2017 June PASO Magazine

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ST U DE NT S B RI N G H O ME 2 7 M E D AL S F R O M ST ATE & P RE PA RE F O R N ATI O N AL C O NFE RE N CE
S kills U S A at P R H S – M a ki n g P as o R o bl es P R O U D!
B y M e a g a n Fri b er g
S kills U S A, a n or g a niz ati o n wit h a missi o n t o pr o -
vi d e e d u c ati o n al pr o gr a ms, e v e nts, a n d c o m p etiti o ns
t h at s u p p ort c ar e er a n d t e c h ni c al e d u c ati o n ( C T E) i n
t h e n ati o n’s cl assr o o ms, h as s e e n its m e m b ers hi p i n
C alif or ni a d o u bl e i n t h e p ast y e ar. P as o R o bl es Hi g h
S c h o ol off ers t h e l ar g est s el e cti o n of C T E c o urs es i n
S a n L uis O bis p o C o u nt y, w hi c h ar e i n cl u d e d wit hi n 1 6
diff er e nt c oll e g e a n d c ar e er p at h w a ys.
“ W e h a v e b e e n r e all y f ort u n at e, ” s ai d R a n -
d y C a n a d a y, P R H S C T E D e p art m e nt C h air, S kill s
U S A C h a pt er 2 1 1 A d vi s or, a n d S kill s U S A C A R e -
gi o n 2 C o- c o or di n at or. “ O ur a d mi ni str ati o n a n d o ur
s c h o ol b o ar d h a v e al w a y s s u p p ort e d u s, e v e n w h e n
i n a n c es w er e t o u g h t h e y di d n’t c ut a n y of o ur pr o -
gr a ms; t h e y h a v e all o w e d u s t o gr o w. ”
W h e n 6 9 P as o R o bl es Hi g h S c h o ol S kills U S A m e m -
b ers c o m p et e d a g ai nst 2, 2 0 0 ot h ers fr o m t hr o u g h o ut
t h e st at e at t h e 5 0t h A n n u al C alif or ni a St at e L e a d-
ers hi p & S kills C o nf er e n c e i n S a n Di e g o i n A pril, 2 7
of t h e m r et ur n e d wit h m e d als. T h es e st u d e nts h a d
e ar n e d t h e o p p ort u nit y t o c o m p et e at t h e st at e l e v -
el b y wi n ni n g m e d als at t h e R e gi o n 2 c o nt est h el d at
P R H S i n F e br u ar y.
“I a m e xtr e m el y pr o u d of o ur st u d e nts a n d t h eir
o utst a n di n g a c c o m plis h m e nts as w e c o nti n u e t o b e
l e a d ers i n C alif or ni a, ” s ai d P R J U S D S u p eri nt e n d e nt
C hris Willi a ms. “I w o ul d als o li k e t o t h a n k o ur a m az -
i n g st aff a n d f a nt asti c c o m m u nit y p art n ers t h at h a v e
c o nti n u e d t o s u p p ort S kills U S A! ”
G O L D, SI L V E R, A N D
B R O N Z E M E D A LI S T S
O n e of t h e hi g hli g hts fr o m
t h e st at e c o nf er e n c e w as a
cl e a n s w e e p b y P R H S i n E arl y
C hil d h o o d E d u c ati o n wit h B e ar c ats wi n ni n g all t hr e e
m e d als – Ta yl or P af u mi t o o k h o m e t h e g ol d, Al e x a n -
dr a J e n ks e ar n e d t h e sil v er, a n d C ari n a Ezz ell cl ai m e d
t h e br o nz e. I v er H a ns e n c o nti n u e d his s u c c ess i n w el d-
i n g b y a d di n g his s e c o n d c o ns e c uti v e g ol d m e d al i n
t h at c at e g or y. M as o n St ei n er, w h o pl a c e d s e c o n d n a-
ti o n all y i n 2 0 1 6, w o n t h e st at e g ol d m e d al i n pl u m bi n g
f or t h e t hir d c o ns e c uti v e y e ar.
