Orleans/Niagara BOCES students earn medals at NYS SkillsUSA Competition

Provided photos: (Left) – Elliot Beyrle of Albion took first in the CNC 3-Axis Milling Programmer competition while Abigail Kincaid of Albion (right) won the Basic Health Care Skills competition at SkillsUSA.
Press Release, Orleans/Niagara BOCES
MEDINA – Orleans/Niagara BOCES would like to congratulate all our SkillsUSA students from the Orleans (OCTEC) and Niagara (NCTEC) Career and Technical Education Centers.
They competed April 22-24 at the 2026 NYS SkillsUSA Leadership Conference and Competition. Dozens of competitions were held at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse and the students brought home 28 medals in total and two ONBOCES students were elected to be New York State SkillsUSA officers.
Congratulations to Brooke Dunkelberger (Barker) who will be an officer and Mia Kujawa (Medina) who will be a Voting Delegate.
Lockport senior Amelia Mussachio, who is in the Cosmetology program at the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center, was chosen to sing the National Anthem at the Competition and blew everyone away with her performance.
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps each student to excel and empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens.
Many of the students winning gold medals have the opportunity to move on to the National competition in Atlanta, Georgia June 1-6. Orleans/Niagara BOCES Director of Career and Technical Education and Adult Education, Dr. Michael Weyrauch, said he is grateful to all staff who volunteer their time to support the SkillsUSA students.
“Thank you for recognizing our students’ potential and accepting the challenge to fight for their individual success, I am deeply appreciative and extremely proud of you,” Dr. Weyrauch said. “Each and every one of us play a significant role in molding our CTE students for what is next in their lives. We celebrate not only our students, but the role our teachers and support staff have in their accomplishments.”
Orleans Career and Tech Education students who placed in the top three include:
- 1st Place in Basic Health Care Skills – Abigail Kincaid of Albion, Allied Health II program
- 1st Place in CNC 3-Axis Milling Programmer – Elliot Beyrle of Albion, Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering program
- 1st Place in Health Occupations Professional Portfolio – Emiliana Batista of Medina, Allied Health II program
- 1st Place in Barbering – Lavani Myles of Lockport, Cosmetology II program
- 2nd Place in Advertising Design – Emily Case of Lockport, Graphic Communications II
- 2nd Place in Customer Service – Violette Streckewald of Roy-Hart, Cosmetology II
- 2nd Place in Esthetics – Alexandria Kempton of Newfane, Cosmetology I
- 3rd Place in Cosmetology, Sr. – Savannah Spoth of Lyndonville, Cosmetology II program
- 3rd Place in Computer Programming – Camden VandenBosch of Roy-Hart, Computer Technology II program



























