Lebanon High School Skills USA

The Chamber Education Division presented LHS SkillsUSA students with devil horn headbands to wear during their conference introductions. This year, LHS will take more than 30 students to the State Leadership and Skills Conference in Chattanooga where students compete in their skilled areas to earn scholarships, prizes and most of all, the experience to be successful.

Chamber Education Chair Scott Jasper and President & CEO Melanie Minter are pictured with LHS Instructor Jeremy Lakeman and SkillsUSA team members.

The Lebanon High School Chapter of SkillsUSA challenges students from Automotive, Carpentry, Criminal Justice, Culinary, Drafting and Cosmetology career fields to learn the skills necessary to enter a competitive workforce and to possess the leadership qualities that industry demands.

SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA is a national organization serving more than 300,000 students and advisors who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health occupations and for further education. SkillsUSA empowers its members to become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens and improves the quality of America’s skilled workforce through a structured program of citizenship, leadership, employability, technical and professional skills training. More than 600 business, industry and labor sponsors actively support SkillsUSA at the national level through financial aid, in-kind contributions, and involvement of their people in SkillsUSA activities. Many more work directly with state associations and local chapters.