On March 25 & 26, seven Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center students representing both Calhoun and Gilmer Counties competed at the West Virginia Technology Student Association (TSA) State Conference held at Cedar Lakes in Ripley, West Virginia. Students prepared for weeks, and the fruits of that hard work were revealed at the Awards Ceremony held on April 8. In celebration of the second year of TSA at CGCC the Coyote Beautiful Simulated Workplace culinary team prepared pizza for all CGCC TSA members before the Awards Ceremony.
Pepper McCormick, Lexi Gregory, Daisy Snyder, Riley Church, Taylor Jenkins will attend the National Technology Student Association Conference, held at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas, and will compete against high school students from all over the United States, Germany & Turkey.
Lead Advisor Virginia McCormick had this to say, “This is only the second year that CGCC has had a TSA Chapter, and our students have once again exceeded my wildest expectations. I am very proud to be their advisor and appreciate all of their hard work.”
The TSA students would like to extend a special thank you to Mrs. Hupp, CGCC Assistant Director for presenting awards, to Advisor, Paul Parsons for mentoring the Architectural Design team, Advisor Michael Jackson for the use of the Forensics Kit, Kris Snyder for Chaperoning, Judging at State Conference, and transporting students, and Coyote Beautiful for preparing pizza for the members before the Awards Ceremony.
| Competition | Team Members/Contestant | Result |
| Music Production* | Taylor Jenkins & Riley Church | 1st Place |
| On Demand Video* | Pepper McCormick, Lexi Gregory, Daisy Snyder, Riley Church, Taylor Jenkins | 1st Place |
| Prepared Presentation* | Lexi Gregory | 1st Place |
| Debating Technological Issues* | Pepper McCormick & Lexi Gregory | 2nd Place |
| Extemporaneous Speech* | Pepper McCormick | 2nd Place |
| Digital Video Production* | Pepper McCormick, Lexi Gregory, Daisy Snyder, Riley Church, Taylor Jenkins | 3rd Place |
| Forensic Science | Bryan Thomas & Riley Church | 3rd Place |
| Technology Problem Solving | Riley Church & Bryan Thomas | 3rd Place |
| Technology Bowl | Pepper McCormick, Daisy Snyder, Christian Wine | 4th Place |
| Architectural Design | Pepper McCormick & Daisy Snyder | 5th Place |
| Prepared Presentation | Bryan Thomas | 6th Place |
| *Students in these competitions will be competing Nationally in June. |
Lexi Gregory and Shirley Hupp
Taylor Jenkins and Riley Church
Lexi Gregory
Daisy Snyder, Lexi Gregory, Pepper McCormick, Riley Church, and Taylor Jenkins