Students from Claiborne High School enjoyed a very successful competition at the SkillsUSA State Competition in Chattanooga in April.
Three of them advanced on to the national competition to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, June 19-24. Those three were Carla Cinniamon, Bethany Butcher and Chris Parker.
Shelia Honeycutt, cosmetology instructor, and Dustin Love, masonry instructor, are also SkillsUSA Advisors at CHS and stated, “Carla and model Bethany from Cosmetology and Chris from Masonry are excited to have this opportunity to advance to the national level. They will be using skills learned in their CTE classes and will be representing Claiborne County, Claiborne High School and the great state of Tennessee. All have worked hard to raise funds to compete at the state level; therefore, funds have been exhausted. Career and technical funding have been cut this year and funding has been very limited to the students. Our students can use some additional funding from those who can help cover the costs of the national competition.”
Carla, Bethany and Chris are asking those interested in making a donation by sending a check made out to Claiborne High SkillsUSA, attention Sheila Honeycutt. This is very time sensitive as student must have money turned in by May 30.
The philosophy of the championship is to reward students for excellence, to involve industry in directly evaluating student performance and to keep training relevant to employers’ needs.
Reach Allen Earl at 423-254-5588 or in Twitter @pitchadude.
