Cranston Public Schools announced the recipients of 34 medals, awarded to Cranston Area Career and Technical students at the recent RI SkillsUSA awards ceremony. The awardees represented the district’s numerous Career and Technical programs, spanning programs in all three of the high schools. Students receiving Gold or Silver medals now have the opportunity to travel to Atlanta in June for the national competition.

The district would like to recognize the following students for medaling in their respective categories and wish the very best of luck to those traveling to Nationals in June.

Gold Medalists:

Sadie Mitch, Category-Basic Health Care, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West

Lola Blessington, Sophia Deanseris, Ava Sears, Category-Community Service, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West

Olivia Shea, Category-Culinary Arts, Culinary Arts at Cranston High School West

Alexa Diaz, Category-Early Childhood Education, Educational Pathways at Cranston High School West

Victoria Badger, Janvi Patel, Mia Santomassimo, Amy Zhang, Category-Health Knowledge Bowl, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West

Juliana Fernandes, Hayden Karas, Category-Interactive Application and Game Design, Interactive Digital Media, Cranston High School West

Ashley Sosa, Category-Job Skills Demo “A,” Aquaculture

Ava Thurber, Category-Job Skills Demo Open, Medical Pathways, Cranston High School West

Mark Lizarda, Category-Medical Terminology, Medical Pathways, Cranston High School East

Lindsay Levine, Category-T-Shirt Design, Graphic Communications, Cranston High School West

Emily Vang, Vanessa Vanquerano, Category-Web Design, Interactive Digital Media, Cranston High School West

Silver Medalists:

Colin Williams, James Wright, Category-3D Animation, Interactive Digital Media at Cranston High School West

Savannah Estrada, Aminah Liaqat, Emely Sosa, Category-Career Pathways Showcase, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West

Caitlyn Blanchette, Addison Haun, Harper Cohn, Category-Community Service, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West

Emmaline Hall, Category- Early Childhood Education, Educational Pathways at Cranston High School West

Jonathan Antin, Zachary Smith, Joshua Smith, Eric Whitlock, Category-Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship at Cranston High School West

Nathaniel Shyllon, Category-Extemporaneous Speaking, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West

Gabriella DiFilippo, Trenton Kiernan, Athena Muriel, Nora Tarbinian, Category-Health Knowledge Bowl, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West

Kayla DeSarro, Category-Health Occupations Professional Portfolio, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West

Benjamin Evans, Category-Job Skills Demo A, Aquaculture at Cranston High School West

Ava Taglianett, Category-Medical Math, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West

Diana Jean-Louis, Category-Medical Terminology, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School East

Bronze Medalists:

Cameron Laxton, Alexander Torelli, Category-3D Animation, Interactive Digital Media at Cranston High School West

Niavony Montiero, Category- Action Skills, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School East

Jacqueline Prata. Category-Advertising and Design, Graphic Communications at Cranston High School West

Zachary Leone, Category- Architectural Drafting, Architectural Drafting and Design at Cranston High School West

Giana Amitrano, Angelina Burrows, Siena Nardelli, Category-Career Pathways Showcase, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West

Jillian Langley, Lilliana Prendergast, Trinity Tessier, Category-Community Service, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West

Emily MacDougall, Category-Early Childhood Education, Educational Pathways at Cranston High School West

Devin DeAngelis, Justin Drohem, Jack Fontaine, Harry Woloohojian, Category- Entrepreneurship at Cranston High School West

Antonio Dominguez, Alexandra Hart, Category-Interactive Application & Game Design, Interactive Digital Media at Cranston High School West

Emily Irving, Category-Job Skills Demo A, Aquaculture at Cranston High School West

Louis Gauthier, Category-Masonry, Construction at Apprenticeship Exploration School

Nathaniel Dixon, Category-Medical Terminology, Medical Pathways at Cranston High School West