To: All media
From: Lou DiCesare,
Business Education Teacher - 336-4633
Date: December 5, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATIONAL FINALISTS
Irondequoit High School
juniors, Tyler Condello and Sam Kennedy, finished 4th
in the country out of 1,250 teams in 43 states to qualify to compete at the
DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in April for the
Virtual Business Retail on-line simulation competition.
A four-week long competition
had the two students working on pricing and store-front advertising strategies.
Upon completing a full virtual year on the computer simulation program, they
would upload their score to www.knowledgematters.com and see how they fared against students from all over the
country. Students can improve their rankings by trying different business
strategies to get better results and re-upload a new performance as many times
they'd like over the four-week competition period.
By finishing in first or second
place in the North Atlantic region of the country would qualify them to compete
for the national title at the DECA ICDC in
A separate on-line
competition for DECA had students running a sports franchise. Ticket pricing
strategies and stadium personnel decisions were part of this competition. First
place for each of the four regions would have students qualify to compete in
Again the team of Kennedy/Condello finished extremely well, and nearly qualified to
compete in nationals in this event as well by finishing in 2nd place in the
The second and final
challenge for Retail and Sports begins January 7, 2008. The same opportunities will exist then only
focusing on using different business decisions.