A competition co-sponsored by PP&L, Inc., that encourages students to develop solutions to everyday issues faced by corporations wraps up Saturday(3/14). Teams of students from three local high schools will present their solutions to a panel of judges.

The oral presentations of the "Let's Get Real" competition begin at 9:30 a.m. in the PP&L corporate headquarters building at Ninth and Hamilton streets in Allentown. The high schools participating are Mechanicsburg, Millersburg and Dieruff, which has two teams. Winners will be announced at 1 p.m.

The teams already have submitted written reports. In addition to those reports, judges will evaluate the teams on the practicality and the potential for implementation of their solutions; the cost/benefit analysis of suggested solutions; creativity and originality; and documentation and clarity of solutions.

Students are evaluating two problems: how a company can help in the revitalization of urban areas; and how to improve water quality of a watershed, while allowing for controlled growth.

"This competition is another opportunity for students to use their classroom skills and their knowledge to present innovative solutions and practical approaches to problems and issues businesses face daily," said Larry Sparta, director of Education Relations for PP&L.

Other sponsors for the competition are Hershey Foods, AMP Incorporated and the Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education.

Students in sixth through 12th grades in schools in Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancaster, Lehigh, Northampton and York counties are eligible for the competition.