FWISD CTE Students Clinch Top Prizes at National Contests
Students from career and technical education programs at five Fort Worth high schools spent a portion of their summer vacation participating in multiple national competitions, and many of them brought home top honors in their respective contests.
Five Trimble Technical High School culinary arts students brought home top honors from the entrepreneurship and sports nutrition contests at the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) 2018 National Leadership Conference, hosted June 28- July 2 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Trimble Tech’s sports nutrition team – made up of rising juniors Rayven Barnaba, Alexandra Gonzalez and Miriam Perez – clinched the contest’s top national prize. The entrepreneurship team – including rising senior Juliana Nava and rising junior Adrian Ornelas – finished second in the nation in its respective category.
At the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, June 23-29 in Louisville, Kentucky, the broadcast news production team from Southwest High School brought home second-place honors. The team includes Gloria Ortiz, Chelsea Lyles, Jacob Wells and Laura Nunez.
Additionally, Guillermo Lezama of Trimble Tech High School finished fourth in the collision damage appraisal contest, and Trimble Tech's Breanna Barnaba was recognized for finishing in the top half of the photography competition.
A self-taught 3D animation team from South Hills High School finished fourth in the nation in its respective category at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference, June 28- July 1 in Baltimore, Maryland. The team includes Emilio Contreras, Rosio Frias and Luis Hernandez.
Also competing in the FBLA national contest was Paschal High School. Brandon Meyers of Paschal received the third-place prize in the sales presentation category, and Christopher Wood, also of Paschal, finished 10th in the cyber security contest.
Six students from South Hills High’s Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) chapter represented the District in the Educators Rising National Conference, June 21-24 in Orlando, Florida.
Ashley Rios and Angeles Garcia of South Hills brought home the nation’s second-place prize in the children’s pre-kindergarten category. Alejandra Patino finished eighth in the nation’s impromptu teaching category. Abigail Arreola was recognized among the Top 8 for Educators Rising Leadership.
Melissa Areola of South Hills High represented Texas at the conference as TAFE’s Texas vice president. She is the first state officer from South Hills. Daniel Aguirre, also qualified for the national contest, and competed in the Educators Rising Moment category.
Ten students from the Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences (TABS) represented the District at the HOSA-Future Health Professionals 41st annual International Leadership Conference, June 27-30 in Dallas and were recognized with the national Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Recognition.
The students are: Mike Mares, Jared Maldonado, Anthony De-Maria, Alexstazia Mumford, Halle Shafer, Samantha Lopez, Rebeca Galindo, Angelica Pacheco, Vanessa Garcia and Alexia Rios.
Congratulations to all our national winners and qualifiers.
FCCLA competitors
SkillsUSA competitors
FBLA competitors
Educators Rising competitors
HOSA competitors
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