; Caitlin Monagle ’16 (Wellesley), gold medal in community action project; McKenzie Hartman ’16 (Sudbury), gold medal in community action project; Alison Beucler ’17 (Medford), bronze medal in OSHA; Rachel Sheehan ’17 (Malden), bronze medal in OSHA; Kentra Vellom ’17 (Sudbury), bronze medal in OSHA; Danny Lessard (Medford), gold medal in Plumbing (postgraduate), Robin Verheyen (Harvard), bronze medal in commercial baking (postgraduate); Collin Kelly ’17 (Sudbury), gold medal in action skills; Kaleena Gulledge ’15 (Watertown), bronze medal in career pathways showcase – health; Allison Kirk ’17 (Saugus), bronze medal, career pathways showcase – health.
Michaela Ganimian ’16 (Stow) was elected to serve as a SkillsUSA State Officer next year, and Minuteman’s SkillsUSA Chapter adviser Terry Regan was named Adviser of the Year.
Engineering technology onstructor Becky Quay and the following Minuteman students in the STEM (science technology, engineering and math) program were given special recognition as the SkillsUSA National Grand Prize winners for their Student2Student mentoring program:
Nakeyra Santos ’17 (Lexington), Tanisha Santos ’18 (Lexington), Rachel Toups ’16 (Boxborough), Alicia Benway ’17 (Waltham), Channon Lessard ’16 (Medford), Alison Beucler ’17 (Medford), Anastasia Monich’16 (Boxborough), Hannah Whitney ’15 (Acton), Emma Clemente ’15 (Medford), Tristin O’Connor ’16 (Bolton), Michaela Ganimian ’16 (Stow), Diana Perez ’17 (Everett), Sarah Joseph ’15 (Arlington), Julia Ruderman ’16 (Arlington), Kaleena Gulledge ’15 (Watertown), and Alice Hawkes ’15 (Waltham).
The gold medalists listed above will be competing at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference being in Louisville Ky., from June 22-June 27. Quay and representatives of the STEM program will be recognized at the National Conference, and as an officer-elect, Michaela will attend as a national voting delegate.
Several Minuteman instructors assisted at the conference: Kyle Romano (HVAC/R), Alice Ofria (environmental technology), Pat Rafter (biotechnology), Karen Tan (culinary arts/baking) and Larry Lambert (programming, Web).
This extended announcement was published Friday, May 15, 2015.
