June 2012 - Allegheny West Magazine

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Parkway West Career and Technology Center students won
multiple events at the Pennsylvania SkillsUSA competition in
Hershey. Junior Derek D’Amore and senior Seattle Buhite, both of
West Allegheny; David Ball, Shelby Gill, and Rachel Zolkiewicz,
seniors at Montour; and James Latimer, senior at Sto-Rox; all placed
first in their events on April 19. The students’ professional skills,
honed and polished in their Parkway programs, were judged on both
written and performance tests. Derek D’Amore won the Collision
Repair Technology competition, Seattle Buhite won the Health
Occupations Portfolio event, and James Latimer, David Ball, Shelby
Gill, and Rachel Zolkiewicz won the Entrepreneurship team
competition for the second year in a row. These students are eligible
to participate in the national championships, held in Kansas City,
Missouri, in June.
In all, 19 Parkway students competed. Also placing in the
competition were Moon Area student Jesse Straffon, who placed
second in Automotive Refinishing, and Carlynton student Alexandra
Barnes, who place third in Cosmetology.
Parkway students earning the opportunity to compete at the state
level by placing first during regional competitions were: Adam Hosie,
Alexander Schenken, Elizabeth Revuelta, Rachel Sailor, Elizabeth
Burke, Marty Davis, Steve Lengyel, Emily McConkey, Trevor Urban,
Jessica Barton, and Nathan Bateman.
SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit student organization that serves
students enrolled in career and technical education programs
nationwide.
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Open House is scheduled for Wednesday, June 27, from
6 to 8 p.m., for students starting classes in July. Tour labs, talk to
students and instructors, check out on-campus housing. It's not
too late to apply and start classes this summer. Family and friends
welcome. To RSVP, visit www.pti.edu/openhouse.