“I w as v er y h a p p y t o wi n a t hir d c o ns e c uti v e y e ar,
b ut wit h o ut m y a d vis ors, R a n d y C a n a d a y a n d D e n nis
P et ers, I c o ul d n’t h a v e d o n e it, ” s ai d St ei n er, a s e ni or
at P R H S. H e als o att e n d e d t h e N ati o n al C o nf er e n c e i n
2 0 1 5, e ar ni n g a br o nz e m e d al a n d, i n 2 0 1 6, h e e ar n e d
sil v er. Aft er hi g h s c h o ol, h e pl a ns t o st u d y at C u est a
C oll e g e f or t w o y e ars a n d w o ul d li k e t o tr a nsf er t o C al
P ol y t o m aj or i n c o nstr u cti o n m a n a g e m e nt.
I n t h e J o b I nt er vi e w c o m p etiti o n, P af u mi e ar n e d
a sil v er m e d al, a n d t h e f oll o wi n g P R H S st u d e nt s
e ar n e d sil v er a s w ell: M ari a V ar g a s ( 2 0 S e c o n d El -
e v at or S p e e c h), S h a n n o n St el ( C uli n ar y), Al e x a n dr a
J e n ks ( E arl y C hil d h o o d E d u c ati o n), T e m pl e B us hi e
( M o bil e El e ctr o ni c s), J o a n n a Di a z ( T el e c o m m u ni c a-
ti o ns C a bl e), C hri st o p h er G ar ci a ( A u di o/ R a di o I),
K yl e M e e d er ( A u di o/ R a di o I), a n d J ar e d T h o m ps o n
( W el di n g S c ul pt ur e).
I n a d diti o n t o E z z ell, t h e f oll o wi n g P R H S st u d e nt s
e ar n e d br o n z e m e d al s: Lill y S e e b art ( Fir st Ai d),
M a dis o n H arri s ( J o b I nt er vi e w), S er a e C olli n s ( M o -
bil e El e ctr o ni c s), Et h a n Br o w n- Sil v a ( P o w er E q ui p -
m e nt), R y a n P hilli p s ( W e b D e si g n), a n d Eli z a b et h
P hilli ps ( W e b D e si g n).
F or t h e irst ti m e e v er i n t h e s c h o ol distri ct, t w o allgirl
r o b oti cs t e a ms fr o m D a ni el E. L e wis Mi d dl e S c h o ol
P R H S wel ders c o m pete at Skills U S A
state c o m petiti o n.
att e n d e d t h e St at e c o nf er e n c e a n d w o n G ol d a n d
Sil v er m e d als i n M o bil e R o b oti cs Te c h n ol o g y! C o n gr at -
ul ati o ns t o J uli a a n d N at ali e H ur d f or wi n ni n g g ol d, a n d
M ali a G a vi ol a a n d M ari a S wi n g f or e ar ni n g sil v er.
M O VI N G O N T O N A TI O N A L S
P arf u mi, H a ns e n, a n d St ei n er ar e a m o n g t e n of
t h e P R H S st u d e nts t h at e ar n e d g ol d m e d als w h o will
a d v a n c e t o t h e N ati o n al L e a d ers hi p & S kills C o nf er -
e n c e, t o b e h el d J u n e 1 9- 2 3 i n L o uis vill e, K e nt u c k y.
T h e ot h ers att e n di n g N ati o n als ar e: Ni c k M att es o n
( C ar p e ntr y), J o n at h a n R uss ell ( Di es el), Ali m B e n Br a-
hi m ( El e ctri c al C o nstr u cti o n Wiri n g), W esl e y R a d e c ki
( P o w er E q ui p m e nt), Eli L e wis ( Te c h n ol o g y C o m m u nic
ati o ns A p pli c ati o n), M as o n Br o w n ( Tel e c o m m u ni c a -
ti o ns C a bli n g), a n d Mi k a yl a St o n e ( W el di n g Str u ct ur e).
