This winter, 170 students attending 11 school districts in the Educational Service District 112 region have qualified to compete at the SkillsUSA Washington State Leadership & Skills Conference (SLSC) on March 27 to 29, 2025.

The SkillsUSA Washington SLSC is a statewide event that brings students, advisors, and industry partners together. The conference allows students to showcase their talents, compete in technical and leadership skills competitions, and network with industry professionals.

“Our goal is to equip students with the technical knowledge, academic foundation, and interpersonal skills needed to succeed—not just as dependable employees, but as highly skilled professionals,” said Karmen Warner, Executive Director of SkillsUSA Washington. “Through these experiences, students gain a competitive edge, allowing them to transition seamlessly from the classroom to the workforce.”

Local public school districts also offer Career & Technical Education (CTE) that prepares students with real-world trades skills for post-graduation success. CTE courses equip students with skills to compete in trade-focused SkillsUSA competitions.

Congratulations to the following students:

Battle Ground Public Schools

Precision Machinery

  • Prairie High School – Josh Wallway – Invite
  • Prairie High School – Josh Wallway – Invite

Welding

  • Prairie High School – Carson Asay – Invite
  • Prairie High School – Brody Nieto – Invite
  • Battle Ground High School- Avery Carlson – Alternate

Welding Fabrication

  • Prairie High School – Brody Nieto – Invite
  • Prairie High School – Carson Asay – Invite
  • Prairie High School – Talan Desmet – Invite
  • Battle Ground High School- Avery Carlson – Invite
  • Battle Ground High School- Hunter Messer – Invite
  • Battle Ground High School- Jason Lundervold – Invite

Camas School District

2D Animation

  • Camas High School – Jasmine Cha – Invite
  • Camas High School – Marta Ostap – Invite
  • Discovery High School – Elina Herman – Invite
  • Discovery High School – Mya Errico – Invite
  • Discovery High School – Kris Gilman – Invite
  • Discovery High School – Rory Perger – Invite
  • Discovery High School – Jocelyn Cheung – Invite
  • Discovery High School – Truman Shellman – Invite

Evergreen Public Schools

2D Animation

  • Evergreen High School – Kaylie Spruill – Invite
  • Evergreen High School – Rileah Cassidy-Mcgrath – Invite

3D Animation

  • Heritage High School – Alisa (Alice) Vtorushina – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Mickey Mishra – Invite
  • Evergreen High School – Riley Budge – Invite
  • Evergreen High School – Xavier Hemann – Invite

Baking & Pastry Arts

  • Heritage High School – Serenitee Mcewen – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Tryan Martin – Alternate

Arts & Communication

  • Heritage High School – Hamilton Nguyen – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Henry Ngo – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Justin Levine – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Alisa (Alice) Vtorushina – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Emi (Emily) Gleave – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Mickey Mishra – Invite

Computer Programming

  • Heritage High School – Justin Levine – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Hamilton Nguyen – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Henry Ngo – Invite
  • Interactive Application and Video Game Dev
  • Heritage High School – Roland Perov – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Santiago Rodriguez – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Ava Cooper – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Brandon Heim – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Austin Eichorst – Invite
  • Heritage High School – Benjamin Rash – Invite

Video News Production

  • Columbia River High School- Conner Orr – Invite
  • Columbia River High School- Jacob Mcmanus – Invite
  • Columbia River High School- Talan Collins – Invite
  • Columbia River High School- Tyme Sisakvanich – Invite
  • Columbia River High School- Cooper Schultz – Invite
  • Columbia River High School- Elijah Garon – Invite
  • Columbia River High School- Nasean Howard – Invite
  • Columbia River High School- Niles Cowan – Invite

Cascadia Technical Academy (Evergreen Public Schools)

Additive Manufacturing

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Allen Moses – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Gavin Bray – Invite

Automotive Maintenance & Light Repair

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Paul Varivoda – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Josh May – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Stefen Lake – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Elias Cornea – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Samuel Wright – Alternate

Automotive Service Technology

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Bennett Kortan – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Owen Domingo – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Noah Rendon – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Anthony Keast – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Aleksei Chygasov – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Justin Giering – Alternate
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- David Caughell – Alternate

Carpentry

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Titus Schmitke – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Carl Ames – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Coen Hinshaw – Alternate

Commercial cUAS Drone

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Gaelan Lin-Plebuch – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Valerii Kartavov – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Isaac Axman – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Steven Jacka – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Duncan Strawter – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Josiah Youm – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Akira Ushijima – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Charlie Varney – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy – Brody Elwell – Alternate
  • Cascadia Technical Academy – Taylor Lingeman – Alternate

Computer Maintenance Technology

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Caleb Carver – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy – Clark McLucas – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy – Zachary Brackeen – Alternate

Extemporaneous Speaking

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Steven Jacka – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Titus Schmitke – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Duncan Strawter – Invite

Information Technology Services

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- John Vernon – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Liam Mcmahan – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Gabriel Gross – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Yana Popova – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Brandon Stensny – Invite

Internetworking

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Jennifer Balaban – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Anthony Hernandez – Invite

Job Interview

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Charlie Varney – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Steven Jacka – Invite
  • Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center – Ethan Ogle – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Coen Hinshaw – Invite

Job Skill Demo A

  • Cascadia Technical Academy – Connor Rapp – Alternate

Job Skill Demo Open

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Adeleh Macpherson – Invite

Pin Design

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Charlie Varney – Invite

Prepared Speech

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Haylee Delano – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Duncan Strawter – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy – Josiah Youm – Alternate

