Kyrie M. Blue ('25)
I am a senior at Quincy High School, set to graduate in 2025.
I love to weld, and to build new and interesting things. I also enjoy social activism and poetry, having made some of my best memories and friends from POC Student Union, Girl Scouts, and Poetry Club.
I’m very close with my family and am a three-sport athlete with volleyball, basketball, and golf.
Personal Skills
2D & 3D CAD Programming
I am well-versed in the 3D and 2D CAD System used in my metal fabrication shop at Quincy High School. I have used the system for the last three years and it has helped me create an array of projects, such as fire pits for anniversaries, roses for Mother’s Day, and a light house-shaped container for the ashes of a beloved grandfather.
CNC Designing
For me, CAD programing and CNC designing go hand in hand. I use both systems collaboratively to turn the 2D into 3D. Some examples of this ability are a triceratops statue I designed and built for the incoming Welding 1 students, a lighthouse I am currently designing to hold a friend’s grandfathers ashes, and the 16-foot pterodactyl I am creating for the VocTec Student of the Year Award.
MIG & Stick Welding
MIG Welding (professionally known as Gas Metal Arc Welding) was the first welding process I learned in my career, and I am now fully AWS-Certified. I am currently completing my AWS-certification for Stick Welding, and is the process I used the most during my summer internship at Boston's largest mechanical construction firm, Cannistraro.
Past Projects
Lion Fire Pit was my first big solo project, and was used as a program fundraiser for Quincy High School’s Metal Fabrication shop.
The design took me two days to complete – I saw the lion symbol and ran with it. I felt that it reflected my class’ tenacity perfectly. After it was fully cut, the real work started as I had to lead a team of my classmates through full construction of the cut pieces.
In the end, we reached a product I am very proud to have helped bring into the world.