High School Students from 19 area high schools gathered at Lincoln Land Community College on Tuesday for the annual WYSE Academic Challenge. Matt Vespa, a Professor at LLCC and Director of the WYSE competition shared information on the WYSE Challenge.

Students test in their choice of two of seven different subjects, and individuals and school teams that place in either first or second in their respective divisions advance to the sectional competition, with the chance to move on to the state finals in April. Vespa said if students are interested in competing in the WYSE Academic Challenge, they have several avenues to do so.