Technology Education Students

Larry

Eric

For the 6^th consecutive year the Davenport Community Schools has been represented at the State Finals of the Ford/AAA Auto Skills Competition. This competition consists of two parts. The first is a written examination held in February and it is open to any senior automotives student in any Iowa high school. This year’s competition had 90 schools take the written test. Students are divided into teams of up to eight students per team. The two highest scores from each team are then judged against all of the teams taking the test and the top ten scoring teams advance to the State Finals. Representing DCSD this year were Larry Grenko, CHS and Eric Smith, WHS from the Auto Technology Program. These students had the highest total score on the written examination in the state with Larry having the highest individual score in the state. After qualifying for the state finals they go to DMACC in Ankeny to take the hands on final. In the hands on test the students are given identical Ford vehicles which have been “bugged” and are given 90 minutes to return the vehicles to perfect condition. In the state finals they placed 9^th at this years event.

Both of these young men have represented the District and the Technology Education Department extremely well throughout their high school careers and will continue to do so long after they have graduated.