Each year, a new SkillsUSA annual membership theme is unveiled to great excitement at the conclusion of our National Leadership & Skills Conference (NLSC). The theme is designed to inspire the amazing work in our SkillsUSA chapters during the school year as students develop the Personal, Workplace and Technical Skills of our SkillsUSA Framework.
Not to be confused with our long-standing national slogan/organizational tagline, “SkillsUSA: Champions at Work,” the annual theme is selected each year as a member-centric element.
The SkillsUSA competition theme for the 2024-25 school year is:
SkillsUSA: Ignite Your Potential
The topic to be addressed by competitors in the SkillsUSA Chapter Display, Prepared Speech and Promotional Bulletin Board competitions.
“Potential” is something we all share, yet something that is uniquely shaped for each one of us. It’s both a journey and a destination, something that can’t be received without first being earned. It’s a reservoir of combustible fuel ready to be ignited by an intentional spark.
SkillsUSA was built to be that spark. It’s the flashpoint of personal and professional success, where opportunity and determination meet confidence and clarity, lighting clear paths toward fulfilling, courageous futures. As our theme for the 2024-2025 school year, “SkillsUSA: Ignite Your Potential” inspires members to discover their unique talents and ambitions through the powerful tools and motivating community of SkillsUSA. It also celebrates those who stoke the fires of SkillsUSA success: caring advisors, supportive peers, dedicated partners and others who ensure that sparks don’t fade but ignite a promising future.
When you ignite your potential through SkillsUSA, you’re lighting more than your own path. You’re illuminating the path of others on their unique journey toward becoming skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members. This year, through SkillsUSA, we ignite our potential … and light up our futures.
The theme Ignite Your Potential will be addressed by competitors in the 2025 SkillsUSA Chapter Display, Prepared Speech and Promotional Bulletin Board competitions. Within this topic, competitors might illustrate or discuss any of the following:
