Eleven students from across the district are winners from this year's Skills Canada BC Competition, a provincial contest that challenges secondary students on their skills in a variety of trades.
Students from Fraser Heights, Guildford Park, École Kwantlen Park and Princess Margaret secondary schools took top spots in eight different categories, from car painting and mechanical CAD to graphic design and animation. Held April 16 at the Tradex in Abbotsford, the 31st annual event sees students from around the province compete in trades-related competitions.
Fraser Heights Secondary boasted the most winners with seven, including three gold medalists, across 2D animation, graphic design, mechanical CAD, photography and web development. Kwantlen Park's Aman Chandra and Mehtaab Gill took first and second in electronics while Princess Margaret's Edleen Madhwan took silver in car painting and Guildford Park's Kiley Ruiz finished third in architectural CAD
Out of the district's 11 medalists, the five gold medalists will move on to compete at the Skills Canada National Competition in Regina at the end of May:
2D Animation
- Gold: Jay Tang & Maisy Tao - Fraser Heights Secondary
Architectural CAD
- Bronze: Kiley Ruiz - Guildford Park Secondary
Car Painting
- Silver: Edleen Madhwan - Princess Margaret Secondary
Electronics
- Gold: Aman Chandra - École Kwantlen Park Secondary
- Silver: Mehtaab Gill - École Kwantlen Park Secondary
Graphic Design
- Gold: Bethia Hu - Fraser Heights Secondary
- Silver: Chantel Wang - Fraser Heights Secondary
Mechanical CAD
- Gold: Aaralyn Zhu - Fraser Heights Secondary
Photography
- Bronze: Ash Passucci - Fraser Heights Secondary
Website Development
- Silver: Nicky Nguyen - Fraser Heights Secondary
- Bronze: Kayden Yu - Fraser Heights Secondary
Congratulations to all of our medalists!
