Seven Students Compete
Fremont, Neb. – (Apr. 17, 2024) At this year’s Nebraska State SkillsUSA Conference, Fremont High School took 7 students competing in 5 different competitions. The students were accompanied by Advisors Brad Ryun and Jason Novotny.
The students competed in cabinetmaking, masonry, photography, pin design, related technical math, welding, and welding sculpture.
Welding – Corbin Ewing, 12th Grade
Related Tech. Math – Emely Garcia, 11th Grade
Masonry – Bella Garcia, 10th Grade
Cabinetmaking – Isaac Hasemann, 11th Grade
Welding – Landyn Kavan, 12th Grade
Welding Sculpture – Magaly Rios Gonzalez, 12th Grade
Photography – Emmanuel (Indigo) Salas, 12th Grade
Emmanuel (Indigo) Salas won a state championship in photography and will represent FHS as well as the State of Nebraska at the National SkillsUSA Championships in Atlanta, GA in June.
Landyn Kavan received the silver medal in the welding competition. He will compete at Nationals if the current State Champion is unable to compete.
Advisor Jason Novotny was voted onto the Nebraska State SkillsUSA Board of Directors.
“The whole team competed very well and represented Fremont in a very positive way,” stated Ryun.
Since 2014, the FHS SkillsUSA Chapter has had 17 State Champions and 32 medalists.
Several FHS graduates competed at the college level for MCC and medaled as well:
Welding:
1st – Denver Fincham
2nd – Porter Chandler
3rd – Kamrin Kavan
Precision Machining:
1st – Brandon Gallo
CNC Programming
2nd – Sam Wulf
If anyone is interested in donating to the organization for the cost to attend nationals, they can contact Ryun at brad.ryun@fpsmail or Jason Novotny at jason.novotny@fpsmail.org or call the school at 402-727-3050.
The mission statement of the Fremont Public Schools is to produce creative, adaptable, productive citizens committed to lifelong learning.