SkillsUSA Wisconsin Regional Competition Heads to Menomonie

The final SkillsUSA Wisconsinregional competition in 2025 will be held on Thurs. Feb. 27 and Fri. Feb. 28, with the majority of the competitions being conducted at the University of Wisconsin – Stout, 712 South Broadway Street in Menomonie, WI.

More than 335 students from the following schools will compete:

·         Altoona High School, Altoona, WI (7 students)

·         Arcadia High School, Arcadia, WI (10 students)

·         Barack Obama School of Career & Tech Ed (BOSCTE), Milwaukee, WI (6 students)

·         Black River Falls High School, Black River Falls, WI (8 students)

·         Bruce Public Schools, Bruce, WI (6 students)

·         Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School, Chetek, WI (26 students)

·         Chippewa Falls Senior High School, Chippewa Falls, WI (8 students)

·         D C Everest High School, Weston, WI (14 students)

·         Dodgeland High School, Juneau, WI (4 students)

·         Durand High School, Durand, WI (4 students)

·         Eau Claire North High School, Eau Claire, WI (13 students)

·         Elmwood High, Elmwood, WI (5 students)

·         Fall Creek High School, Fall Creek, WI (9 students)

·         Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School, Galesville, WI (9 students)

·         Hartford Union High School, Hartford, WI (18 students)

·         Holmen High School, Holmen, WI (4 students)

·         Ladysmith High School, Ladysmith, WI (7 students)

·         Lincoln High School-Alma Center, Alma Center, WI (11 students)

·         Lincoln High School-Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Rapids, WI (8 students)

·         Marshfield Senior High School, Marshfield, WI (10 students)

·         Memorial High School, Eau Claire, WI (5 students)

·         Menomonie High School, Menomonie, WI (14 students)

·         Merrill High School, Merrill, WI (3 students)

·         Mount Horeb High School, Mount Horeb, WI (11 students)

·         New Auburn High School. New Auburn, WI (6 students)

·         New Richmond High School. New Richmond, WI (22 students)

·         Rice Lake Senior High School, Rice Lake, WI (3 students)

·         Shawano High School, Shawano, WI (4 students)

·         Slinger High School, Slinger, WI (13 students)

·         Spooner High School, Spooner, WI (21 students)

·         St. Croix Falls High School, St. Croix Falls, WI (5 students)

·         Stanley Boyd High School, Stanley, WI (11 students)

·         Unity School District, Balsam Lake, WI (11 students)

·         Wausau West High School, Wausau, WI (15 students)

·         Webster High School, Webster, WI (5 students)

The competitions run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 27 and from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 28. Judging will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 28, with awards and closing ceremonies at 12:30 p.m.

Competitions in the following categories will be held for high school students unless indicated:

Thurs. Feb.27

Extemporaneous Speaking

Job Interview (Middle School)

Job Skill Demonstration Open

Medical Terminology

Prepared Speech

Related Technical Math

Thur. Feb. 27 & Fri. Feb. 28

Additive Manufacturing

Fri. Feb. 28

3-D Printing & Design

Advertising Design

Automotive Service Technology*

Cabinetmaking

Carpentry

CO2 Dragster

Electronics Technology

Facilithon

Mechatronics

Photography

Power Equipment Technology

Precision Machining Technology

Promotional Bulletin Board

Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue

Team Engineering Challenge (High School & Middle School)

Technical Drafting

Welding

Welding Fabrication

Welding Sculpture

     *The Automotive Service Technology competition will be held at Menomonie High School, 1715 5th Street West, in Menomonie.

Those who place in the regional competition will advance to participate in the 52nd annual SkillsUSA Wisconsin State Leadership and Skills Conference in Madison. Other competitors in the category can participate in the State Leadership and Skills Conference until the maximum number of competitors in the category is reached. State competitions will occur at the Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, and Madison Area Technical College (MATC), 1701 Wright St.

The 2025 conference will feature more than 1,750 middle, high school, and college/post-secondary students, over 200 teachers, and more than 300 industry volunteers working in over 75 competitions.

Founded in 1973, SkillsUSA Wisconsin, with more than 2,500 members in over 150 chapters, is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry representatives working together to ensure America has the skilled workforce needed to stay competitive. The diverse talent pipeline covers 120 trades, technical, and skilled service occupations, mostly related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

More than 200 corporations, trade associations, businesses, and labor unions support SkillsUSA Wisconsin. Programs are integrated into career and technical education through a framework of personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics. SkillsUSA also offers technical skill assessments and other workplace credentials.

Helping each student excel and a solution to shrinking the skills gap, SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical, and skilled service occupations.

SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders, and responsible American citizens. SkillsUSA improves the quality of our nation’s future skilled workforce by developing framework skills, including personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics. The SkillsUSA mission is built upon — and its success depends on — the commitment of members and partners to the following values: integrity, respect, responsibility, citizenship, and service.