(May 2, 2014) Principal Barbara Mendolla is proud to annouce that County Prep senior William Toledo achieved 10th place in the US/Canada Cisco NetRiders international internetworking competition. This year's Netriders CCENT competition involved over 1,000 students from 28 states and 4 provinces.
The NetRiders competition is an interactive IT/Networking skills challenge, and involves both written questions and simulation activities.
Cisco created NetRiders in order to offer a fun, educational challenge for students to compete with their peers in a real-time environment that showcases their IT/Networking skills. In addition, NetRiders helps to identify top talent for potential employment opportunities. For Instructors, NetRiders is a great opportunity to provide students with opportunities to develop and demonstrate their leadership outside the traditional classroom curriculum.
In addition to international recognition for his skills, William won a $100 gift card and certificate.
Congratulations to William and instructor Mike Grele!