Media Release
SPHS SkillsUSA students recently competed in the 59th annual State Leadership and Skills Conference in Ontario, Calif, from April 9-12 2026. During the conference, the SPHS chapter earned a Gold Level Rank in the Chapter Excellence competition for planning and executing a wide variety of activities and writing SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound) goals about their experiences.
Congratulations to all the hard-working students and their advisor, SPHS CTE teacher Sandra Matson-Fennell.
Mason Mackanic earned first place in the SkillsUSA California State t-shirt competition. Mason won the mail-in competition for a cash prize, and 5,000 people wore his shirt design during the conference.
Gold Medalists – qualified for Nationals
Christopher Lau – Related Technical Math
Kaitlyn Lowstuter – Basic Health Care Assisting
Joy Kim, Sofiia Zabrodska, Samantha Fang – Occupational Health and Safety Notebook
Silver Medalists
Emily Feng and Andrew Kim – 3D Visualization and Animation
Kim Fong, Leiah Kim, Taelyn Adams, Isadora Cua – Entrepreneurship
Kamrynn Chia, Amaya King, Finley Orindgreff – Outstanding Chapter Notebook
Statesman Award
Lindy Joe
State Leadership Elections – qualified for Nationals
Pei-Chen Ng – elected to serve as a State officer on the SkillsUSA California Leadership team
Go, Tigers!
