31st Annual Skills Day Competition at CCC

Thursday, February 12, 2009

High school students from around the county will gather at CCC on Thursday, Feb. 26, for the 31st annual Clackamas Regional Skills Competition. The event brings hundreds of high school students to the college to compete in academic and technical skills contests. The top three winners in each of the competitions will win tuition waivers for up to 12 credits at CCC.

The Regional Skills Competition is a collaboration between CCC and the Clackamas Education Service District (ESD). The Skills Day competition is open to high school students in public, private, charter and home schools and offers opportunities to compete and gain information about programs at the college.

Competitions are scheduled across the campus where daytime CCC classes are canceled for Skills Day. In addition to the academic and career-technical competition, Skills Day features:

• Career Expo in the Randall Gym from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Students can explore career choices by talking with employers from a wide variety of employment areas including agriculture, art, business, human resources, industrial and engineering systems. They can also receive professional résumé guidance and enter to win two CCC scholarships.

• English as a second language (ESL) open house begins at 9 a.m. in Pauling 101. The open house will include campus tours and information about getting started as a community college student including academics, financial aid and leadership activities.

• The Senior Incentive program for high school seniors who plan to attend Clackamas in the fall takes place throughout the day. Participating seniors can earn a four-credit tuition waiver for summer 2009. The Senior Incentive program includes a 30-minute information session taking place on the hour from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Pauling 104. Students will also take placement tests or have ACT/SAT scores evaluated.

• Placement testing will be offered all day for students who plan to attend CCC. These will take place in the Testing Center in Rook Hall.

Skills Day competition begins at 8:30 a.m. at CCC’s Oregon City campus and continues until 2 p.m. The Career Expo runs from 8:30 to noon in Randall Gym. For more information, call Mindy Brown at 503-657-6958, ext. 2250 or Megan Helzerman, Clackamas ESD service coordinator at 503-675-4018.