This has been a great experience for our TEC students. All of the students participating have stated that it is a once in a life time experience. The Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) competition was extremely competitive. A total of 33 states competed. The students placed 4th and missed medal contention by only a few points. I do feel that if we would have had the same equipment as the other states, the students could have scored better on the collection part of the testing. The CSI team missed a critical piece of evidence under the back seat of the vehicle. They do not practice with simulated firearms and do not recognize the shapes in low light situations. I am very proud of the students and feel that they did the best job under the conditions. They only have 30 minutes to process the scene and 30 minutes to write a report. Not even a trained Police Officer can process a scene in that short of a time. Great Job St. Clair TEC CSI Students!

Your Instructor,
Richard DeShon

Rewards after awards

After we left Kemper Arena we went out for some Cold Stone ice cream and Kansas City cheese cake at the Cheese Cake Factory!!!!

Once we found our way....


Bill Saunders A+, Net+, Security+
Info Tech Instructor

Awards

Since this was my first awards ceremony, I was blown away!!! Unless you experience it first hand you can't get the full affect of the night. The roar of the crowd is amazing!

~Bill A+, Net+, Security+
Info Tech Instructor

SkillsUSA Advisor

Hello fellow followers,
This week in Kansas City has been a blur. Time has passed quickly during the day due to a busy schedule. The national contest committee has changed the look of the Precision Machining competition- due to the loss of business and industry partners and sponsors that donate machinery and tooling. The contest started on Tuesday with the orientation and briefing of the agenda. The students were bused over to Metropolitan Community College on Wednesday in order to operate the manual machinery portion of their contest. Thursday was spent at the conference hall floor at Bartle Hall competing on CNC milling and turning, programming, process control, shop theory, applied math, written exam, blueprint reading, and professional development interview. Friday was a day where the students finally had their first chance to sleep in and catch up on some greatly needed rest... and also had some time to sightsee in the Kansas City area. We are all looking forward to returning back home ASAP and enjoying our much awaited summer days. See all of you soon.

Duane Emig
St. Clair TEC
Metal Machining Instructor

Before awards

Closing Ceremony. The students are proud that they are among the top
2% of students that made it to nationals. They are all champions.

Computer Maintenance Technology

What an exciting week it has been!!! I don't think it has dropped below 95 degrees since we landed here. Alex has done very well. He passed his A+ exam again with a very high score of 850 out of 900. Some of the hands on was difficult but we are still hoping for a medal...

~Bill Saunders A+, Net+, & Security+
Info Tech Instructor