Utah Holds Annual LearnKey Challenge for Technology Students

2008 Annual Utah LearnKey IT Challenge

Orem, UT – April 28, 2008 – 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 28^th 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 1^st Place

Walter Passi Windows XP 3^rd Place

Ryan Rawling Linux 2^nd Place

Mark Roberts Win Server 2003 2^nd Place

Bryce Tholl Win Server 2003 3^rd Place

Blake Vandemerwe Win Server 2003 1^st Place

Bear River High School

Dakota Crandall Windows XP 1^st Place

Box Elder High School

Daniel Prows Network+ 1^st Place

Carbon High School

Jeffrey Hyer A+ Advanced 2^nd Place

Cottonwood High School

James Clark A+ Advanced 3^rd Place

Isaac Smith Certiport IC³ 1^st Place

Emery High School

Rebecca Lofley Novell CNA 2^nd Place

Taylor Tanner Novell CNA 3^rd Place

Grantsville High School

John Fryer A+ Essentials 2^nd Place

John Fryer Network+ 3^rd Place

Jordan Applied Technology Center

Erick Delgado Cisco CCNA 2^nd Place

Juan Diego High School

Daniel Davis Linux 3^rd Place

Alex Hicks Cisco CCNA 1^st Place

Andrew Jolly Cisco CCNA 3^rd Place

Evan LeForestier Win XP 2^nd Place

John Soklaski Linux 1^st Place

Salt Lake Career and Technical Center

Jeff Brock Network+ 2^nd Place

Brendan Willis A+ Essentials 1^st Place

Brendan Willis A+ Advanced 1^st Place

Woods Cross High School

Bryce Blankenagel Certiport IC³ 3^rd Place

Taylor Clutter Certiport IC³ 2^nd Place

Michael Weaver A+ Essentials 3^rd 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.

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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 www.learnkey.com.

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