{"id":1304,"date":"2025-04-05T15:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T15:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:49:46","slug":"recap-2025-high-school-welding-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/houston\/2025\/04\/05\/recap-2025-high-school-welding-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2025 High School Welding Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1304\" class=\"elementor elementor-1304\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b8e94d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b8e94d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6515b9\" data-id=\"d6515b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473efd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"473efd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 04\/05\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Tulsa Welding School (Houston) 243A Greens Rd. Houston TX 77060<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 300<\/p><p><strong>Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>Tulsa Welding School (Houston) hosted the 2025 High School Welding Competition, with over 300 attendees and 182 welders competing for prizes and scholarships. Top finisher received a full scholarship, second finisher a 50% scholarship and the third finisher received a 25% scholarship to Tulsa Welding Academy. 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