Thirteen Mount Pleasant High School Electrical Technology students competed in the SkillsUSA District competition on February 7-8 in Waco, TX. All thirteen have advanced to the Texas SkillsUSA State competition in Corpus Christi to be held April 2-5, 2020.

In the Electrical Construction Wiring competition, Jacinto Barboza placed 1st and Francisco Pina placed 2nd. This “hands on” contest requires the students to follow a set of wiring instructions/plans for electrical circuits and conduit bending. The students have approximately 4 hours to complete their wiring assignment created by Texas State Technical College Electrical Instructors. This will be the second trip to state for Barboza in this event.

In the National Electric Code Testing event, Christian Flores placed 1st and Jose Flores placed 2nd.

In the Electrical Exhibit competition, MPHS qualified ten students on three different teams for state and swept the category. The exhibit must have a notebook that contains the electrical working drawings, detailed description of work done by the students in paragraph form, a write-up with a list of materials, current receipts, any materials donated, steps followed in completing the exhibit, and the students’ resumes. The exhibit must meet the industry standard for creativity and neatness and is judged on the degree of difficulty and must comply with the 2017 National Electrical Code.

Placing 1st was the team of Jorge Palacios, Pina, Enrique Ramos, and Erick Salazar. The team of Alexis Bello, Jaime Pena, and Gabriel Perez placed 2nd. And taking 3rd place was the team of Javier Bello, Jr., David Garcia, and Uzziel Perez.

“These students put in a lot of extra time and worked very hard to get ready for area competition and I am thrilled that so many are going to State,” said Tim Davis, MPHS Electrical Technology instructor and SkillsUSA Advisor. “They are now focusing on preparing to compete at State against students from across Texas, including students from Career-Tech magnet schools. I know they will be great representatives of MPISD and the Mount Pleasant community.”

Pictured :
Front row – L-R, Jacinto Barboza, Alexis Bello, Jose Flores, Christian Flores, Erick Salazar, Gabriel Perez.
Back row – L-R, Francisco Pina, Jaime Pena, Uzziel Perez, Enrique Ramos, Javier Bello, Jr., Jorge Palacios, David Garcia.