Walla Walla High School students rank first in technology exam

Walla Walla High School students rank first in technology exam
Last semester, Walla Walla High School Career and Technical Education teachers piloted the Microsoft IT Academy from a partnership between Microsoft and OSPI.

This academy offered students the opportunity to take the certification exams, an internationally recognized Microsoft exam. A total of 24 students have passed either the PowerPoint, Word, or Access certification exams, a rigorous 50 minute, proctored exam.

"Currently, we are #1 on the leaderboard for pass rate percentage!" said CTE teacher Gay Buissink.

All staff members who teach the course at Wa-Hi have completed IT Academy training and have been certified as proctors of these professional exams.

"We feel that a student who earns certification will have a competitive advantage in the workplace against those who have not earned this prestigious, internationally-recognized standard of excellence as recognized by Microsoft," said CTE teacher Scott Reardon. "We hope we can get several more students certified this spring so that we can get Wa-Hi in the top five in the state in the total number of certification exams passed."

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