Als o e ar ni n g a g ol d m e d al w as Alfr e d o S a u c e d o f or
W el di n g Ar c; his e v e nt is a C alif or ni a- o nl y c o nt est a n d
d o es n ot a d v a n c e t o t h e n ati o n al c o m p etiti o n.
W h e n as k e d a b o ut att e n di n g t h e u p c o mi n g S kills
U S A N ati o n als C o m p etiti o n, H a ns e n s ai d, “I r e all y
l o o k f or w ar d t o t h e tri p its elf a n d it b ei n g a bit of a n
a d v e nt ur e b ut, at t h e s a m e ti m e, it is a c o m p etiti o n
a n d I di d n’t r ais e t h e m o n e y t h at I di d or s p e n d t h e
ti m e pr a cti ci n g as I h a v e t o d o a n yt hi n g l ess t h a n
m y a bs ol ut e b est. I a m t hrill e d t o h a v e t h e o p p ort u -
nit y t o n ot o nl y r e pr es e nt m y s c h o ol a n d m y st at e b ut
als o t o r e pr es e nt t h e p e o pl e t h at h a v e h el p e d m e
al o n g o n t his j o ur n e y. ” Aft er h e gr a d u at es fr o m
P R H S, H a ns e n is l o o ki n g f or w ar d t o st arti n g a n
a p pr e nti c es hi p wit h B o n es o Br ot h ers C o nstr u cti o n as
a w el d er.
C O M M U NI T Y S U P P O R T
T h e A n n u al S p o ns or A p pr e ci ati o n Di n n er, i n a p -
pr e ci ati o n of t h e v ol u nt e ers a n d i n a n ci al s u p p ort ers
of S kills U S A C h a pt er 2 1 1 ( P R H S), w as h el d i n M a y at
t h e s c h o ol distri ct’s C uli n ar y Arts A c a d e m y. T h er e ar e
n u m er o us l o c al b usi n ess a n d i n d ustr y p art n ers t h at
m a k e i n a n ci al a n d i n- ki n d c o ntri b uti o ns t o t h e c h a p -
t er; t h e f u n ds ar e ess e nti al f or h el pi n g wit h st u d e nt
c osts s u c h as r e gistr ati o n, h ot els, tr a v el, c o nt est
cl ot hi n g, e q ui p m e nt, a n d n e e d e d s u p pli es.
“If n ot f or o ur b usi n ess a n d i n d ustr y s p o n-
s ors, S kills U S A at P as o R o bl es Hi g h S c h o ol w o ul d
pr o b a bl y n ot e xist i n t h e m a n n er i n w hi c h w e e x -
ist t o d a y, ” s ai d C a n a d a y, w h o is als o a n i nstr u ct or
i n B uil di n g Tr a d es a n d W or k E x p eri e n c e. “ W e ar e
a bl e t o s e c ur e s o m e gr a nts, b ut t h e f u n ds ar e li mit e d.
