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Orleans/Niagara BOCES students earn medals at NYS SkillsUSA Competition

Photos courtesy of Orleans/Niagara BOCES: From left include Sophia Goyette of Medina, Brady Christiaansen of Medina, and Madison Davis of Lyndonville.

Posted 5 May 2025 at 1:21 pm

Press Release, Orleans/Niagara BOCES

MEDINA – Orleans/Niagara BOCES would like to congratulate the over 160 SkillsUSA members who competed on April 24th at the New York State Fairgrounds in dozens of competitions at the 2025 NYS SkillsUSA Leadership Conference.

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 medals have the opportunity to move on to the National competition in Atlanta, Georgia in June.

Some of the local gold medal winners include:

• Sophia Goyette (Medina), a student in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering program at the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center, took a gold medal in the Technical Drafting competition.

The competition will focused on the application of appropriate entry-level technical drafting skills to solve visualization and presentation problems of a mechanical nature as designed by the national technical committee.

• Brady Christiaansen (Medina), a student in the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering program at the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center, took a gold medal in CNC 3-Axis Milling Programming competition.

This competition assessed the ability to program CNC milling machines, interpret prints (including GD&T), and measure/gauge parts. The competitor will also demonstrate theoretical knowledge of CNC machine configuration, setup, and operations.

• Madison Davis (Lyndonville), a student in the Allied Health program at the Orleans Career and Technical Education Center, took a gold medal in Health Occupations Professional Portfolio.  The knowledge performance portion of this competition was the creation of a professional portfolio with title page, table of contents and six required sections in specific order.

Competitors were required to take the NYS SkillsUSA professional development test at orientation. The competition includes a live presentation by the competitor designed to evaluate the ability of an individual to present themselves to an employer using effective communication skills.

Winners from Orleans Technical Education Center include:

First Place

  • ESTHETICS – Isabella Pearl of Lockport, Cosmetology II
  • ESTHETICS MODEL – Megan Adams of Lockport, Cosmetology II
  • CNC 3-AXIS MILLING PROGRAMMER – Brady Christiaansen of Medina, Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering II
  • HEALTH OCCUPATIONS PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO – Madison Davis of Lyndonville, Allied Health II
  • INTERNET OF THINGS – Garrett Armenia of Roy-Hart in Computer Technology II
  • MEDICAL MATH – A’Niya Cornwell of Lockport in Health Occupations I
  • TECHNICAL DRAFTING – Sophia Goyette of Medina in Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering II

Second Place

  • INTERNET OF THINGS – Scott Clark of Roy-Hart, Computer Technology II
  • CNC 3-AXIS MILLING PROGRAMMER – Nathaniel Hulton of Roy-Hart, Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering II
  • COMPUTER PROGRAMMING – Camden VandenBosch of Roy-Hart, Computer Technology I
  • EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION – Chyanne Easley of Lockport, Early Childhood I

Third Place

  • AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY – Ryan Quattrini of Newfane in Diesel Tech/Heavy Equip II
  • CRIMINAL JUSTICE QUIZ BOWL – Giovanni Wright of Newfane, Michelle Ramirez of Albion and Gloria Haller of Barker, Security and Law I