What's New with Let's Get Real?

Here are the new challenges. 

The 2007-2008 Let's Get Real Challenges
 

Please click here to go to the 2007-2008 Visteon Challenges

                             Winning team for the 2007-2008 Visteon Challenge
                           Wallenpaupack High School in Hawley, PA
                             Andrew Bascom (12 grade), Phillip Stack (9) and
                            Mr. Ray Yoder (back to us) Robotics Engineer with Visteon
                        and Visteon Let's Get Real Coordinator

          Please click here to go to the 2007-2008 PPL Challenge

Please click here to go to the 2007-2008 Hershey Challenge

Winning Teams for Hershey Let's Get Real competition
Congratulations to all !!

First Place
 (Note: only one point separated first and second place)
Wallenpaupack High School, Hawley, PA
(L to R) Brooke Wilkens (10); Emily Silsby (12); Briana Wilkens (12); Grace Wildermuth (10)
 

Second Place
Middlesex County Academy, Edison, NJ
James McCormick (LGR Coordinator); Candice Liao (11); Yashshree Shah (11); Saahithi Karuturi (11); Judy Park (11)


Third Place
Hazelton High School, Hazelton, PA
Adrian Smith (12); Drew Samoyedny (12); Joseph Tombasco (12-not pictured);
Stephen Hametz (LGR Coordinator)


Fourth Place
Cinnaminson Middle School, Cinnaminson, NJ
Garwood Bacon (LGR Coordinator); Christine Urban (8); Alicia Ireland (8); Brittany Wun (8);
Khushbu Patel (8); Carolyn Urban (8)
 

And if anyone knows of a possible new sponsor PLEASE have them contact
Dr. Dan Holt as soon as possible.

So, What is Let's Get Real?

An International Academic Competition

Let's Get Real™ is an academic competition and an opportunity for teams of students to gain experience working on real business challenges. Corporate sponsors supply real challenges for which teams submit solutions in business format. Each team chooses from the list of challenges the one(s) it finds most interesting. Challenges might include areas such as environmental issues, manufacturing, distribution, engineering, software creation, human resources, health and safety, facilities design, public relations, or any other areas deemed important to the corporations involved.  There is NO entry fee for teams.

Mission Statement

Let's Get Real™ seeks to provide all students with opportunities to reach their full potential through innovative and creative educational activities. In working to establish non-traditional, "out of the box" opportunities we are addressing student transition from the four walls of the classroom to the realities of corporate America. In addition, we are putting corporate America in touch with an untapped resource for solving problems with which they are faced.

 Let's Get Real™ is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation.