Willowbrook hosts State sendoff celebration for Ford / AAA students

On May 7, Willowbrook hosted a State sendoff celebration for seniors Ryan Flaherty and Kevin Green.

Those students competed in the Ford / AAA Student Auto Skills competition on May 8 at Parkland College in Champaign. According to www.autoskills.aaa.com, “ … (the) competition fosters young people's interest in the automotive industry through a spirited nationwide competition with opportunities to win prizes, scholarships, tools and awards, along with an experience that could help shape the future of their careers.”

To qualify for the competition, Flaherty and Green took a written exam and were among the students who scored the highest in Illinois. During the competition, they had to diagnose and fix uniformly "bugged" new Ford vehicles as quickly as possible, while ensuring quality workmanship.