On April 17, 2005, twenty Fontana High School students competed at the annual California State Skills and Leadership Conference.  The students competed in six areas:  Speech, Drafting, Collision Repair, Cabinetmaking, Machining, and Welding.  This year, Fontana High School students were awarded the following medals:

Gold Medals

Brandon Soltis	Oxy-Acetylene Welding
Miguel Frias	Precision Machining
Juan Hernandez	Combination Welding

Silver Medals

Juan Ponce	G.T.A.W. Welding
Victor Barraza	G.M.A.W. Welding
Eric Banuelos	Collision Repair

Bronze Medals

Cassandra Dennis	SkillsUSA Creed (Speech Contest)
Michael Gamboa	Oxy-Acetylene Welding

Precision Machining and Combination Welding are national contests and Miguel Frias and Juan Hernandez will be representing Fontana High School and the State of California at the National SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City, Missouri on June 20-24, 2005.

The Fontana Unified School District is proud of all of the Fontana students who competed so successfully in the California State Skills and Leadership Conference and wish Miguel and Juan the best of luck at Nationals.