LTHS Engineering Design Students Win 2nd At National Competition

LOCKPORT, IL — A team from LTHS took second place at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville. The school said the competition was attended by over 6,500 career and technical education students who competed in 103 trade, technical and leadership fields.

Lockport Township High School had the most teams advance from state to the national championship in the school’s history. The school said Daniel Arechiga, Jonathan Naughton and Adriana Watson were awarded second place in Engineering Technology Design.

According to the school, the team was required to design an innovative engineering project, create a model and give a comprehensive presentation. They were then judged on their performance as a professional team by a panel of judges from the engineering field. Arechiga, Naughton and Watson all graduated in June and will each be pursuing engineering degrees.

Three other LTHS teams also competed at the competition. Madaline Aguilar and Maxwell Eallondaro competed in 3D Visualization and Animation; Alexander Mullin competed in Power Equipment Technology; and Brett MacHart, Charles Patula, Nicholas Soltys and Lucas Zentmyer competed in Teamworks.