(CGUHS) SkillsUSA Arizona Chapter students participated in the SkillsUSA Camp Champion Leadership Conference at Lost Canyon in Williams, Arizona. This event marked the largest student-led Arizona Career and Technical Student (CTE) event in Arizona history. For three days, November 1-3, students attended activities designed to develop their leadership abilities, personal skills, and SkillsUSA knowledge. Additionally, members of the CGUHS Leadership Team completed work for and received the SkillsUSA Arizona Statesman Award. This award is presented to SkillsUSA members who demonstrate SkillsUSA knowledge and civic awareness, along with an understanding of the SkillsUSA Framework and how to articulate their personal experience in career and technical education. The Statesman Award recognizes students who have demonstrated their leadership skills and mastered certain requirements in leadership training.
The student-leaders who attended the conference and earned the Statesman Award are Melody Limon (SkillsUSA Engineering and Software & App Design President), Emily Geen (SkillsUSA Engineering Vice President), Landri Howard (SkillsUSA Software & App Design Vice President), Aliceanna Villanueva (SkillsUSA Engineering and Software & App Design Secretary), Elijah Rodriguez (SkillsUSA Engineering Member), and Angel Gonzalez (SkillsUSA Engineering Member). The female chaperone was Librarian Breina Sundell.
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA serves more than 300,000 students and instructors annually. The organization has 13,000 school chapters in 54 state and territorial associations. More than 14,500 instructors and administrators are professional members of SkillsUSA.
SkillsUSA Arizona empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders, and responsible American citizens. SkillsUSA Arizona improves the quality of America’s skilled workforce through a structured program of citizenship, leadership, employability, and technical and professional skills training. SkillsUSA Arizona enhances the lives and careers of students, instructors, and industry representatives as they strive to be champions at work.
The Cougars are advised by John Morris, CTE Engineering/CTE Software & App Design Teacher. Visit their webpages at