Admiral Peary Students win a Gold Medal, a Silver Medal and 4 Bronze Medals at the 2012 Skills USA State Competion

SkillsUSA student takes the gold medal in Automotive Refinishing at the Pennsylvania state competition

Hershey, PA., April 20, 2012 - Adam Riner, 17, son of David and Mary Riner of Dysart, PA  has won Gold in the SkillsUSA state championship competition in Automotive Refinishing. The State SkillsUSA contest, held in Hershey, PA took place April 18 - 20, 2012. The event was a showcase for career and technical education students across the state.

Adam is a senior at Admiral Peary Area Vocational Technical School. "We are very proud of Adam’s accomplishments," said Bruce Thomas, Adam’s advisor at Admiral Peary. "He and the other students that participated in the automotive refinishing competition are true champions in their dedication to excellence in their trade and their leadership skills.

During the competition, Adam and other students worked against the clock and each other, proving their expertise in occupations like electronics, computer-aided drafting, precision machining, medical assisting and culinary arts. All contests are run with the help of industry, trade associations, and labor organizations, and test competencies are set by industry.

SkillsUSA is a national partnership of students, teachers and industry, working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA chapters help students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations excel. SkillsUSA has more than 300,000 students and instructors as members.

For more information, visit http://www.SkillsUSA.org

First Place (Gold medal)

Adam Riner (CH) Automotive Refinishing

Second Place (Silver medal)

Nicholas Price (BV) Internetworking

Third Place (Bronze medal)

Kaylea Lute (CH) Architectural Drafting

Lucas Long (CH) Industrial Motor Control

Brandi Hildebrand (CC) and Derrian Boothman (NC) Nail Care

Kyle Potts (CC) Technical Drafting

Congratulations to all Admiral Peary medalist and competitiors!

Admiral Peary Students take 6th place in the state Ford/AutoSkills Competition

Ford/AAA competition 2012
For decades now Ford and AAA have sponsored a competition nationwide for vocational/technical schools. Admiral Peary AVTS Automotive Technology students took the on-line written test in February this year and qualified for the top ten teams in the state.
The state competition was held in Warminster, PA at the Automotive Technology Center. The size of their shop laboratory was a tremendous factor in having the competition held indoors rather than having it outdoors as in the past. The ten vehicles that were used in the competition were made available through Hertz car rental. These vehicles were all “bugged” with the exact same problems, which totaled to be 17. Students from Admiral Peary which were Dustin Pellas, from Cambria Heights, and Drew Morrison, from Penn Cambria, were chosen to participate due to the high scores they achieved on their on-line test. They managed to find 15 of the 17 “bugs” in the 90 minute competition. Unfortunately, a few rules were overlooked and we were burdened by a seven point penalty. Even with the seven points deducted, they were able to grasp sixth place in the state competition. It was a “dog-eat-dog” grueling competition and we hope to have another chance in the years to come to show the majority of the competitors who were from the eastern part of PA how we do it in the western part of PA!
These two students made me happy with their performance and I am very proud to be their instructor. They, as well, should be proud of being rated the top 6th in the state of PA. Both benefitted by receiving an OTC9450 bilingual OBDII scanner, opportunities for several scholarships which Dustin is considering the $3,000 scholarship with University of Northwestern Ohio.

Sincerely,

John D. Brown
Auto Technology Instructor

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