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Pittsford Mendon Wins NYS LifeSmarts Championship

March 30, 2011

Schenectady County Community College

Congratulations to the following teams:

First Place: Pittsford Mendon High School

Second Place: Smithtown West High School

Third place: Smithtown East High School

Fourth Place: Cairo-Durham High School

Fifth Place: Brentwood High School

Sixth Place: Saranac Lake High School

Seventh Place: Brentwood Freshmen Center

Eighth Place: Churchville-Chili High School

Ninth Place: Irondequoit West High School

Tenth Place: Oneida Herkimer Madison BOCES

 

Congratulations to the following individual topic test winners:

Consumer Rights:

    Victoria Burchill, Churchville Chili High School

Environment:

     Mike Nichols, Saranac Lake High School

Health & Safety:

     Nick Ambery, Smithtown West High School

Personal Finance:

     Denver Rawlins, Pittsford Mendon High School

Technology:

     Alex Barnes, Smithtown West High School

National Competition: April 30-May 3, 2011 (Universal City, CA)

 

Thank you to our special guest Question Master, Jack Aernecke:


Jack Aernecke’s lifelong broadcasting career has made him a well-known and respected figure in the Capital District. Before retiring in 2007, Jack spent 35 years as an anchor and business-technology reporter at WRGB-TV, a CBS affiliate.

Throughout his career, Jack reported on countless exciting developments in the Capital District, including the start of the nation’s first college-based business incubator at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the emergence of cutting-edge research entrepreneurs in Tech Valley, the development and growth of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany, and significant business-education partnerships that have impacted the region since the early 1980s.

Since retiring, Jack has remained involved in the local high tech community and provides voice over and narration services for a number of clients. He and his wife Kathleen live in Schenectady.

Thank you to all of our competition officials and volunteers

 

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