Telecommunications Cabling

  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Gabriel Gross – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Jennifer Balaban – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Liam Mcmahan – Invite
  • Cascadia Technical Academy- Anthony Hernandez – Alternate

Hockinson School District

Carpentry

  • Hockinson High School – Lars Sarkinen – Invite
  • Hockinson High School – Renner James – Invite

Plumbing

  • Hockinson High School – Renner James – Invite
  • Hockinson High School – Renner James – Invite

Longview School District

Customer Service

  • Mark Morris High School – Briar Brown – Invite

Job Interview

  • Mark Morris High School – Olivia Ebinger – Invite

Video Production

  • Mark Morris High School – Briar Brown – Invite
  • Mark Morris High School – Myia Bauman – Invite

Naselle-Grays River Valley School District

Mobile Robotics Technology

  • Naselle High School – Ben Rist – Invite
  • Naselle High School – Noah Rist – Invite
  • Naselle High School – Caesar Garcia – Invite
  • Naselle High School – David Coffman – Invite
  • Naselle High School – Blythe Engelson – Invite
  • Naselle High School – Romain Garcia – Invite

Robotics and Automation Technology

  • Naselle High School – Andy Rosas – Invite
  • Naselle High School – Logan Wirkkal-Scheller – Invite

Ridgefield School District

2D Animation

  • Ridgefield High School – Nicolette Hulse – Invite
  • Ridgefield High School – Piper Gannon – Invite

Photography

  • Ridgefield High School – Warren McCarthy – Invite

Pin Design

  • Ridgefield High School – Isaac Marshall – Invite
  • Ridgefield High School – Kali Daarud – Alternate

T-Shirt Design

  • Ridgefield High School – Quinlan Fronsoe – Invite
  • Ridgefield High School – Daniel Hess – Invite

Vancouver Public Schools

2D Animation

  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Flor Ruby Montoya Reyes – Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Jesadia-Jayliana Merino – Invite

Advertising Design

  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Isaac Hamann – Invite

Audio Production

  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Jack Melton – Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Nicholas Campos – Invite

Baking & Pastry Arts

  • Fort Vancouver High School- Kaylee Justice – Invite

Community Service

  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Flor Ruby Montoya Reyes – Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Jesadia-Jayliana Merino – Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Nicholas Campos – Invite

Computer Programming

  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Adrian Nelson – Invite

Culinary Arts

  • Fort Vancouver High School – Zavier Brown – Invite
  • Fort Vancouver High School Elijah Rogalsky-Palmore – Alternate

Customer Service

  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Skyla Crenshaw – Invite

Digital Cinema Production

  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Bohdan Moskovitz – Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Greyson Halstead – Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Mckenna Koeb – Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Zephyr Peeps – Invite

Electrical Construction Wiring

  • Hudsons Bay High School – Taylor Coles – Invite
  • Hudsons Bay High School – Liam Nash – Invite

Extemporaneous Speaking

  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Skyla Crenshaw – Alternate

First Aid-CPR

  • Fort Vancouver High School – Jonathan Oxford – Invite
  • Fort Vancouver High School – Rey Cabrera – Invite

Job Interview

  • Fort Vancouver High School- Steele Harbord – Alternate

Job Skill Demo Open

  • Fort Vancouver High School- Zavier Brown – Invite
  • Fort Vancouver High School- Lucielynn Harrison-Penrose – Invite

Medical Terminology

  • Fort Vancouver High School – Jonathan Oxford – Invite

Pin Design

  • Fort Vancouver High School- Rey Cabrera – Invite

Plumbing

  • Hudsons Bay High School – Giovanni Sevilla – Invite
  • Hudsons Bay High School – Eliezer Castro – Invite
  • Hudsons Bay High School – Gabe Puch-Bonawitz – Invite

Prepared Speech

  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Nicholas Campos – Invite

Quiz Bowl

  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Adrian Nelson – Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Gabriella Rosenberg – Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Harper Holmstrom – Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Henry Laurenza Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Max Raetz Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Nicholas Campos – Invite
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Bohdan Moskovitz – Alternate
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Colten Lumsden Alternate
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Greyson Halstead – Alternate
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Jack Melton Alternate
  • Vancouver School of Arts and Academics – Skyla Crenshaw Alternate

T-Shirt Design

  • Fort Vancouver High School- Rey Cabrera – Invite

Video News Production

  • Fort Vancouver High School- Conrad Fontijn – Invite
  • Fort Vancouver High School- Jonathan Oxford – Invite
  • Fort Vancouver High School- Noah Roeper – Invite
  • Fort Vancouver High School- Rowan Wilson – Invite

Wahkiakum School District

Mobile Robotics Technology

  • Wahkiakum High School – Chandler Tawater – Invite
  • Wahkiakum High School – Jameson Heston – Invite

Washougal School District

Cabinetmaking

  • Washougal High School – Cyrus Rana – Invite

Carpentry

  • Washougal High School – Gage Leavitt – Invite

Job Skill Demo A

  • Washougal High School – Gage Leavitt – Invite
  • Washougal High School – Jose Echevarria – Alternate

Plumbing

  • Washougal High School – Gavan McCallister – Invite
  • Washougal High School – Gavan McCallister – Invite
  • Washougal High School – Jose Echevarria – Invite

Woodland School District

Digital Cinema Production

  • Woodland High School – Faith Hay – Invite
  • Woodland High School – Makenzie Neibler – Invite

Video Production

  • Woodland High School – Cooper Comstock – Invite
  • Woodland High School – Jakob Vonbargen – Invite
  • Woodland High School – Jacob Huston – Invite
  • Woodland High School – Johnathan Souders – Invite