Master Skills Center

Yesterday was an awesome day for the Students of the Master Skills Center! Along with R. D. Anderson, MSC celebrated Signing Day and Awards Day for our students.

Students who signed full time contracts to go straight to work include:

Brason Miller
Justin Weeks
Jessy Alfaro
Zaiden Barker
Myian Lewis
Nathan Smith
Gabriel Summerrow
Timothy Wilson
Chandler Thompson
Grayson Osteen
Trey Prysock
Kendall Poteat
Joshua Gamez-Hernandez
Kole Brown
Conner Daugherty
Samuel Daugherty
Mason Haun
Jack McLeskey
Lukas Rose
Elijah Smith

Award Winners include:

Director’s Award:

Yonatan Euceda - Barber
Myian Lewis - Plumbing
Trey Prysock - HVAC
Timothy Wilson - HVAC
Karen Resendiz-Ruiz - HVAC
David Barbalat - Heavy Equipment

Most Employable:

Valmir Bytyqi - Barber
Jace Wallace - Barber
Mason Bryant - Plumbing
Lukas Rose - HVAC
Chandler Thompson - HVAC
Gavin Roberts - Heavy Equipment

Outstanding Student of the Year:

Laila Ward - Barber
Nathan Smith - Plumbing
Conner Daugherty - HVAC
Jack McLeskey - HVAC
Wyatt Bradshaw - Heavy Equipment

Work Based Learning Student of the Year:

Kendall Poteat - Plumbing
Gabriel Summerrow - HVAC
Zaiden Barker - HVAC

Scholarship Winners:

Hayden Alexander - $600 scholarship from Kapasi Glass

Holden Mace - $600 scholarship from Kapasi Glass

Karen Resendiz-Ruiz - $600 scholarship from Kapasi Glass

Kameron Reed - $600 scholarship from Kapasi Glass

Winners of the Kenny Mitchell Memorial Barber Scholarship - These Scholarships pay for these students State Board Fees

Jordan Frazier
Keagan Peake
Isaiah Wilson

Winner of the Ken Holcombe Heating and Air LLC scholarship worth $1000:

Grayson Osteen

Teachers of the Year:

Bernard Logan - Barber Instructor 2023-2024

Jeff Sprouse - HVAC Instructor 2024-2025

Congratulations to ALL of the students who signed contracts and won awards and scholarships! Well deserved and we’re all very proud of each of you! Best of luck in the future!

*Photo Credits - M. Wilkins - RDA*

Congratulations to all of our April Students of the Month!

KJ Proctor - Barber 1&2
Laila Ward - Barber 3&4
Julian Hernandez - HVAC 1
Cole Krook - HVAC 1
Judah Swift - HVAC 2
Jordan Erreguin - HVAC 2
Konstantin Bodnaryuk - Plumbing 1
Ryan Williams - Plumbing 2
Ethan Dodd - Heavy Equipment 2
Gavin Roberts - Heavy Equipment 2

These students are doing an outstanding job in the classroom and in the lab!

Very grateful for Kapasi Glass Mart for Awarding Master Skills Center Students the Building for a Better Future Scholarship worth $500!

Students are:
Holden Mace - Plumbing student from Boiling Springs
Hayden Alexander - Heavy Equipment Operator student from Byrnes
Karen Resendiz-Ruiz - HVAC student from Dorman
Kameron Reed - Plumbing student from Byrnes (not pictured)

A huge thank you to Kerri McAlister, Work Based Learning Coordinator and Toby McCall, Plumbing Instructor for representing The Master Skills Center

Congratulations to Heaven Hawes, Plumbing 1 Student of the Month for March! She is doing an outstanding job!!!

Congratulations to Ryan Williams, Plumbing 2 Student of the Month for March!!

Congratulations to Heaven Hawes, Plumbing 1 Student of the Month for March!!

Congratulations to Karen Resendiz-Ruiz, HVAC 2 Student of the Month for March!!

Congratulations to Tahlin Gill,
HVAC 2 Student of the Month for March!!

