SkillsUSA Champions features our members' photography. We're looking for images of SkillsUSA chapters in action, or the kind that show individual members' concentration or perspectives. The photographer's chapter is awarded $150. For details, email thall@skillsusa.org (put "Image Photo" in the subject header) or write SkillsUSA Champions, P.O. Box 3000, Leesburg, VA 20177.

It's in your hands. Monique O'Donnell created this image with the help of fellow students at Arlington, Va., Career Center (pictured above). Digital photography instructor Bruce Fleischer sent in the photos.

“Step into the arena [of SkillsUSA]. You will only gain in life.”
—High School President Stephanie Usry
Carpenter, Wyo.

“Career and technical education students are some of the best-prepared young adults. We have the discipline to work hard, and we know the value of our high-skill, high-wage education. We owe that education to the finest teachers we could have asked for.
— Kim Haley
2005 Valedictorian, Shawsheen Valley Technical High School, Mass.