NEWBERRY — One hundred forty-nine Newberry County high school graduates received South Carolina Completer certificates during recently held commencement ceremonies at the three area high schools.
Beverly Leslie, director of Newberry County Career Center, presented the certificates to 70 new graduates of Mid-Carolina High, 68 Newberry grads, and 11 members of Whitmire High School’s class of 2017.
The South Carolina Completer Certificate serves as official recognition and validation of the students’ success in a series of related career and technology courses.
The competencies attained in these courses provide these new graduates with a body of knowledge and skills that they can utilize when seeking employment and pursuing a college degree.
Graduate placement surveys conducted over the past three years have found that over 90 percent of Career Center completers are either employed, attending college, or serving in the military.
Newberry County Career Center class of 2017 graduates who have earned South Carolina Completer Certificates include the following:
Accounting: Kenneth Bodie
Architectural/Mechanical Design: Miguel Gonzalez Reyes*, Julia Roach, Rodney Grey, Victor Mendoza Mendez*, Artemio Pacheco Ordaz, Hunter McCullough, BornRuff Fields; Automotive Collision Repair Technology: Emilio Carranza, William Knight, Terrell Long, Matthew Seibert, Patrick Alvarado, Kyle Coulombe, Dixi Nain Flores Martinez, Jessica Rowe*, Ivan Ruff, Alvin Young
Automotive Technology: David Bedenbaugh, Detarous Davis, Gladisha Lindler, Zachary Thompson, Cody Wicker, Alexander Fields, Ernest Hall, Luis Landeros-Huerta, Dalton Monts, Matthew Mathias
Biomedical Sciences(Project Lead The Way): Jeffery Bullard*, Daniel Cook*, Emily Dozier*, Kathren Hamby*, Stephanie Stafford
Business Information Management: Ivy Crumpton, Savannah Harmon, Nathan Beggs, Tayloria Jones; Carpentry: Jeffrey Bates, Kevin Esquivel-Villegas, Kadarious Maybin, Samuel Morris, JaQuez Williams, A’Darien Boyd, Desmond Lyles; Cosmetology: Michaela Bowers, Anaya Gibbs*, Ziayear Neal, Ikia Sims, Kaylee Wicker, Ardaysha Austin, Mahagony Cromer, Tyronica Elkins, Denisse Gordillo, Onisha Gray, Kayley Harrison*, Lisa Leetzow-Morraz*, Destiny Lloyd, Callie Reid*, Jenifer Rodriguez, Quandesha Wilson, Shykeera Worthy
Emergency and Fire Management Services: Ashley Dickert
Environmental and Natural Resources: Sarah Dominick*, Hogan Sanders, Jamie Chitwood
Health Science: Savannah Ackerman*, Elizabeth Arnold, Dakota Cox*, Cydnee Dawkins, Alexsa Downes, Mikayla Elliott*, Taneshia Gallman, Zachary Hentz*, Leah Lathrop, Tiffany Livingston, Hannah Plemmons, Faith Summers*, Mahonri Chavez, Ashlei Gallman*, LaPrecious Glenn, Ashli Jones*, Trinette Jones, Audrey Mercer*, Erika Moreno*, Ka’Liberty Taylor, Tomeria White, Adrianna Lominick*, Mackenzie Reel*, Alexis Swain
Horticulture: Chastity Yarborough-Barnes, Chloe Evans*, Courtney Parker
Law Enforcement Services: Ryan Boozer, Felicity Carter*, Patricia Sharpe*, Samantha Timmons, Andrew Kneece, Jade Luna, Jarmis Reeder
Machine Technology: David Bedenbaugh, Ethan McCullough*, Benjamin Smith, Zachary Thompson, Cody Wicker, Joshua Wise, Raekwon Graham, Tyran Graham, Austin Saverance, Marcus Ettson
Marketing Communications: Johnnie Hall IV, Kardarious Washington, Tyrese Gilmore, LaPrecious Glenn, Cheye’nne Neal, Shy’Tearia Towns
Mechatronics Integrated Technologies: Tanner Bobb, Preston Cook, Jackson Delk*, John Franklin*, Michael Hawkins*, Justin Lever, Isela Pascual-Santiago*, Julia Roach*, Jose Hernandez Pimentel*, Robert Hiller, Brandon Hudson*, Adam Kesler, Andrew Kneece, Alphonso Martin, Victor Mendoza Mendez*, Dalton Monts
Plant and Animal Systems: Preston Cook, Destin Long*, Brianna Lucas, Amari Jabulani
Pre-Engineering (Project Lead the Way): Jackson Delk, Quinten Kinard
Web and Digital Communications: Jevon Boyd, Maria Vargas Santiago*
Welding Technology: Jacob Brummett, Preston Cook, Jake Dorroh, Kevin Esquivel-Villegas, Justin Hughes, Marcus Lowery, Alfonso Pascual-Santiago*, Brayan Perez, Jacob Wicker, Joshua Wise, Malcolm Aiken, Tamostny Bates, Wesley Cooper, Britt Coppock*, Montegus Cromer, Tyrone Etheredge, Austin Gregory, Wilshaud Johnson, Frederick Strubeck, Quindarius Jeter, Will Raines.
*National Technical Honor Society inductee