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2025 Models of Excellence Announced

Published: May 02, 2025
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SkillsUSA’s Models of Excellence program recognizes the best chapters in the nation for the exceptional integration of the SkillsUSA Framework’s three components (Personal, Workplace and Technical Skills Grounded in Academics) into SkillsUSA chapter activities. The focus of Models of Excellence is student-led activation. These students learn and practice the skills that every employer seeks — including leadership, initiative, communication, teamwork and problem-solving—by taking the lead on all SkillsUSA activities. Their SkillsUSA instructors guide them, elevating learning from instruction to the successful application of skills. The top SkillsUSA chapters will be evaluated by a panel of judges at NLSC based on their goals, plan of action, results, evaluation and SkillsUSA Framework integration. The top three schools will be recognized on June 27 at the SkillsUSA Awards Session at State Farm Arena.

Congratulations to the following schools on being named 2025 Models of Excellence:

Arizona

  • Cooley Middle School

  • La Joya Community High School

  • West-MEC Northwest Campus

California

  • Cesar Chavez High School

  • Warren High School

Connecticut

  • Oliver Wolcott Technical High School

Florida

  • The Villages High School

Georgia

  • Camden County High School

  • McIntosh County Academy

  • South Forsyth High School

Iowa

  • Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School

Massachusetts

  • Cape Cod Regional Technical High School

  • Greater Lowell Technical High School

  • Lynn Vocational Technical Institute

Nebraska

  • East Butler High School

New York

  • WEMOCO Career and Technical Education Center

  • WSWHE BOCES – Southern Adirondack Education Center

North Carolina

  • Carteret Community College

Ohio

  • Wayne County JVS

South Carolina

  • Center for Advanced Technical Studies

Tennessee

  • Lawrence County High School

Texas

  • Cleburne High School

West Virginia

  • Nicholas County Career and Technical Center

  • South Branch Career & Technical School

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