BY SARAH STEPHENS
ELMORE AUTAUGA NEWS
High Photograph courtesy of Elmore County Fee
Tuesday evening the Elmore County Fee had particular recognition for Stanhope Elmore Excessive Faculty college students Aiden Klinger and Phoenix Dale for successful the State Championship in Cyber Safety on the Alabama SkillsUSA Convention.
The SEHS SkillsUSA chapter is in its second 12 months and led by Coach Blake Prepare dinner.
Klinger and Dale are seniors, and this 12 months competed in Cyber Safety on the State Convention. This certified them for the Nationwide Management and Abilities Convention in Atlanta, Ga., June 24 by June 28.
Alabama holds a State SkillsUSA Convention with quite a few competitions to show office and technical expertise.
Fee members congratulated the scholars on this superb accomplishment and hopes for his or her success sooner or later.
Coach Prepare dinner spoke to the Fee Tuesday in regards to the distinctive accomplishment of Klinger and Dale.
“SkillsUSA is a service group that profession technical training permits us to go in and do totally different management roles and duties. It provides them work expertise in areas of curiosity that they’ve. So, in Cyber Safety they do issues like private safety, system safety and community safety. Within the competitors itself they had been competing towards 11 different colleges on the state degree,” Coach Prepare dinner mentioned. “On the Nationwide degree every state could have a crew that competes. They are going to be doing the identical factor all over doing a safety plus check that may really give them a certification that they’ll carry with them right into a profession.”
Fee Chairman Bart Mercer spoke on cyber safety, and the significance of it not simply within the county however throughout state authorities as effectively.
“It is a large deal. You might be getting off to an excellent begin,” Mercer mentioned.
Commissioner Mack Daugherty mentioned that each he and Commissioner Hill have over 30 years of legislation enforcement expertise and respect what the scholars have completed.
“In the event you ask Elmore County Sheriff Invoice Franklin what the primary crime or concern in Elmore County is, his reply is Cyber Crimes,” Daugherty mentioned. “Folks don’t usually suppose that a few small county. However it’s occurring all over the place, and I couldn’t be extra happy with you guys. No pun meant, however you’re going to have job safety endlessly since you are in such demand and possibly the FBI or Homeland Safety will scoop you up actually fast. I congratulate you. That is simply great, and we’re so happy with you.”
Commissioner Desirae Jackson advised the younger males that cyber safety is a rising concern, and their skills may undoubtedly be used sooner or later on a county degree proper right here at house.
Commissioner Henry Hines advised the scholars that not too long ago he had a member of the family scheduled for a medical process, however it needed to be delayed as a result of the hospital had been the sufferer of a cyber-attack. “We respect you and look ahead to nice issues out of you.”
The EAN wish to congratulate Klinger and Dale on their accomplishment and want them the very best of luck this summer time on the nationwide degree competitors.
