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What teacher do you want to see in the Dunk Tank
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25th Annual Arts Fest
Arts fest is not just a day off from school. Arts fest is a day to appreciate art around I.H.S. and do many things that you would not be expected to do. The 25th annual Arts fest is May 24th. It starts second period and its goes all the way to eighth period and during ninth period there is a softball game between the seniors and the teachers. I-town connect is promoting arts fest by running a dunk tank again this year and selling bottled water. We have coupons on line for free throws, so check our website for more information.
Come dunk your favorite or least favorite teacher!
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IHS Business Students Thrive in DECA International Competition
After months of preparation, planning and fundraising, seven Irondequoit High School business students traveled to Anaheim, CA this past week (April 24-28) to compete in the DECA International Career Development Competition (ICDC).
DECA , an international student organization, enhances the preparation for college and careers by providing co-curricular programs that integrate into classroom instruction, applying learning in the context of business, connecting to business and the community and promoting competition. Its student members leverage their DECA experience to become academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders. Information about DECA can be viewed at www.deca.org.
16,000 attendees from all 50 states and five different countries competed in over 50 different business disciplines. Each event had qualifying rounds at either the state and/or the county level. Students preparation for these events take place in classes at Irondequoit High School such as VB Management, Sports Marketing, College Accounting, College Business Law, Fashion & Entertainment, International Business, Career & Financial Management and E-Commerce.
Irondequoit Business student, sophomore Nick Charles, competed in the Virtual Business Sports computer simulation competition as well as the IHS freshman team of Ty'Reek and Danny Kalke. In this competition (designed by www.knowledgematters.com ) students make business decisions through a simulation program on managing a football team. Stadium location, Ticket pricing, promotion giveaways, licensing agreements, stadium personnel, sponsorships, and media planning are all decisions that need to be made quickly. Seven other student competitors are making similar decisions in a network set up trying to make more money than you. Hundreds of students competed on-line to make it to ICDC. Only 16 teams earned the opportunity. After five rounds of competition, the team of Sizer and Kalke finished 11th in the world and the other IHS team Nick Charles finished 4th in the world and received a sponsored prize of $100 and a top 10 medal on stage in front of the 16,000 attendees.
Sophomore Teddy Snyder and freshman Trevor Carney also competed in a computer simulation competition. Their competition was titled the Virtual Business Retail competition. This competition structure is similar in nature to the above mentioned sports competition, except their business decisions focused around maximizing profits through the management of a retail store like a Wal-Mart. Analyzing decisions around product offerings, merchandising, pricing/margins, advertising, staffing, inventory, security, financing, service contracts and market research are the keys to maximizing profits. Snyder and Carney at the end of the competition earned a top 10 medal, $250 and got to walk up on the stage and receive the 3rd place overall world trophy.
Seniors Sara Buckbee and Romel Williams competed in the individual series events. Sara competed in Business Services Marketing and Romel in Quick Serve Restaurant Marketing. In these events, students were required to take a 100 question multiple choice test on their respective cluster area and then read and analyze two different timed role-play scenarios. Upon completion of those two steps, students then present their solution to an industry expert judge who evaluates their solution and presentation and assigns a grade. The test and role play scores are added together and sorted - where medals are given out for top 10 performances for the test, each role play and an overall top 20 world medal. If a student receives a top 20 overall medal, they then compete in one last role play to determine the final winners. Williams, who is heading to NYU in the fall to study Economics, received a top 10 medal for one of his role plays and an overall top 20 world medal. Buckbee, who is heading to Bentley University to study Business, earned a top 20 and a top 10 world medals for her efforts.
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