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Commack Students' App Brings Them to NASDAQ
Teens design program to help other students study on the go.
A group of Commack High School sophomores designed a mobile application that recently put them on the NASDAQ floor.
Jotham Cohen, Michel Glass, Nayib Perez and Max, which made up Team Tech-Ed entered their mobile application and accompanying website "Study Buddy" in the Junior Achievement competition in February.
The competition challenged students to invent a product that aided in education. The team's app would help students "study on the go." Team Tech-Ed advanced to the finals, held on May 31, as part of an elite group of 23 students that made it to the last round of judging, according to a press release.
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The students were then given the opportunity to present their business plan to judges at NASDAQ. More than 700 students from New York City and Long Island competed in the Junior Achievement contest and semi-finals.
Each Commack student received a $100 gift card and the opportunity to "network with high-end executives, and have the ultimate experience of NASDAQ itself," said Sandra Braun, their teacher in the Entrepreneurship class at Commack High.
Each Commack student received a $100 gift card and the opportunity to "network with high-end executives, and have the ultimate experience of NASDAQ itself," said Sandra Braun, their teacher in the Entrepreneurship class at Commack High.
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