Pictured are the Madison-Oneida BOCES students who participated in the SkillsUSA State Competition.
Hamilton junior Ian Schubert placed second and Morrisville-Eaton senior Alex Clark took first place at the SkillsUSA competition. Clark qualified to compete in the national competition in June.
(May 2013) 
Morrisville-Eaton senior Alex Clark took first place in the Technical Computer Applications competition at the SkillsUSA State Competition in April, qualifying him to compete at the national competition in Kansas City, Mo., in June. Clark is enrolled in the Computer Programming course at Madison-Oneida BOCES.
SkillsUSA is an education-industry partnership that aims to help students excel in their Career and Technical Education fields and promotes a skilled workforce. The event includes dozens of contests in various industry-specific skills and job skills demonstrations. About 3,500 students from across the state competed last week.
In addition to Clark, Hamilton junior Ian Schubert placed second in the Small Engine Repair competition. He is enrolled in the Recreational and Outdoor Power Equipment program at BOCES.
Clark and Schubert were among 17 MOBOCES students who competed at states this year. They represented Camden, Canastota, Hamilton, Morrisville-Eaton, Oneida, Rome, Stockbridge Valley and Vernon-Verona-Sherrill.
Competitors represented the following CTE programs: Electrical/HVAC, Computer Programming, Pre-Nursing, Health Professions, Cosmetology, Early Childhood Education, Recreational and Outdoor Power Equipment, Culinary Arts, Automotive Technology and Carpentry.
This is the third consecutive year MOBOCES has sent a student to nationals in the Technical Computer Applications competition. Michael Reesh, a graduate of Oneida High School, won that competition at states for the past two years and went on to nationals. Reesh was also a Computer Programming student at BOCES.