Eleven Stanley-Boyd students will soon be heading to Skills USA regional competition at Menomonie, due to take place Feb. 27 to 28. Skills USA advisor Sam Goettl shared more on the details.
“We will be having 11 students competing this year in four different areas,” he said “I have three students competing in the High School CO2 dragster contest, two students in Carpentry, three students in Auto Mechanics, and three individuals in the Promotional Bulletin Board. We are competing in a couple of new competitions this year, so we are both excited and a little nervous on how it plays out.”
Competition for the categories Stanley-Boyd is participating in takes place Friday, Feb. 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., with judging to follow, awards and closing ceremonies taking place at 12:30 p.m.
Competitions for the two day event is organized as follows for high school students, the Automotive Service Technology competition held at Menomonie High School on 1715 5th Street West in Menomonie:

Thurs. Feb.27
• Extemporaneous Speaking
• Job Interview (Middle School)
• Job Skill Demonstration Open
• Medical Terminology
• Prepared Speech
• Related Technical Math

Thur. Feb. 27 & Fri. Feb. 28
• Additive Manufacturing

Fri. Feb. 28
• 3-D Printing & Design
• Advertising Design
• Automotive Service Technology
• Cabinetmaking
• Carpentry
• CO2 Dragster
• Electronics Technology
• Facilithon
• Mechatronics
• Photography
• Power Equipment Technology
• Precision Machining Technology
• Promotional Bulletin Board
• Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue
• Team Engineering Challenge (High School & Middle School)
• Technical Drafting
• Welding
• Welding Fabrication
• Welding Sculpture

Those who place in the regional competition for Skills USA will then advance to participate in the 52nd annual SkillsUSA Wisconsin State Leadership and Skills Conference in Madison. Other competitors in the category can participate in the State Leadership and Skills Conference until the maximum number of competitors in the category is reached. State competitions will occur at the Alliant Energy Center at 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way and Madison Area Technical College (MATC) at 1701 Wright St.

About Skills USA
Founded in 1973, SkillsUSA Wisconsin is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry representatives working together to ensure America has the skilled workforce needed to stay competitive. With more than 2,500 members in over 150 chapters, the diverse talent pipeline covers 120 trades, technical, and skilled service occupations, mostly related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
More than 200 corporations, trade associations, businesses, and labor unions support SkillsUSA Wisconsin. Programs are integrated into career and technical education through a framework of personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics. SkillsUSA also offers technical skill assessments and other workplace credentials.
Helping each student excel and a solution to shrinking the skills gap, SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical, and skilled service occupations.
SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders, and responsible American citizens. SkillsUSA improves the quality of our nation’s future skilled workforce by developing framework skills, including personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics. The SkillsUSA mission is built upon — and its success depends on — the commitment of members and partners to the following values: integrity, respect, responsibility, citizenship, and service.
For more information on the SkillsUSA Regional Competition in Sturtevant and/or the State Leadership and Skills Conference, visit www.skillsusa-wi.org or email wisconsinskillsusa@gmail.com.