Advanced Welding III student Hope Ryder ('24) cuts through a block of metal as she demonstrates proper technique for Mr. Tommy Gordon's Principals of Welding class, where she is a student aide, on Friday, Dec. 3, 2023.
Ryder, a four-year welding students, Indianette drill team member and four-year fishing team angler, recently passed her welding certification test, coming in 12th out of nearly a hundred area students in her level, placing 2nd out of the PNG welders attending. (Jasmine Birge/NDN Press)