Two teams of students from Nellie N. Coffman Middle School competed in the Team Engineering Challenge and Opening and Closing Ceremonies Contests at the 2019 SkillsUSA Championships. The competition took place at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., June 24-28, 2019.

The students earned the right to compete when they won first place at the California SkillsUSA Championships this spring. They were accompanied by their SkillsUSA instructor, Connie Mitchell.

Attending from NNC, team members for the Team Engineering Challenge included: Ashley Mendiola Dolores, Lota Uyanwune, and Valeria Aguilar.

Team members for Opening and Closing Ceremonies included: Blake Foss, Diana Lopez, Edwin Castaneda, Jose Orozco Munos, Jose Orozco Munos, Lynda Torres, and Sylvia Mitchell. The Nellie Coffman Digital Media program bridges to the DATA program at Cathedral City High School.

The students placed 1st in Team Engineering and 2nd in Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Each member of the Engineering team received a STEREO 3D printing pen, and the OCC members received Amazon Fire 7 tablets.

The SkillsUSA Championships featured more than 6,500 students competing in 103 occupational and leadership skill areas.

The annual event was held in conjunction with the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, a workforce development event attended by more than 19,000 people.

For fun, students attended a baseball game and visited an amusement park and civil rights museum.

For more information: www.SkillsUSA.org.

Coffman Middle School Engineering Team Wins Gold and Silver at SkillsUSA Championship