Drafting Design Wins 1st Place in Skills USA

Brandon Vickers, Preston Salim, Dylan Davis

The Drafting Design program of LeCroy Career Technical Center won 1^st place in Graphic Design – Shirt Division at the state SkillsUSA Competition held in Birmingham on April 25 and 26^th.  The shirt design was used as the state’s marketing campaign for this year’s conference.

  

Drafting Design Students Visit with Alabama's Governor Bentley

On April 20th, 2012, While Professor Phillips and 13 students were competing in Drafting Design competitions at ACE for Wallace Community College Selma, 2 other students had the opportunity to visit with Governor Robert Bentley.  Jesus Guizar and Savanah Rasberry along with several students from LeCroy Career Technical Center represented Career Technical Education around the state of Alabama while Governor Bentley signed a proclamation naming April 23-27 as "Alabama Skilled Trades Week" in support of his commitment to rebuild Alabama, recruit new businesses to the state and strengthen Alabama's infrastructure.  Each year "Alabama Skilled Trades Week" will be celebrated the last week of April in conjunction with the annual Alabama SkillsUSA Leadership Conference.


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Drafting Design Wins Big @ ACE Competition WCCS

A nervous group of students on their way to ACE Competition at Wallace Community College Selma to compete in 2 competitions Engineering and Mechanical Drafting




-Above: Mechanical 
"Board" Drafting


-Right Side: Engineering Computer Aided Drafting

- Below: Anxiety kicks in waiting on the beginning of the Awards Ceremony

- Right Side: J.T. Allen wins 1st in Mechanical Board Drafting


- Below: A. Baker wins 1st in Engineering Drafting

- Right Side: Professor Phillips gets a plaque with every 1st place win.

Below: B. Mims wins 2nd in Engineering Drafting

 

-Above: B. Vickers wins 2nd in Mechanical Drafting


-Left Side: B. Hayes wins 3rd in Mechanical Drafting


-Below: B. Schofield wins 3rd in Engineering Drafting 

Front Row L-R: Brandon Vickers (2^nd), Brandon Schofield (3^rd), John Tyler Allen (1^st), Alex Baker (1st), Brittany Hayes (3^rd) Blake Mims (2^nd). Back Row L-R: Megan Liveoak, Preston Salim, Curt Bost, Brad Sherrill, Joseph Duke, Grant Parry, and Austin Johnson   

 The Drafting Design program of LeCroy Career Technical Center was able to pull off a big win on April 20, 2012 winning 6 out of 6 trophies in two separate competitions at the annual ACE Competition at Wallace Community College Selma.  In Engineering Drafting (Computer Aided Drafting), Alex Baker of CCHS won 1st place, Blake Mims of VHS won 2nd place and Brandon Schofield of CCHS won 3rd place.  In Mechanical Drafting (Manual Board Drafting), John Tyler Allen of CCHS won 1^st place, Brandon Vickers of CCHS won 2nd place and Brittany Hayes of MHS won 3^rd place.  For winning first place, both A. Baker and J.T. Allen both won scholarships to Wallace Community College in Selma as well.  As always a million "thank you's" are extended to Mr. David Hobbs the Drafting Design instructor of Wallace Community College Selma for all the hard work that goes into these competitions.  They are always well ran.