Surrey Schools students flex trade skills to qualify for provincials
Welding medalists Cadence Crowe (middle) and Connor Fadum (right).
Surrey students who recently took the top spots in the Lower Fraser Valley Skills Canada Regional Competition are now gearing up for the provincials.
Eighteen students and student teams competing in 13 skills categories will make the trip to the TRADEX in Abbotsford on April 17 for the provincial championships. There they will face off against students from across B.C. in competitions designed to show off their skills in areas like carpentry, mechanics, graphic design and welding.
“From there, anyone that earns a gold will receive an invitation to participate in the Skills Canada National Competition,” said Martin Lim, Career Development Facilitator at Fraser Heights Secondary.
The 2024 national competition will take place in Québec City at the end of May.
In order to qualify for the provincials, students won a combination of gold and silver medals at the regional competition, held over a three-week period from late February to mid-March. While most of the competitions are for secondary students, a team from Erma Stephenson Elementary qualified in the Junior Skills Spaghetti Bridge building competition.
Surrey Schools student medalists at the Lower Fraser Valley Skills Canada Regional Competition were:
Students with * by their names will be going to provincials.
Architectural CAD
- *Gold: Nathanniel Butler – Ecole Salish Secondary
- Silver: Bach Ngo – Guildford Park Secondary
- Bronze: Amelia Grevy – Guildford Park Secondary
Mechanical CAD
- *Gold: Brayden Tang – Fraser Heights Secondary
- *Silver: Claire Kim – Fraser Heights Secondary
- Bronze: Thalia Gregorio – Fraser Heights Secondary
Auto Service
- *Gold: Sahibaj Gill – Frank Hurt Secondary
- Silver: Jason Giroux – Frank Hurt Secondary
- Bronze: Kai Jardine – Frank Hurt Secondary
Carpentry
- *Gold: Oliver Bey – Fraser Heights Secondary
- Silver: Zak Zayden – Guildford Park Secondary
- Bronze: Judell Andasan – Fraser Heights Secondary
2D Animation
- *Gold: Kathy Lei & Elaine Shen – Fraser Heights Secondary
- *Silver: Bella Stronach & Saidy Flores-Osor – Fraser Heights Secondary
- Bronze: Winnie Wang & Julie Southinavong – Fraser Heights Secondary
Graphic Design
- *Gold: Katie Wu – Fraser Heights Secondary
- *Silver: Annika Rena – Fraser Heights Secondary
Photography
- *Gold: Jordan Seidler – Fraser Heights Secondary
- *Silver: Sonia Krishan – Fraser Heights Secondary
- Bronze: Helena Fornos – Sands Secondary (Delta)
Web Design
- *Gold: Daniel Cook – Earl Marriott Secondary
- Silver: Dominic Good – Earl Marriott Secondary
- Bronze: David Fan – Earl Marriott Secondary
Cabinetmaking
- *Gold: Devon Atwal – Grandview Heights Secondary
- Silver: Ryan Haocheng Lyu – Grandview Heights Secondary
- Bronze: Elizabeth Clayton – Fraser Heights Secondary
Welding (Metalwork)
- *Gold: Cadence Crowe – Clayton Heights Secondary
- Silver: Myron Bulman – Clayton Heights Secondary
- Bronze: Connor Fadum – Grandview Heights Secondary
Electronics
- *Gold: Mark Ordinario – Kwantlen Park Secondary
- *Silver: Jessica Le – Kwantlen Park Secondary
- Bronze: Mehtaab Gill – Kwantlen Park Secondary
TV Video Production
- *Gold: Tristan Yeung & Yumin Chang – Fraser Heights Secondary
- *Silver: Ethan Kong & Nicolas Didier – Fraser Heights Secondary
Junior Skills Spaghetti Bridge
- *Gold: Rina Loshaj, Tony Cai, Rose Wang & Jace He – Erma Stephenson Elementary
- Silver: Victoria Boubard, Evan Lu, Veness Huang & Chanyoung Kim – Erma Stephenson Elementary
- Bronze: Gio Reyez Alvarez, Sophia Zhang, Mehtab Malhi & Diya Rahman – Erma Stephenson Elementary
