They have the skills to move them forward.
Students from Sacred Heart High School recently travelled to Moose Jaw to compete in the annual Provincial Skills Competition. While there they had the opportunity to compete in various trade and technology areas against other students from the region.
The event allows students the opportunity to see post-secondary options and also gives them a chance to learn more within there chosen areas.
Competing from Sacred Heart High School were the following students: Anthony Fetsch and Brandon Parfitt for team #1 3D Animation, Dakota German and Kyle Novak for team #2 3D Animation;
Aesthetics - Brittni Norberg and her model Brynn Chupa;
Carpentry - Brian Lubiniecki;
Job Interview - Caitlin Woloschuk;
Mechanical CADD - Amber Cyhla;
Prepared Speech - Jessica Richards; Robotics team #1 Alex Fedorchuk and Justin Shumay, team #2 Nicoli Ochitwa and Jaedon Pellatt;
TV Video Production team #1 Riley Markewich and Brady Lang, team #2 Brittany Ayers and Jacey Hull;
Welding - Janet den Brok. Winning the bronze medal in TV Video Production was Riley Markewich and Brady Lang.
In 3D Animation Anthony Fetsch and Brandon Parfitt won the bronze while Dakota German and Kyle Novak took the silver. In the Robotics competition two Grade 9 students, Nicoli Ochitwa and Jaedon Pellatt, competed against 11 other robotic teams and won the gold medal.
This now allows the team to compete at the National Skills competition which is June 1-4 in Quebec City. "Congratulations to all of the competitors for the hard work they put in within the classroom and club activities. Good luck to Nicoli and Jaedon as they go on to represent team Saskatchewan in Quebec. This is the 3rd time that Sacred Heart has had a Robotics team move onto the National competition. Both previous times the teams have brought home a medal," says teacher Curtis Moen.
The robotics team designed and have been building their robots since September. Each year the task for the robot changes which keeps students engineering new concepts and parts to perform various tasks.
This year's challenge was to design a robot and loading station to pick up plastic balls. Students were then to drive to the various targets on the court and shoot the balls into the nets to score points. Teams were given four minutes to get as many points as possible while competing against other teams on the court floor.
