Students from Roanoke Rapids High School recently participated in the 2019 SkillsUSA North Carolina State Leadership Workshop at Camp Dixie, Fayetteville, North Carolina September 29 – October 1.
SkillsUSA student members attending from Roanoke Rapids High School were Paige Turner, Alex Clark, McKenzie Coston, Madison Rolfe, and Michela Broadnax. The local program is under the guidance of advisors Josh Clark, Lynn Moseley, and Natalie Robertson.
At the SkillsUSA State Leadership Workshop students develop personal leadership techniques, develop new teamwork strategies, learn chapter management techniques, receive public speaking training, gain a greater understanding of SkillsUSA, and much more. The State Leadership Workshop motivates and energizes SkillsUSA members to become leaders at their local chapters and in their communities. Student participants were engaged in activities during this workshop that prompted them to work outside of their “comfort zone” to learn and grow within themselves and with others whom they had not previously known.
While attending this workshop, all five students from Roanoke Rapids High School were awarded with the State Leader Award, described by the SkillsUSA Executive Director as the highest and most prestigious award that can be earned by an individual student in this organization.
SkillsUSA (formerly know as Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) is a national, non-profit, career and technical student organization with over 300,000 members nationwide. SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to ensure that America has a skilled work force. SkillsUSA provides opportunities for career and technical education students that help them develop leadership in the world of work through the development of workplace, personal, and technical skills.