Congratulations to Allen Gagean, HVAC 1 Student of the Month for March!!

Congratulations to Alex Krasnogorov, HVAC 1 Student of the Month for March!!

Congratulations to Hayden Alexander, March Student of the Month for Heavy Equipment Operator Level 2!!

Congratulations to Wyatt Bradshaw, March Student of the Month for Heavy Equipment Operator Level 2!!

Congratulations to Valmir Bytyqi, Barber 3&4 Student of the Month for March!!

Congratulations to Elijah Robinson, Barber 1&2 Student of the Month for March!!

The Master Skills Center would like to thank Chesnee High School for allowing the Victory Career Readiness class to come and visit our programs! It was a great group of students and hopefully we will see them on our campus soon!!!

The Master Skills Center would like to thank Anderson Mill Elementary School for allowing us to be a part of their career fair today! Always enjoy sharing about our programs to some great students!

A huge thank you to Chesnee High School for allowing the Master Skills Center to attend their career fair. Met some fantastic students who had some great questions about our programs. Hope to see many of these students on our campus in the future!

A huge thank you to Jed Blackwell for visiting our school and promoting our Programs!!!

Master Skills Center Offers Different Path for Spartanburg County Students Tucked into the old Fairforest Middle School building on N. Blackstock Road in Spartanburg, SC, a new generation of students are learning in a whole new way. The Spartanburg County Master Skills Center is an extension of the Career and Technology Education program in Spartanburg School District 6. T...

Just a reminder that there will be no school for students on Friday, March 15th!

Congratulations to our Afternoon Class February Students of the Month!

Clockwise from Top Left:

Tremon Prysock - HVAC 2

Vadim Prokopchuk - Plumbing 2

Yonatan Euceda - Barber 3&4

Joshua Gamez-Hernandez - HVAC 2

Brody Smallwood - Heavy Equipment Operator Level 2.

We are extremely proud of the hard work these excellent students are doing everyday here at the Master Skills Center!

Congratulations to our Morning Class February Students of the Month!

Clockwise from Top Left:

William Glenn -HVAC 1

Caleb Ballard - HVAC 1

Ethan Dodd - Heavy Equipment Operator Level 2

Anthony Ramos - Barber 1&2

Aaron Honeycutt -Plumbing 1

These students are doing an outstanding job! We are very proud of them and their hard work!

A huge thank you to one of our business partners, Morgan Corp. for allowing Brett Swann’s Level 2 Heavy Equipment Operators to come and tour the facility! They also learned about the different sizes of equipment used to move dirt efficiently and safely on various types of job sites.

Another huge thank you to Gettys D. Broome High School for inviting the Master Skills Center to their 8th Grade Parent Night. It’s always a great event when we can share about our programs! We met many students and parents who had great questions about the classes we offer. Hope to see many of these students on campus in the future!

A huge thank you to Woodruff High School for inviting the Master Skills Center to their Career Fair. We met many outstanding students who had some great questions about our programs! Hope to see these students on our campus soon!

If your student is interested in one of our programs, please encourage them to speak to their guidance counselor about signing up!

Congrats to Mason Haun, one of our outstanding HVAC students, for qualifying for the State Wrestling tournament!!! Great job Mason!!!

Today, the Master Skills Center and the Heavy Equipment Operator’s class partnered with TreesUpstate to plant trees on the MSC campus! Together, we planted a mixture of Magnolia trees and Carolina Sapphire evergreen trees, and then spread mulch to cover the entire berm.
A huge thank you to Kylie Stackis, Pat and his crew, Mr. Brett Swann, his Heavy Equipment students and Jeremy Johnson with D6 Maintenance for making this happen! This was an awesome project from start to finish for our Heavy Equipment students!

Congratulations to our November Students of the Month for our Afternoon Classes! These students are doing an Outstanding Job!

Clockwise from Top Left:

Grayson Osteen - HVAC

Adam McMann - Plumbing

Wyatt Bradshaw - Heavy Equipment Operator

Valmir Bytyqi - Barber

Timothy Wilson - HVAC