As I have mentioned before my oldest is graduating high school within a couple of weeks and though I have always been proud of him, he is going out on a high note.
Earlier this week they had an awards presentation that involved a variety of items but one of them was the SkillsUSA team project my son was a part of this year. He truly wanted to participate in the individual event as he did last year to see if he could make it to Nationals in back-to-back years but elected not to participate as the SkillsUSA state contest was the same day as the college he is going to attend was having a luncheon ceremony for the incoming freshmen who had earned the President's Champion Scholarship from the college because of his high school GPA and his ACT score. As the state competition was on the same day as the college ceremony, he could only participate in the team event so the back-to-back state championship wasn't an option. Guess things have a way of turning out though as his team took first and given the original presenter has a prior obligation the week of nationals, it looks like he is headed back to KC for the second year in a row!
Anyway (Sorry but Dad brag moment) in one week's time he accomplished:
1) Winning the state SkillsUSA team competition for the billboard he did the artwork for.
2) Got to shake hands with the president of the university he will be attending this fall during the President's Champion Awards luncheon after which he registered for his fall classes. (An announcement was forwarded to and recently appeared in the local newspaper)
3) Was inducted into the National Honor Society and earned the President's Award for Excellence in Education at a ceremony at the school
Anyway, just had to share and here are a few pictures of the poster board he will be presenting at the SkillsUSA National Competition in June.
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