CCST 4th Annual Spring Showcase
2025/2026 Monthly News and Updates
January/February 2026
The Commercial Vehicle and Heavy Equipment Repair (CVHER) program is pleased to share that six students from our senior class performed exceptionally well at this year's SkillsUSA Diesel Equipment Technology Region 2 Competition on Saturday, February 21. These students worked very hard to demonstrate their technical skills and knowledge at hands-on stations that challenged them in areas such as precision measurements, truck inspection, air brake service, and hydraulic equipment components.
We are extremely proud of all of the students for their hard work and high scores across all stations. We are especially proud that every student from our program received very positive feedback for their professionalism and strong work ethic, as well as for their top technical station scores.
Cecil County has much to be proud of, as students in the Commercial Vehicle and Heavy Equipment Repair program earned all three medals at the SkillsUSA Maryland Region Two Competition. As in last year, this means Cecil County School of Technology is the only Region 2 school heading to the SkillsUSA Maryland 53rd Annual State Championship in the Diesel Equipment Technology competition.
Earning the SkillsUSA Maryland Region 2 medals and advancing to the state competition on Saturday, April 18, 2026, are Gabriel Stollings (gold), Darrin Huegel (silver), and Caleb Murdorf (bronze).
Career technical training continues to progress with each class. Junior and senior year students are working hard to prepare themselves for gainful employment as entry-level technicians!
November/December 2025
Once again this year CVHER program students helped with organizing and participating in our fourth annual "CCST Stuff the Bus" canned food drive. Students worked in combination with donation efforts from the entire school population (students and staff) to collect food and goods to help our community.
It is impossible to express in words the sincere gratitude that is felt for your amazing generosity, hard work, and compassion demonstrated through your support of our community during this year's CCST Stuff the Bus food drive campaign.
Since its inception in 2022, Stuff the Bus has received steady increases to the amount of donations each year. This year marked a new incredibly high level of overall items brought in thanks to your compassion, and your dedication to being good stewards for our community..
As a result of your efforts the Ray of Hope Mission Center in Port Deposit, and the Help Center in Elkton received an equal split of the total 4,932 items weighing in a little over 3 tons supplied this year!!!
These two amazing organizations are positioned well at opposite ends of our county, so that our donations can have the most positive impact for residents in multiple zip codes. Feedback from these charitable organizations reinforces the importance of this event, as their food pantries will be restocked from critically low levels, thanks to our donations.
The Stuff the Bus campaign was born from student input in the Commercial Vehicle and Heavy Equipment Repair (formerly Diesel Tech) Program. A simple but impactful idea to use our program's retired school bus as a tool to help those in our county struggling with food insecurity. Funny to think that this old bus is still serving the county even in its retirement stage, as a repair vehicle for our technicians in training, and during this event as a food donation central point.
The bus is only a collection point, and the original idea to gather canned goods would have gone by the wayside if not for those students before you. You all can take pride in not just continuing this important annual event, but also in how you have expanded the level of community support Stuff the Bus can provide.
Every morning announcement at CCST includes our main motto, Expect success at CCST, Certification, Citizenship, Skills, and Technology. You all are shining examples of citizenship and we are so proud of your hard work in service to our community.
A huge THANK YOU! goes out as well to the community members that joined in with CCST donation efforts through public drop off to our school. We are so grateful for your support of our school and your partnership to ensure this event had a huge positive impact on others lives.
On December 3rd Tyler Nichols, 2020 CCST alumni and owner of Roadrunner Roadside Service, visited the Commercial Vehicle and Heavy Equipment senior class to discuss career planning and showcase his company's role in the service industry. Tyler also shared how his CCST technical education and years of experience working in the field formed the foundation for where he is now.
We appreciate Tyler helping to educate the class about career goals and discuss future job opportunities for our students.
September/October 2025
The 2025/26 school year has been off to a successful and busy start, with both classes working hard on their career training in the Commercial Vehicle and Heavy Equipment Repair Program. We have been blessed again with several business donations of materials and funding for student training aids and industry equipment.
On Wednesday September 17th the Commercial Vehicle and Heavy Equipment Repair Program senior class completed Basic Life Support training including; CPR, first-aid, stop-the-bleed, and choking emergency situation response skills training. This incredibly valuable training was provided thanks to Cecil County Emergency Services and students will receive their CPR/First-Aid certification cards through the American Heart Association. The training was delivered by Paramedics Nicole Hoffman and Chris McCann. Paramedic McCann is a 2022 CCST graduate from the Fire Science program. A huge thank you to them both!
For the fifth year in a row students volunteered their time and efforts to participate with the Cecil County Farm Museum & Regional Agricultural Center (CCFMRAC) Heritage Day Event on October 18th. This was yet again another great time for students to engage with the public to educate others about our program, while at the same time help with event services for the CCFMRAC.
Thanks to the amazing partnership we have with All Roads Trucks and the Kenworth Essentials Program, our classroom received some beautiful Kenworth truck wall photos to help feed our students passion for trucks. Our students have the option to complete Paccar/Kenworth OEM trainings provided through the Kenworth Essentials Program. These valuable trainings are recognized and valued by great dealerships like All Roads Trucks.