April 4, 2008

• Updated tools specifications for Automotive Service Technology: All tools will be provided, including scan tools. Scan tools being provided are Snap-On MODIS and OTC Genisys for 2008. Contestants may choose to bring their own scanners.
• Contestants in Technical Computer Applications will be using the computers at Ben Franklin Career Center. These computers are Dell with Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 and Microsoft Office 2003 Professional.

March 15, 2008

• Download the 2008 SLSC Competition Tools List.
• Information about the Culinary Arts competition, including menus and recipes, has been separately mailed to each school. If you have one or more students competing in Culinary Arts and have not yet received this, please notify Carol as soon as possible.

 

February 15, 2008

• The Residential Wiring contest will use the 2005 NEC codebook.

February 1, 2008

• Please note that the online registration system charges the same fee for student competitors and student observers. This is an error; the registration fee for observers is still $18.00.
• Payment for state conference registration should be sent to the state office:

  WV SkillsUSA
  c/o Anne Meadows
  1900 Kanawha Blvd., East
  Building 6, Room 243
  Charleston, WV 25305

• Please direct your attention to a printing error contained in the Technical Standards: Chapter Display - the chapter display maximum size is printed as inches rather than feet. The correct size is 4 feet wide by 4 feet deep by 7 feet high.

January 15, 2008

• All contests at the 2008 West Virginia Leadership and Skills Conference will be medaled only. No cash prizes will be awarded to the winners of the Pin Design Contest. No trophies will be awarded to the winners of Chapter Business Procedure, Chapter Display, and Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
• T-shirt and program cover design have been dropped from the competition roster for 2008.