SkillsUSA at Royal Oak High School is considered an honors club. Only students who have completed at least one year of graphics and have maintained a 3.0 GP during that year are invited to join. The size of the Club varies from 5 to 15 members each year. From this group the final 3 students are picked to represent ROHS at the State SkillsUSA contest. During the last 7 years it has produced 3 State winners (plus 5 other medal winners for second and third) and 3 National medal winners, all Gold. The three Gold medals have all come during the last five years. John Litwinowicz, this years Gold Medal winner, will be starting is Junior year next fall and his third year in Graphics. He is an extremely talented designer who has been working with Adobe software for the last four years, since he was 12. He has discovered that there is more to graphics than just design and has enjoyed developing his skills in the other parts of this industry. The ROHS graphics lab is 2800 sq. ft. and is currently been rebuilt this summer
from the floor up with new furniture, chairs, heating/cooling and lighting. During the last year a new iMac computer lab was completed (36 computers) and Adobe CS3 software added. We have a small Finishing area, that includes a 40 year old cutter and our press area has a Heidelberg PrintMaster 2/c. Last Fall we had 180+ students enrolled in 11 sections of graphics or visual imaging classes. We offer the following classes, Visual Imaging I & II, Graphics I & II, III & IV, V & VI, and Advanced Graphics. By the end of the year we had 160+ students, the total student body is currently around 1,700. This Fall we again have 11 sections enrolled that will keep two full time and one part time instructor working! ROHS has been a PrintED accredited school for the last seven years.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
SkillsUSA for Graphic Communications
TO ALL INTERESTED!!!
This is the first of many comments to be provided to you relating to the Graphic Communications Contest, a part of the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. The most recent conference took place during June 22-27, 2008 in Kansas City, Missouri.
41 students from across the United States took part in a day-long competition which resulted in the identification of gold, silver, and bronze medalists for both the secondary [high school] and post secondary divisions.
Congratulations to the medalists in particular but to all contestants who participated as they were already winners as they represented their respective state after having won the gold medal qualifying each of them for the national competition. Many thanks to all of the advisors and the support groups that made the overall experience a very positive one.
I will be describing the make up the contest over the next few months and hope that many will benefit as our purpose is to have a well developed, professionally presented, rigorous contest that will be meaningful to the student, to the industry and very much a reflection of what the advisors teach in class.
Let me know what you think and lets communicate for the sake of a quality contest that can be available at the state level, district and regional level as well as to the individual teachers in preparation for the competition which usually starts sometime in late February early March. Preparation starts many months before.
Let me know what type of information is needed and how it can help in your preparation. Right now I am compiling the information from the 2008 contest and will be making in available for all to see.
Jesus J. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
National Technical Committee Co-chair
Graphic Communications Contest
This is the first of many comments to be provided to you relating to the Graphic Communications Contest, a part of the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. The most recent conference took place during June 22-27, 2008 in Kansas City, Missouri.
41 students from across the United States took part in a day-long competition which resulted in the identification of gold, silver, and bronze medalists for both the secondary [high school] and post secondary divisions.
Congratulations to the medalists in particular but to all contestants who participated as they were already winners as they represented their respective state after having won the gold medal qualifying each of them for the national competition. Many thanks to all of the advisors and the support groups that made the overall experience a very positive one.
I will be describing the make up the contest over the next few months and hope that many will benefit as our purpose is to have a well developed, professionally presented, rigorous contest that will be meaningful to the student, to the industry and very much a reflection of what the advisors teach in class.
Let me know what you think and lets communicate for the sake of a quality contest that can be available at the state level, district and regional level as well as to the individual teachers in preparation for the competition which usually starts sometime in late February early March. Preparation starts many months before.
Let me know what type of information is needed and how it can help in your preparation. Right now I am compiling the information from the 2008 contest and will be making in available for all to see.
Jesus J. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
National Technical Committee Co-chair
Graphic Communications Contest
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