UPTON – The Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District is proud to announce that twenty-four of their student-competitors placed in the top 9 of sixty-seven contests during the Annual 2021 SkillsUSA Massachusetts National Leadership and Skills Conference Championship.

The students successfully represented their school and Massachusetts in the national career competitions, testing their competency against the best vocational-technical competitors by applying skills learned at BVT to secure 18 medals - 8 Gold, 2 Silver, and 8 Bronze.

This year, the final stage of the SkillsUSA series was held virtually throughout June. The championships showcase the nation’s best career and technical education students through competitive events and technical exams designed and judged by industry leaders and officials to celebrate career technical education.

BVT has a lot to cheer about following their outstanding performance representing the Commonwealth at the National Leadership and Skills Conference Championship. The complete list of medalists is available at www.valleytech.k12.ma.us/skillsusa.

The following BVT students, organized by hometown, earned gold, silver, and bronze medals at the SkillsUSA National Conference Championship:

Blackstone 

Gold: Mandolin Simpson, Career Pathways - Industrial and Engineering Technology

Bronze: Andrew Konicki, Entrepreneurship; and Kyle Penta, Entrepreneurship

Douglas

State Officer Elect: Hunter Claflin

Gold: Logan Hampson, Residential Commercial and Appliance Technology

Grafton

Gold: Maggie McCann, Career Pathways - Industrial and Engineering Technology

Silver: Catherine Rozanas, Technical Drafting

Hopedale

Gold: Gabriel Chaves-Silva, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration

Bronze: Ashley King, Entrepreneurship 

Milford

Bronze: Christopher Mason, Robotics Urban Search and Rescue

Millbury

Bronze: Julia Drapeau, Health Occupations Professional Portfolio

Millville

Gold: Myra Dehestani, Career Pathways - Industrial and Engineering Technology

Northbridge

Gold: Cullen Jacene, Robotics and Automation Technology

Sutton

Bronze: Benjamin Judson, Automotive Refinishing Technology

Upton

Bronze: Chloe Terrell, Entrepreneurship

Uxbridge

Gold: Khushi Patel, Nurse Assisting; and Adam Pratt, Robotics and Automation Technology

Silver: Madison Gannon, Related Technical Math

Bronze: Casey Goyette, Robotics Urban Search and Rescue