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HILLSBOROUGH: Vo-Tech students to compete in state skills event April 5

    Somerset County Vocational & Technical High School students will compete against students from other vocational school in the state at the SkillsUSA New Jersey Skill and Leadership Championships on April 5.
    SkillsUSA is a national organization which not only prepares students for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, but also holds yearly competitions showcasing students and their skills.
    Winners at the New Jersey championships will earn a chance to compete at the national level in Kansas City later this year.
    These SCVTHS students will be competing:
    • Custom Automotive Painting: Alexandra Santa Maria (Hillsborough) and Edgar Ceja (South Bound Brook);
    • Auto Maintenance: Janelle Roper (Bridgewater) and Christopher Totorello (Hillsborough);
    • Quiz Bowl: Daniel Marcinek (captain, Green Brook), Madeline Kestenbaum (Branchburg), Katie Furman (Flemington), Soham Shah (Hillsborough), Noah Alsamadisi (Bridgewater). Alternates are Jean-Pierre Jacob (North Plainfield) and Sarah Furman (Flemington);
    • Medical Math: Andrew Kerrigan (Hillsborough), Jonathon Garaffa (Skillman) and Khushma Parekh (Ringoes);
    • Job Interview: Leia Chemmacheril (Hillsborough);
    • Chapter Display – Chloe Jen (Bridgewater), Ruchi Patel (Hillsborough) and Aishwarya Anand (Basking Ridge);
    • Entrepreneurship: Alok Pillai (Hillsborough), Satyakrishna Polavarapu (Bridgewater), Parth Patel (Raritan) and Robert Bender (Hillsborough);
    • Community Service: Michelle Fishbeyn (Ringoes), Emily Heathcote (Branchburg) and Palak Shah (Hillsborough);
    • Career Pathways: Agricultural, Food & Natural Resources — Apurva Swapnil (Hillsborough), Abhishek Shrinet (South Bound Brook), and Shawn Young (Martinsville);
    • Career Pathways: Health Science — Shanaya Shah (Hillsborough), Alexander Shu (Somerset) and Matthew Calapatia (Hillsborough);
    • Career Pathways: Manufacturing — Mitali Shah (Hillsborough), Claire Foster (Flemington) and Alina Lou (Hillsborough), and
    • Career Pathways: Science, Technology & Math — Suraj Patel (Somerville), Samyak Gupta (Flemington) and Rohit Rustagi (Hillsborough).