SkillsUSA Massachusetts

Our members in the news, June edition

Allyson Pereira, our 2007 National SkillsUSA Championships Silver Medalist and 2008 NLSC contestant, recently graduated from Bristol Community College summa cum laude while being honored as the valedictorian of her class. She will be continuing her education at Johnson & Wales University to earn a bachelor’s degree in baking and pastry, with a minor in management. Ultimately she plans to earn a master’s degree in education so she could teach culinary arts to vocational students. Congratulations, Allyson!

State medalists and Minuteman students Darren O’Neil and Jake Shearer, both of Wayland, MA, were recently featured in the Wayland Town Crier

Diman students and SkillsUSA members Hina Naveed, Monique Botelho, and Zachary Sinkevich were recently featured as three of Diman’s Top 10 in both The Fall River Spirit and The Herald News. All three competed at our State Leadership and Skills Conference. Naveed and Botelho earned medals, while Sinkevich served as a local chapter officer. Naveed will be attending College of Staten Island with a pre-med major in biochemistry and eventually become a Pediatrician. Botelho will be attending Bristol Community College with a major in Nursing and plans to obtain her bachelors degree at UMASS-Dartmouth. Sinkevich plans to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance/business administration and to continue to earn a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA).

Shawsheen students and Mass. SkillsUSA Championships Medalists’ got Skills. The feature in The Billerica Minuteman talks extensively about the TeamWorks competition and provides a brief glimpse into what will be expected of Shawsheen’s TeamWorks team at the nationals level.

Greater New Bedford medalists from our state competition were featured in a recent article in the New Bedford Spectator

SkillsUSA, our members and their many accomplishments were mentioned in graduation ceremonies across the state. Here’s a couple: Whittier, North Shore Tech, Shawsheen Valley, McCann, Minuteman, and Worcester Tech. Congratulations to our members who are graduating this year!