Clarke Central High School CTAE department co-chair and SkillsUSA adviser Nestor Domingo helps a student in Room 281 on Oct. 2, 2019. Domingo began sharing advising duties with CTAE/Special Education department teacher John David Walker. “I’m now a co-adviser with Mr. (John David) Walker, who has (the) Computer Science Club, and this gave Computer Science Club a way to compete,” Domingo said. “It’s been kind of exciting to see SkillsUSA expand outside of graphic design. I’ve enjoyed seeing that. Photo by Owen Donnelly
Two SkillsUSA members are competing at the state level for the chance to go to national competitions.
Clarke Central High School SkillsUSA club members have competed in state-level competitions throughout the year and will be attending the State Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta on Feb. 22, where the national qualifiers will be revealed and recognized.
CTAE department chair Nestor Domingo, the SkillsUSA adviser, has previously taken students to state and national competitions in the past for graphic design and understands the scope of the SkillsUSA competition.
“It’s three days. There’s a lot of competitions and a lot of different careers, everything from graphic production, to cosmetology, to video production, computer programming, construction, plumbing, they’ve got competitions in holding ceremonies, there’s a quiz bowl,” Domingo said. “There’s a lot of different opportunities for students to compete in a professional environment.”
“It’s three days. There’s a lot of competitions and a lot of different careers, everything from graphic production, to cosmetology, to video production, computer programming, construction, plumbing, they’ve got competitions in holding ceremonies, there’s a quiz bowl. There’s a lot of different opportunities for students to compete in a professional environment.”
— Nestor Domingo,
CTAE department chair and the SkillsUSA adviser
While Domingo has had vast experience with SkillsUSA competition, this is the first year the CCHS SkillsUSA team has a member competing in computer science.
“I’m now a co-advisor with Mr. (John David) Walker, who has (the) Computer Science Club, and this gave Computer Science Club a way to compete,” Domingo said. “It’s been kind of exciting to see SkillsUSA expand outside of graphic design. I’ve enjoyed seeing that.”
While some SkillsUSA competitions are on-site, CCHS junior Greyson Krause’s competition in computer science was hosted digitally before the conference.
“When I actually ended up taking it, it was just 50 multiple choice questions on a really obscure old programming language that no one uses. Now, I can make my best estimations, but I guess everybody in this state did equally poorly on that because I doubt anyone knows that language, it was called Visual Basic,” Krause said.
The winner of the competition will be revealed at SLSC on Feb. 22.
The ODYSSEY Media Group updated this story on Feb. 24 via the OMG Instagram page.
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