Twelve Addison Trail students to compete in SkillsUSA Illinois State Leadership & Skills Conference

On April 28, Addison Trail hosted a State send-off celebration for 12 Addison Trail students who competed in the SkillsUSA Illinois State Leadership & Skills Conference.

Those students are:

Automotive Service Technology

Senior Michael Godenius

Senior Daniel Zielinski

Senior Giovanni Sanchez

Sophomore Michael Sampey

Senior John Taci

Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair

Junior Abraham Garcia

Junior Huguer Jaimes

Senior Joshua Gloms

Sophomore Ruben Gomez

Sophomore Kevin Guardado

Senior Jorge Garza Gallegos

Technical Drafting

Sophomore Jake Santini

This year’s event took place from April 28 to 30 in Peoria.

According to http://skillsusaillinois.org, “SkillsUSA Illinois is a state and national membership association serving high school, college and middle school students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations, and for further education. SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps each student excel.”