Feb. 27, 2024–Thirty-nine CSISD high school students qualified for the SkillsUSA State Conference following the SkillsUSA District 7 Conference held on Feb. 8-10 in Beaumont. Overall, CSISD students brought home medals and superior ratings in 38 different events.
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. A nonprofit national education association, SkillsUSA serves middle-school, high-school and college/postsecondary students preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations.
The following students placed in the top three or earned a superior rating at the district competition. Students that qualified for the SkillsUSA State Conference, to be held April 4-6 in Corpus Christi, are designated with an asterisks:
- 3D Animation Technical Render
- Superior* - Melanie Sweet - College View
- 3D Visualization and Animation
- First Place* - Lauren CoulstonandBeatriz Elliot Torres – College View
- Second Place* -Melanie Sweet andNoah Sims - College View
- Audio/Radio Production
- Second Place* - Zach Williams and Rileigh Golla - College Station
- Third Place - Ayushman Sen and Jaxson Guy - College Station
- Career Portfolio
- First Place* - Joseph Ha - A&M Consolidated
- Career Promotion Demonstration
- First Place* - Evelyn Aguero Villalobos, Bethany McGuire and Samaria Prince - A&M Consolidated
- Commercial UAS Drone
- Third Place - Ry Heyman and Jacobi Smith - A&M Consolidated
- Computer Information Technology - Multiple - Exhibit
- Superior* - Jacobi Smith, Cameron Stultz, and Preston Wells - A&M Consolidated
- Construction Tool ID
- First Place* - Trenton Cooper - College View
- Second Place* - Kaleb Cossey - College View
- Cyber Security
- First Place* - Alexia Carnes and Shiloh Harris - A&M Consolidated
- Digital Cinema Production
- First Place* - Zander Cochran and Nathanael Tremblay - A&M Consolidated
- Digital Illustration
- Superior* - Lauren Coulston - College View
- Superior* - Brooke Nugent and Caitlin Parke - A&M Consolidated
- Superior* - Janell Serna - College Station
- Superior* - Beatriz Elliot Torres - College View
- Digital Manipulation
- Superior* - Noah Sims - College View
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Second Place* - Hope Baxter and Jaeda Mitchell - A&M Consolidated
- Entrepreneurship
- Second Place - Prabhav Gautam, Aliyan Umataya, Aiyrub Amataya and Ayon Mukherjee - College Station
- Extemporaneous Speaking
- Second Place* - Ayushman Sen - College Station
- Third Place - Ruya Balog - A&M Consolidated
- Graphics Imaging Sublimation
- First Place* - Connor Reilly - A&M Consolidated
- Second Place - Thaddaios Hennessey - A&M Consolidated
- Health Sciences Display Panel - Individual
- Superior* - Evelyn Aguero - A&M Consolidated
- Information Technology Services
- First Place* - Xander Smith - A&M Consolidated
- Innovative Arts & Audio/Visual Technology
- Superior* - Zander Cochran, Lachi Justice, Jackson Purcell, Luke Melton, Matthew Rowan, Abby Stark, and Nathanael Tremblay - A&M Consolidated
- Interactive App & Game Development
- First Place* - Carter Hague and Preston Wells - A&M Consolidated
- Interactive App and Game Development
- Second Place* - Jonah Speck, Allen Grabowski, and Chris Cox - College Station
- Internet of Things Smart Home
- First Place* - Parker Hitchcock - A&M Consolidated
- Internetworking
- First Place* - Millie Perkins - A&M Consolidated
- IT Quiz Bowl
- First Place* - Alexia Carnes, Shiloh Harris, Parker Hitchcock, Freddy Neri, Millie Perkins, Jacobi Smith and Xander Smith - A&M Consolidated
- Medical Math
- First Place* - Rachel Kumar - A&M Consolidated
- Second Place - Andrew Benavides - A&M Consolidated
- Medical Terminology
- Third Place - Jaeda Mitchell - A&M Consolidated
- Photography - General
- Superior* - Catalina Quizphis - College View
- Superior* - Janiah Shepard - College View
- Superior* - Lauren Reitmayer - College View
- Prepared Speech
- First Place* - Sreeram Shanker - College Station
- Promotional Bulletin Board
- First Place* - Sreeram Shanker, Arun Muthukumar and Steve Reddy - College Station
- Second Place - Judy Al Banna, Gabby Ford and Giannie Palmerin - A&M Consolidated
- Related Technical Math
- Second Place - Jerry Hsieh - College Station
- SkillsUSA Quiz Bowl
- Third Place - Janiah Shepard, Melanie Sweet, Lauren Coulston, Lauren Reitmayer and Catalina Quizphis - College View
- T-Shirt Design
- First Place* - Trace Sanders - College Station
- Technical Computer Applications
- First Place* - Garett Gammill - A&M Consolidated
- Telecommunications Cabling
- First Place* - Freddy Neri - A&M Consolidated
- Television (Video) Production
- Third Place - Dylan Nguyen and Jonathan Chalker - College Station
- TV Video Production - Multiple
- Superior* - Lachi Justice, Jackson Purcell, Luke Melton, Abby Stark, and Nathanael Tremblay - A&M Consolidated
- Video Game Design
- Jonah Speck, Allen Perrin Grabowski, and Christopher Cox*
- Web Design and Development
- Second Place* - Allen Li and Acton Healy