The quiz bowl team will advance to the national championships in June in Kansas City, Mo. More than 5,400 students come from throughout the country to compete in 91 occupational and leadership areas at the national level SkillsUSA championships.
Other WGTC medalists include and Joseph Johnson of LaGrange, who earned a bronze in HVAC; Christian Brown of Franklin, who won second place in employment applications; and Chris Little of Valley, Ala., who won third in criminal justice.
SkillsUSA, formerly known as VICA, is a national organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, holding championships that showcase the best in technical education students. Participants demonstrate their excellence in several events at contests that begin locally and continue through the state and national levels. Contests are run with the help of industry, trade associations and labor organizations, and test competencies are set by industry.
Statewide championships were held at Augusta Tech April 16-17. WGTC’s team demonstrated knowledge and aptitude in a variety of technical events and brought home the statewide gold medal in Quiz Bowl, an energetic event that requires fast thinking and teamwork. Quiz Bowl teams must answer questions in academic knowledge, professional development, technical skills and current events, and the WGTC team edged out the competition to take first place.
“I’m so proud of the effort our students put into this competition,” said SkillsUSA adviser Jim Biagi, an industrial mechanical systems instructor. “They studied hard and earned the right to compete at the national level. West Georgia Tech has a long tradition of performing well at SkillsUSA, and this team kept it up. “
Biagi and the other SkillsUSA adviser, Kim Crockett, are based on the LaGrange campus.
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