Utah Holds Annual LearnKey Challenge for Technology Students
Posted on April 30, 2008
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OREM, Utah, April 30 /PRNewswire/ — LearnKey, Inc. with the Career &
Technical Education within the Utah State Office of Education announces the
LearnKey state winners for the LearnKey Challenge. For the second year in a
row high school students have gathered at Utah Valley State College (UVSC)
to test on certification subjects like Novell, Cisco, Microsoft, Linux and
Certiport.
Top winners came from schools all over Utah. Top scorers included Juan
Diego High School, American Fork High School, and Cottonwood High School.
Close to 200 students came to UVSC on Monday April 28th to compete head to
head to win recognition and awards. UVSC scholarships were awarded to the
top winners as well as coveted prizes including XBOX, Nano IPOD, and other
software or technology related door prizes.
“The LearnKey Challenge recognizes the ‘all-state’ stars of IT
technology in Utah,” says Carl Lyman, Information Technology Education
Specialist of the Utah State Office of Education, “it is important to stand
behind these students who are learning the technology of today and
tomorrow.”
It was a big day for many teachers and students; listening to experts
from Microsoft, Novell, and Certiport about industry insights. “This type
of industry gathering is so important for the students that will be our
leaders of tomorrow. With these kids geared up and ready to go it’s really
nice to see them work hard with technology and pushing themselves to meet
industry standard test preparation”, say’s Jamie Franzman Chief of
Operations, LearnKey, Inc.
The following schools and participates deservingly walked away with
different types of awards and recognition.
American Fork High Schools
Brent Anderson Novell CNA 1st Place
Walter Passi Windows XP 3rd Place
Ryan Rawling Linux 2nd Place
Mark Roberts Win Server 2003 2nd Place
Bryce Tholl Win Server 2003 3rd Place
Blake Vandemerwe Win Server 2003 1st Place
Bear River High School
Dakota Crandall Windows XP 1st Place
Box Elder High School
Daniel Prows Network+ 1st Place
Carbon High School
Jeffrey Hyer A+ Advanced 2nd Place
Cottonwood High School
James Clark A+ Advanced 3rd Place
Isaac Smith Certiport IC3 1st Place
Emery High School
Rebecca Lofley Novell CNA 2nd Place
Taylor Tanner Novell CNA 3rd Place
Grantsville High School
John Fryer A+ Essentials 2nd Place
John Fryer Network+ 3rd Place
Jordan Applied Technology Center
Erick Delgado Cisco CCNA 2nd Place
Juan Diego High School
Daniel Davis Linux 3rd Place
Alex Hicks Cisco CCNA 1st Place
Andrew Jolly Cisco CCNA 3rd Place
Evan LeForestier Win XP 2nd Place
John Soklaski Linux 1st Place
Salt Lake Career and Technical Center
Jeff Brock Network+ 2nd Place
Brendan Willis A+ Essentials 1st Place
Brendan Willis A+ Advanced 1st Place
Woods Cross High School
Bryce Blankenagel Certiport IC3 3rd Place
Taylor Clutter Certiport IC3 2nd Place
Michael Weaver A+ Essentials 3rd Place
LearnKey provided the industry-based testing questions. Each
certification test ranged from 30-45 minutes and students are allowed to
take up to two exams. LearnKey is known for preparing learners to take
high-level IT certification exams and has made questions available for
these students to better judge their preparation for the jobs available in
the IT industry.
About LearnKey
LearnKey, Inc. produces state-of-the-art learning courses that are
delivered straight from your desktop or laptop with over 300 current
courses in Information Technology, Office Productivity, Personal
Productivity, Database Technology, Graphic Design, Vocational Training and
K12 Curriculum. For more information about LearnKey, please visit
http://www.learnkey.com.
CONTACT:
Melissa Miller
LearnKey, Inc.
1-800-865-0165 ext. 136
mmiller@learnkey.com
SOURCE LearnKey, Inc.
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