Six students will represent various schools from the Upper Canada District School Board after receiving medals and wild card spots through the Skills Ontario Qualifying Competition held April 1st at St. Lawrence College in Kingston. Student Success Learning Partner Ashley Grant says it was a ver successful event.
Grant says the students had some visible nerves during the Kingston competition.
Students are already practicing for the Provincial meet in May.
Braiden O’Toole from nearby Thousand Islands Secondary School in Brockville and Theo Taylor from North Grenville High School took silver medals in culinary and carpentry respectively.
Two UCDSB students received a gold medal and a $500 bursary from SLC and will be moving on to the provincial competition in May. Makai Timm-Sabourin from Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute (VCI) placed first in the culinary division and Cohen Williams from Glengarry District High School (GDHS) placed first in individual carpentry.
Braiden O’Toole from Thousand Islands Secondary School (TISS) placed second in culinary and Theo Taylor from North Grenville District High School (NGDHS) took home silver in individual carpentry. Both students will also be advancing to the provincial competition.
Sarah Rowe from St. Lawrence Secondary School (SLSS) and Jeremy Lockett from Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute (SFDCI) represented the UCDSB in welding. Rowe received a wildcard spot to advance to the provincial competition.
(By: Tim Baltz)