Chetek Weyerhaeuser Area School District students who placed in the regional competition will advance to participate in the 52nd annual SkillsUSA Wisconsin State Leadership and Skills Conference in Madison, on Tuesday, April 1, and Wednesday, April 2. State competitions will occur at the Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, and Madison Area Technical College (MATC), 1701 Wright St.
The 2025 conference will feature more than 1,750 middle, high school, and college/post-secondary students, over 200 teachers, and more than 300 industry volunteers working in over 75 competitions.
The following are the Chetek-Weyerhaeuser high school students who will participate in the April SkillsUSA Wisconsin State Leadership and Skills Conference:
• Dagmar Beckel, Computer Programming.
• Casey Haugen, Computer Programming.
• Jorja Bradley, Customer Service.
• Marisa Howes, Customer Service.
• Madeline Leo, Customer Service.
• Marisa Howes, Job Interview.
• Peyton Kelash, Job Interview.
• Gracelyn Raboin, Job Interview.
• Ben Neilson, Job Interview (Middle School).
• Haddie Miley, Job Skill Demonstration A.
• Tyler Bol, Job Skill Demonstration Open.
• Jorja Bradley, Job Skill Demonstration Open.
• Nathaniel Johnson, Job Skill Demonstration Open.
• Madeline Leo, Job Skill Demonstration Open.
• Easton Hamilton, Masonry.
• Layden Ludwigson, Masonry.
• Alissa Cameron, Medical Terminology.
• Kittra Khan, Medical Terminology.
• Haddie Miley, Medical Terminology.
• Madeline Leo, Photography.
• LillyAnne Bowers, Pin Design National Bound (Contest Jan. 2025).
• Autum Braden, Pin Design National Bound (Middle School) (Contest January 2025).
• Kyler LaRue, Power Equipment Technology.
• Elliott Schmunk, Power Equipment Technology.
• Nicholas Davis, Precision Machining Technology.
• Ethan Nelson, Precision Machining Technology.
• Kai Myers, T-Shirt Design.
• Victoria Skoug, T-Shirt Design (Middle School).
• Alissa Cameron, Team Engineering Challenge.
• Peyton Kelash, Team Engineering Challenge.
• Kittra Khan, Team Engineering Challenge.
• Kai Myers, Team Engineering Challenge.
• Gracelyn Raboin, Team Engineering Challenge.
• Atticus Khan, Team Engineering Challenge (Middle School).
• Maddyx Malsom, Team Engineering Challenge (Middle School).
• Miles Morehead, Team Engineering Challenge (Middle School).
• Ben Neilson, Team Engineering Challenge (Middle School).
• Victoria Skoug, Team Engineering Challenge (Middle School).
• Autum Braden, Team Engineering Challenge (Middle School).
• Brock Hamilton, Welding.
• Tyler Bol, Welding Fabrication.
• Nathaniel Johnson, Welding Fabrication.
• Anders Olson, Welding Fabrication.
Founded in 1973, SkillsUSA Wisconsin, with more than 2,500 members in over 150 chapters, is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry representatives working together to ensure America has the skilled workforce needed to stay competitive. The diverse talent pipeline covers 120 trade, technical, and skilled service occupations, mostly related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
More than 200 corporations, trade associations, businesses, and labor unions support SkillsUSA Wisconsin. Programs are integrated into career and technical education through a framework of personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics. SkillsUSA also offers technical skill assessments and other workplace credentials.
Helping each student excel and a solution to shrinking the skills gap, SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical, and skilled service occupations.
SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders, and responsible American citizens. SkillsUSA improves the quality of our nation’s future skilled workforce by developing framework skills, including personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics. The SkillsUSA mission is built upon — and its success depends on — the commitment of members and partners to the following values: integrity, respect, responsibility, citizenship, and service.
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