O ur s p o ns ors ar e a r e al bl essi n g; o ur c o m m u nit y is a bl e
t o assist us wit h a b o ut 8 0 p er c e nt of t h e c osts t o d o
w h at w e d o. I n a d diti o n, o ur st u d e nts ar e r e q uir e d t o
d o a c ert ai n a m o u nt of f u n dr aisi n g f or c o m p etiti o ns. ”
C a n a d a y, his f ell o w a d vis ors, a n d t h e S kills U S A
st u d e nts w o ul d li k e t o t h a n k G ol d S p o ns ors: M G E
U n d er gr o u n d, Z ur n I n d ustri es, R a n d y a n d N a n c y
Fl a m m. H e art t o H e art R e al Est at e, P R W ast e & R e c y cl e,
J o e’s Pl a c e, D esi g n I m a g es, Fr a n k M e c h a m, S u nris e
R ot ar y, Di c k a n d Tri ci a G ol dst ei n, P R N o o n R ot ar y,
I Q M S, E u g e n e Mill er E d u c ati o n F o u n d ati o n, a n d H arv
e y Pl u m bi n g C o. Sil v er S p o ns ors: K e n U m b er, M att
E v a n g elist a Pl u m bi n g, C o ast al A p p ar el, D 4 El e ctri c,
S a u n d ers Vi n e y ar ds, K Br us h, Ni c k Gil m a n, St e v e
H o v e y, P R H e ati n g & Air, a n d J o n at h a n a n d D a ni ell e
Br o w n. Br o nz e S p o ns ors: A d el ai d e El e ctri c, B er gi n,
B orj o n A ut o, D e n nis Br a ds h a w, Fi el d Gi bs o n, H a m o n
O v er h e a d D o ors, H asti n gs E nt er pris es, I dl er’s, Ni c k’s
B ar b er S h o p, Ni c k P o kr aj a c, C hi c o’s/ C at c h S e af o o d,
Ki w a nis, S A R e c y cli n g, C h a m bli n- L a n d es, a n d Vi c’s C af é.
M O R E A B O U T P R H S S KI L L S U S A
P R H S S kills U S A is a p art n ers hi p of st u d e nts, t e a c h -
ers, a n d b usi n ess & i n d ustr y. T h e c h a pt er w as or g a -
niz e d i n 2 0 0 3, gi vi n g st u d e nts t h e o p p ort u nit y t o
c o m p et e i n l e a d ers hi p a n d/ or s kills c o m p etiti o ns. T h e
tr ai ni n g f or c o m p etiti o ns is p art of t h e c urri c ul u m i n
a n y o n e p arti c ul ar c o urs e; p arti ci p ati o n i n c o m p e -
titi o ns is “ g a m e ti m e ” f or S kills U S A st u d e nts. M ost
m e m b ers ar e e nr oll e d i n a C ar e er Te c h ni c al E d u c ati o n
( C T E) c o urs e at P R H S a n d j o b r e a di n ess s kills ar e a
m aj or pi e c e of t h e S kills U S A tr ai ni n g.
S u m m er E nri c h m e nt Cl a s s e s i n Te m pl et o n
N ort h C o u nt y D ay C a m p O p e n t o
All St u d e nts, Gr a d es E nt eri n g K- 6
A n ot her sessi o n of f u n a n d e nric h -
i n g N ort h C o u nt y Day Ca m p s u m mer
classes is bei n g o fere d t o all c hil dre n
e nteri n g gra des K- 6 wit h a s pecial class s peci ical -
l y desi g ne d f or i nc o mi n g ki n der garte n/ irst gra ders.
All classes will be hel d at Vi neyar d Ele me ntar y.
Sessi o n O ne, will be hel d J u ne 2 6t h- 2 9t h a n d Sessi o n
T w o will be hel d J ul y 3 1st- A u g ust 3r d.
N ort h C o u nt y D a y C a m p’s Ki n der g arte n/
First Gr a de E nric h me nt Cl ass is a f u n w a y t o get
st u de nts rea d y f or sc h o ol. Ta u g ht by certi ie d i n-
str uct ors, i n its o w n, self-c o nt ai ne d cl assr o o m, st u-
de nts will e n g a ge i n h a n ds- o n arts a n d cr afts, o ut -
d o or e d uc ati o n, tea m b uil di n g acti vities, n utriti o n,
st or ytelli n g, m usic a n d scie nce.
A d diti o n all y, N ort h C o u nt y D a y
C a m p cl asses f or i nc o mi n g 2 n d - 6t h
gr a ders i ncl u de: Art, Dr a m a, G o Pr o
F u n, L E G O E n gi neeri n g, S u per Sci -
e nce, a n d Wil dc ar d wit h a s ur prise
o ut d o or acti vit y eac h d a y.
Classes will be hel d M o n day t hr o u g h h urs day
fr o m 9 a. m. t o 1 p. m.
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R oa d i n Te m plet o n or c o ntact N C D C Direct or
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