ATC Student Garners Silver Medal at National Competition

An estimated 15,000 people travelled to Kansas City, Missouri recently to engage in The 46th Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC), a showcase of career and technical education students. Students, teachers and business partners participated in the week-long event. More than 5,600 outstanding career and technical education students—all state contest winners— competed hands-on in 96 different trade, technical and leadership fields. 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.

Leadership contestants demonstrated skills including extemporaneous speaking and conducting meetings by parliamentary procedure. The competitions were open to the public and free of charge.

Two ATC Students, Victor Meza (competing against 15 other students in Computer Maintenance Technology), and William McLeod (competing against 12 other students in Extemporaneous Speaking), represented the College and the state of Georgia very well. Mr. McLeod brought home the silver medal in his category.

Contests were run with the help of industry, trade associations,   and labor organizations, and test competencies are set by industry. Students were accompanied to Kansas City by advisors. Attending from ATC were James Tankersley, Tracy Brummett, Lee Clark and Sheryl Nipper. Advisors participated in sessions on chapter organization, community service and fundraising. The highlight of the week was Lowe’s presenting SkillsUSA with a ten million dollar grant.

Congratulations to both of our students and their advisors. To learn more about SkillsUSA, log on to www.skillsusa.org.