Students Excel at 2023 Regional Skills Competition
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Congratulations to all of the Livingstone Range School Division high school students who competed in the 2023 Regional Skills Canada Alberta Competition for the Southwest Alberta Region in March. Ten of our LRSD students received gold, silver, or bronze medals in their category and qualified to move on to the provincial Skills Canada competition in April and May.
Students showed off their skills in auto service, baking, cabinet making, carpentry, culinary arts, photography, video production, and welding, competing against other high school students from southwestern Alberta.
The ten LRSD medal winners were:
- Auto Service | Gold - Austin Willms, Matthew Halton High School
- Baking | Silver - Nevaeh MacKinnon, Livingstone School
- Cabinet Making | Silver - Grady Mackintosh, Matthew Halton High School
- Carpentry | Bronze - Nathan Mitchell, Matthew Halton High School
- Culinary Arts | Silver - Sarah Yagos, Livingstone School & Bronze - Carter Oakes, Willow Creek Composite High School
- Photography | Gold - Cordelia Yip, F.P. Walshe School
- Video Production | Gold - Sophia Groves & Makayla Gustavson, Crowsnest Consolidated High School
- Welding | Silver - Max Buhmiller, Willow Creek Composite High School
Skills Canada Alberta (SCA) “promotes excellence in trade and technology careers through skills competitions and hands-on programs for students” (skillsalberta.com). Students from Crowsnest Consolidated High School, F.P. Walshe School, Livingstone School, Matthew Halton High School, and Willow Creek Composite High School develop many of their skills through Career & Technology Studies (CTS) courses at school.
LRSD offers excellent learning spaces and high-quality instruction with many CTS teachers being journeymen/ persons in their trades. The training students receive in high school combined with the learning and confidence of the Skills Competition helps prepare them for their future beyond graduation.
Best of luck to these ten students moving on to the provincial competition!
