At last Wednesday night’s Rhode Island SkillsUSA awards ceremony held at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, the Cranston Area Career and Technical Center (CACTC) students brought home the most medals in the entire state, including those competing at the college level.

In total, the students won 58 medals, bringing home 18 gold, 26 silver and 14 bronze medals. They brought home the most silver awards and the second most gold awards statewide, coming in just behind the Providence Career and Technical Academy’s 22 gold. All students who won gold medals now have the opportunity to compete at the national competition in Louisville, Kentucky, in June. According to the 2018 SkillsUSA Rhode Island Championships 2018 Event winner list, the following CACTC students received medals in their respective competitions:

Action Skills:

Ian Sanchez, Gold, Didier Ferland-Haroun, Silver, Hanna Baldino, Bronze.

Advertising Design:

Jordyn Payne, Silver, Autumn Colizza, Bronze.

Basic Health Care Skills:

Stephanie Guerra, Silver, Cailyn Cardente, Bronze.

Culinary Arts:

Cameron Vicente, Bronze. Early Childhood

Education:

Hannah Torres, Gold, Julia Hazian Silver, Hannah Flynn, Bronze.

Extemporaneous Speaking:

Jake Levin, Bronze.

First Aid-CPR:

Lia Ranallo, Silver.

Health Knowledge Bowl:

Katelyn Blake, Juliana Ferranti, Mia Marcello and Marc Mansolillo, Gold, Baylee McCall, Vy Ho, Alexis Coutu, and Kaylee Camilloni, Silver.

Health Occupations Professional Portfolio:

Madison Marcello, Silver, Alishah Asif, Bronze.

Information Technology Services,

Stephen Lemme, Gold.

Interactive Application and Game Development:

Tyler Palumbo, Brandon Casale, Silver. Internetworking: Thomas Autiello, Gold, Jesse Pingitore, Silver, Kenneth Card, Bronze.

Job Interview:

Samantha Evans, Bronze.

Job Skill Demonstration A:

Cassidy Foley, Gold, Sophia Delfarno, Silver.

Medical Math:

Ajay Chandrasekaran, Silver, Ronicka Yin, Bronze.

Medical Terminology:

Alessandra Negalha, Gold, Kelsey Calabro, Silver, Sophia Estrella, Bronze.

Mobile Robotic Technology:

James McHenry, Noah Goldthwait, Silver, Kathryn Terceiro, Ryan Silva, Bronze.

Nurse Assisting:

Christina Rivera Gold.

Photography:

Kristina Faiola, Gold.

Related Technical Math:

Sai Teja Kamsani, Gold, Benjamin Ainley, Silver, Sagarika Ghosh, Bronze.

Restaurant Service:

Luis Fidas, Gold.

Robotics and Automation Technology:

Benjamin Kopsick, Nerses Donoyan, Gold, Brandon Luke, Eddie Perez, Silver.

T-Shirt Design:

Adiani Fernandez, Silver.

Urban Search and Rescue: Daniel Marella, Benjamin Jackvony, Gold, Sophia Chan, Sofia Lanzi, Silver.

Web Design:

Nikola Szymanska, Alexia Tiberi, Silver. Director Zachary Farrell was excited about this year’s results. “We are absolutely ecstatic with the showing that our CACTC students made this year at SkillsUSA. The competition not only provides our students with a great opportunity to showcase their skills they have learned in their respective career and technical programs, but it also validates their hard work throughout the school year and that of their teachers,” he said. In addition to the students’ personal success, Farrell was proud of the school’s showing statewide. “We are also extremely proud of the fact that CACTC was the school that won the highest number of medals across all competitions for a grand total of 58,” he said. “It illustrates that Cranston’s Career and Tech programs are unquestionably a shining star in the constellation of Rhode Island’s public schools.”