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Wed Jan 16, 2008, 02:35 PM EST
Five teams representing Tri-County RVTHS have placed in the State Junior Achievement Titan Competition, held on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at the Microsoft office in Waltham.
Second Place went to Audrey Clark of Franklin and Shawn Langille and Aubrey Waznis of North Attleborough, third place went to Brian Curley of Franklin, Brendan Clist of Medway, James Paquette of Norfolk, and Jon Bennett of North Attleborough, and fourth place went to Brandon Cahoon and Gregory Roselli of North Attleborough and Steven Pothier of Seekonk. Fifth place went to Patrick Welter of Medfield and Thomas Gambon and Maxwell Hand of Walpole, while Michael D'Innocenzo of Millis, Craig Foran of North Attleborough and Kelvin Mahoney of Walpole were state finalists.
Tri-County's student teams qualified for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th places after competing against teams representing Burlington High School, Framingham High School, Mansfield High School, Shawsheen Valley Technical High School, Woburn Memorial High School, and Urban Science Academy.
The 16 Tri-County student winners received Junior Achievement Titan Trophies and Certificates, as well as leather portfolios from Bank of America and a Microsoft Office or Notes program from the Microsoft Corporation in recognition of their
participation.
The JA Titan Competition is a widely recognized Web-based business simulation in which high school students create and run a fictional manufacturing company. Working in randomly selected industry groups, students make master key business decisions involving the price of their product, production levels, marketing expenses, research and developmental costs, capital investment levels, and charitable giving. Student success in the competition is based on the evaluation of their company's performance in retained earnings, supply and demand potential, productivity, market share, and growth.
The JA Titan Competition strives to educate students to value free enterprise, business, and economics.
Founded in 1919, JA was offered as an after-school program until 1975, when it was brought inside the classroom. In 2000, the JA Titan Competition was launched in its current Web-based format.
Tri-County RVTHS, located at 147 Pond St., Franklin, is recognized as a 2007 Compass School and serves the communities of Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Plainville, Seekonk, Sherborn, Walpole and Wrentham. For more information, visit www.tri-county.tc.
