Barneveld Middle School Girls Win National SkillsUSA Championship

By John Dalton

Three young women from Barneveld recently won the National Skills Championship in the Team Engineering Challenge held in Atlanta, Georgia.  Middle School Students Addison Carden, Mya Norton, and Kelsey Douglas won the gold in regional, district, and state competitions, before earning their gold at the national level.  

SkillsUSA is one of the largest hands-on workforce development events in the world.  The event features more than 6,000 state champions from across the United States competing head-to-head in 115 skilled and leadership competitions.  It is one of the largest hands-on workforce development events in the world.  

The philosophy of the event is to reward students for excellence, to involve industry in directly evaluating student performances, and to keep classroom training relevant to employers’ needs.  The event is held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta which covers over 1.79 million square feet of floor space, the equivalent of 31 football fields...

(See the rest of this story in the July 11, 2024 Chronicle issue)