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Congratulations to all the SPHS SkillsUSA national competitors! The SPHS Occupational Health and Safety Team won the gold medal at the competition held in Louisville, Kentucky, June 24-28, 2019. Jolene Lee, Talulla Chow and Luyang Zhang nabbed the highest award in the country. As national champions, this team will be competing again in August.
Henry Balding built a little house for his SkillsUSA competition and earned nearly $1000 worth of tools for his efforts. He was also offered a job by a national construction company and will be featured in an article in the SkillsUSA magazine.
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Jolene Lee, Talullah Chow, Luyang Zhang, Jeffrey Oh, and Alex Parra received Skill Point certificates for placing at a high level in their individual competitions.
Additionally, Micah Mekhitarian will serve as Region 3 Vice President, Alex Mariano as State Secretary and Ayush Pareek as State Reporter for the 2019-2020 academic year.
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Go Tigers!