South Carolina H 5620: SkillsUSA Orangeburg County School District national winners

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2025-2026 Bill 5620 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 30, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5620

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A house RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE THE ORANGEBURG COUNTY 
SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE FINE ACHIEVEMENTS OF ITS CAREER/TECHNICAL STUDENTS AT 
THE 2025 SKILLSUSA CHAMPIONSHIPS AND TO WISH THE PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR 
INSTRUCTORS MUCH CONTINUED SUCCESS.

Whereas, the South 
Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that students of the 
Orangeburg County School District came home with some of the nation's highest 
career and technical awards from the SkillsUSA Championships, held in Atlanta, 
Georgia, on June 25-26, 2025; and

Whereas, more than six 
thousand five hundred students competed at this national showcase of career and 
technical education. The SkillsUSA Championships event is the largest skill 
competition in the world and covers 1.79 million square feet, equivalent to 
thirty-one football fields or forty-one acres; and

Whereas, first-place 
state winners are invited to the event to demonstrate their technical skills, 
workplace skills, and personal skills in one hundred fourteen hands-on 
competitions, including robotics, automotive technology, drafting, criminal 
justice, aviation maintenance, and public speaking; and

Whereas, the SkillsUSA 
Championships event is held annually for students in middle school, high 
school, or college/postsecondary programs as part of the SkillsUSA National 
Leadership & Skills Conference. This national nonprofit partnership of 
students, instructors, and industry is a verified talent pipeline for America's 
skilled workforce that is working to help solve the skills gap; and

Whereas, the following Orangeburg 
County School District students received a SkillsUSA Championships medal or 
Skill Point certificate: Team A, consisting of Malachi Jean, Duane Butler, and 
Aden Foster from Orangeburg Technology Center, was awarded the gold medal in the 
National Leadership and Skills Competition for Middle School Chapter Display; 
Bristol Gray, a student at Cope Area Career Center, was awarded a Skill Point certificate 
in power equipment technology; and Team J, consisting of Alexandra Villeda, 
Hayward Jean, and Jayden Bookhart from Orangeburg Technology Center, was 
awarded a Skill Point certificate in Chapter Display; and

Whereas, because 
skilled trades are the foundation for all economic development, the House is 
especially proud that these career/technical students of the Orangeburg County 
School District have been recognized as among the best in the nation. Now, 
therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the 
South Carolina House of Representatives, 
by this resolution, recognize and congratulate the Orangeburg County School 
District on the fine achievements of its career/technical students at the 2025 SkillsUSA 
Championships and wish the participants and their instructors much continued 
success.

Be it further resolved 
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Dr. Shawn Foster, 
superintendent, and students Malachi Jean, Duane Butler, Aden Foster, Bristol 
Gray, Alexandra Villeda, Hayward Jean, and Jayden Bookhart of the Orangeburg 
County School District.

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