Abington Eastern Student Takes Third in National Competition

Six students from Eastern Center for Arts and Technology in Willow Grove, including an Abington High School junior, competed in their respective skill areas at the SkillsUSA National Competitions late last month in Kansas City, Mo.

SkillsUSA is a national student leadership organization.

For more on the organization click here.

National Competition Winners from EASTERN include:

Third place for pin design — Allison Bittner, Abington High School junior and Eastern commercial art student

• In this competition, students present their state-winning pin, along with their artwork, and participate in an oral presentation regarding the creation of their design. The student is required to explain how the pin represents the state, its unique qualities and why another SkillsUSA student or adult member would want to wear it.

Fifth place for chapter display — Hatboro-Horsham High School senior Kristen Fitzpatrick; Lower Moreland High School junior Tatyana Leonova; and Upper Moreland High School senior Angelo Patiri

• A panel of judges selects the outstanding promotional exhibit designed and constructed by SkillsUSA student members. The display is built around and articulates a common theme established annually by SkillsUSA. The contest involves a team of no more than three students setting up the display and one student presenting information about the display in a presentation/interview with judges.

Sixth place for job interview – Jenkintown High School senior and Eastern computer network administration student Michael Gabage

• This competition is divided into three phases: completion of employment applications; preliminary interviews with receptionist; and, in-depth interviews. Contestants are evaluated on their understanding of employment procedures faced in applying for positions in the occupational areas for which they are training.

Ninth place for internetworking – Upper Dublin High School senior and Eastern computer network administration student  

• This competition consists of three main parts — networking design, general networking knowledge and hands-on evaluations. The networking design problem tests a contestant's ability to design functionality, scalability, adaptability and manageability of an internetworking system. The online written portion tests the student's complete knowledge of internetworking concepts. The hands-on component demonstrates the abilities of the contestant to make cables, troubleshoot network systems, configure routers, switches and servers, to deliver customer service in a technical assistant center environment. The contestants are required to find errors in WAN and LAN networks; do an ISP configuration using routers and switches; talk a technician through an error they are having on their network; and, take an online, certification type test. The national contest is based on the most current CCNA certification.

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Information courtesy of Eastern Center for Arts and Technology