BRIDGEWATER – Students from Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School (SCVTHS) competed in the SkillsUSA Championships, held in Atlanta from June 23rd to June 27th. SkillsUSA is a not-for-profit association that serves more than 300,000 middle school, high school, college, and postsecondary students — and their instructors — in trade, technical, and skilled service instructional programs. The organization, supported by more than 600 companies, trade associations, and labor unions, emphasizes respect for the dignity of work, ethics, workmanship, scholarship, and safety.
Over 6,500 students from around the country competed during the Championships in events that covered skilled and technical sciences, leadership development, and occupationally related skills.
SCVTHS students earned a total of 19 medals, including 12 gold medals. In addition, seven SCVTHS students were named recipients of the Presidential Volunteer Service Award, which recognizes outstanding community service over the preceding year and the SCVTHS SkillsUSA Chapter received a gold Chapter of Distinction Award.
The list of SCVTHS students who received medals and awards is as follows:
SkillsUSA Championships:
GOLD
Health Knowledge Bowl: Avantika Malla (Branchburg), Max Chen (Hillsborough), Vihaan Iyer (Hillsborough), Veydaant Ravi (Hillsborough)
Medical Math: Vaishvik Vidavalapati (Somerset)
Quiz Bowl: Arnav Khanna (Hillsborough), Aarnav Shah (Bridgewater), Pari Malla (Branchburg), Lily Boguslavsky (Bridgewater), Vir Trivedi (Hillsborough), Krish Vyas (Hillsborough), Daniel Yuh (Somerset)
SILVER
BRONZE
Medical Terminology: Rohan Patel (Hillsborough)
President’s Volunteer Service Award Winners
GOLD
SILVER
Max Chen (Hillsborough)
BRONZE
Kavya Shah (Hillsborough)
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