Star Beacon
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Students from the Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School showed they have the skills to match the best in the nation after competing at the SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City, Mo., last week. Corey Baker and Jeff Hogan teamed up to finish fifth in the Video Product Development competition. Josh Adamik placed seventh in the Pin Design category.
Baker and Hogan created a video that promotes the Multimedia Program at Pymatuning Valley High School.
“It’s nice to know you’re one of the best in the country and you have what it takes to compete with those people,” said Hogan.
Hogan plans to attend Edinboro University in the fall, where he will continue to study in the field of communication.
“I feel like we did really well. I got a lot of good experiences and had a lot of fun with my friends,” said Baker, who will be a senior at Pymatuning Valley in the fall.
Adamik designed the official trading pin for the state of Ohio. The pin was traded by thousands of people in Kansas City.
“I’m comfortable with it, but I’m looking forward to fighting for it again next year,” said Adamik, who will be a senior in the Graphic Communications program at the ACJVS.
The trio earned the trip to Kansas City by winning gold medals at the SkillsUSA Ohio Leader-ship Conference in April.
In all, more than 5,600 students from all over the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands competed in 96 contests in and around the Kansas City Conven-tion Center.
SkillsUSA Champion-ships is the national-level competition for high school students enrolled in career and technical education programs.
