Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

This is my last post of the year. I hope you all are staying warm this winter. It has been snowing a lot here in Utah this week. Right now the temperature is exactly freezing (32° F, 0° C). Here's a picture of me and my brother in front of our house:


Ok, it's actually just a picture I found on the internet, but isn't it cute? I love this happy time of year.


This week's Top 10 teams worldwide are:

1. Colegio Boston de Negocios (Costa Rica)
2. Libyan Iron and Steel Company (LISCO) (Libya)
3. Centro Educativo Grupo CEDVA (Mexico)
4. Digital Roadrunners (USA)
5. Alshamelah-ATC-ACA (Libya)
6. Albedaya Team (Libya)
7. Alwafa High Institute (Libya)
8. Air force Abu dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
9. Alshamelah Team (Libya)
10. Alshamelah-ATC-GOV (Libya)

As I mentioned last week, I will not be posting rankings over the holiday break, so check back January 9th! Since you'll have to wait 3 full weeks for the next status report, here are the top 10 teams from each region...

North, South & Central America

1. Colegio Boston de Negocios (Costa Rica)
2. Centro Educativo Grupo CEDVA (Mexico)
3. Digital Roadrunners (USA)
4. IBEC TLC (Ecuador)
5. Eastern Eagles (USA)
6. NHS IT Eagles (USA)
7. The College of The Bahamas
8. CATS (USA)
9. Team Discovery (USA)
10. Hagerstown Community College (USA)

Asia-Pacific (all representing Japan this week)

1. 日本工学院専門学校
2. 専修学校 国際電子ビジネス専門学校
3. オデッセイ テスティング センター 有楽町店
4. ニューホライズンジャパン CDトレーニングセンター
5. 国際情報ビジネス専門学校
6. オデッセイ テスティング センター 横浜店
7. オデッセイ テスティング センター 新宿店
8. 富士通マイゼミナール 新宿会場
9. パソコン教室PicoPico
10. パソコンタッチ塾 鳥取教室

Europe, Middle East & Africa

1. LISCO - Libyan Iron and Steel Company (Libya)
2. Albedaya Team (Libya)
3. Alshamelah-ATC-ACA (Libya)
4. Alwafa High Institute (Libya)
5. Alshamelah Team (Libya)
6. Air force Abu dhabi (Libya)
7. Alshamelah-ATC-GOV (Libya)
8. Euro-Form Gruppo Formland (Italy)
9. Institut 2F GmbH (Germany)
10. Technoplus Toumba (Greece)

The scores for a lot of these rankings are very close. Remember that if you submit a video to Certiport by January 15th, you will get an automatic 600 points, with a chance at 1,000 more. This is enough to significantly alter the rankings for some teams so I hope you will take advantage of the opportunity!

Have a great 3 weeks everyone. Happy Holidays to you all, no matter what holiday you are celebrating!
--Teresa