Jericho’s Virtual Enterprise class competes nationally

Jessica Vartanov and Ada Wang have placed top 6th in the nation for Virtual Enterprises National Finance Competition a class taught in the high school by Jessica Rogovitz. The award was presented to the team at the Youth Business Summit held on April 19 in New York City at the Javits Center.

Students who competed in this competition had to complete a series of finance tasks which, include determining how capital funds will be used and where the funds will come from, basing financial projections on research and reasonable estimates, and being able to accurately estimate profits for investors. The team designed and presented to a panel of judges current and projected financial statements to show how the company has obtained adequate capital and was able to show stakeholders and potential investors a reasonably accurate projection of sales and profit.

ELYTS, a Virtual Enterprises

International business class also taught by Jessica Rogovitz, had a team composed of James Rush, Ada Wang, Zara Qizilbash, Elina Ng, Jessica Adel, & Benson Chen who all took part in the Youth business Summit National Business Plan Competition. After multiple rounds, their firm was able to place in the top 20 out of 1500+ virtual businesses in the country at United Federation of Teachers in Manhattan on Monday April 17. Congratulations to all who competed.

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