Burwell Students Win Top Honors at Microsoft Certification
March 07, 2016
Three Burwell students have been awarded top honors for high scores on the Microsoft Office
certification test they took during the first semester of the school year. All Burwell students in the
Information Technology Applications I & II class took tests to become certified in Microsoft Office Word
and Microsoft Office Excel. Deklan Svoboda placed second in the state of Nebraska in Microsoft Office
Specialist – Excel 2010. Classmate, Lydia Elliott, placed third in the state in Microsoft Office Specialist –
Word 2010 and Ryan Dawe was named the State Champion in Microsoft Office Specialist – Word 2010
and Microsoft Office Specialist – Excel 2010. As the state champion, Ryan will go on to represent the
State of Nebraska at the 2016 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship in Orlando, Florida,
June 28-30. Ryan will be competing in the Microsoft Office Specialist – Word 2010 division. Classmate,
Deklan Svoboda, will compete at the National Championship in the Microsoft Office Specialist – Excel
division.