Champions at Work: Roosevelt Student Takes Top Spot in SkillsUSA
National Competition

(June 29, 2009) Ashley Delgado, whose oratorical skills earned her a gold medal at the NYS SkillsUSA competition this spring and the opportunity to compete at the national competition, brought home the gold and the glory last week. Team mate Brendy Ventura earned a bronze in the Job Skills category.

Other first place winners in the New York State SkillsUSA competition who competed at the national level were Christien Jackson in Action Skills, and Daquan Gary, Sashay Turner, Yarelis Borrero in Community Service.

Roosevelt High School SkillsUSA Community Service Champions Honored in Albany

Daquan Gary, Sashay Turner and Yarelis Borrero made up the team of students who won first place in the NYS SkillsUSA Community Service competition earlier this spring. This first class group was honored in the state capitol for their leadership and community service working with My Sister’s Place in Yonkers and the advocacy and awareness programs they developed about dating and domestic violence.  They were also featured on the Legislative Report, the New York State Senate cable television show with Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins. It's a fascinating 20 minutes, so please watch.

SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled work force. SkillsUSA serves more than 280,000 high school and college students and professional members in 13,000 school chapters in 54 state and territorial associations. SkillsUSA: Champions at Work is the theme of the organization.