Overview

The Circles of Excellence (formally known as the VE Top 50) is a composite method to identify the top firms in the VE program by measuring engagement and achievement of targeted initiatives throughout the year. The Circles of Excellence will recognize and highlight top firms in the VE program each year. This year’s Circles of Excellence will recognize Gold, Silver, and Bronze firms that meet the parameters as outlined in the list.

The results are cumulative. If your firm did not make the distinguished firms list, do not give up! There are several opportunities each period to move up the list. The CoE is designed to track progress over time and recognize overall engagement and achievement.

Firms will be able to access their Circles of Excellence report and monitor their status on the Hub throughout the year.

Find out more about each period’s parameters and deadlines by clicking into each period.

SY 2023-24 ANNUAL ACTIVITIES CALENDAR

Period 1 (August 2023 - October 2023)

Cutoff for the period is October 31, 2023

Maximum Points for the Period = 5

List of Round 1 distinguished firms to be published November 2023

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW TO EARN POINTS FOR PERIOD 1

Completed annual Business Registration Form
Participation in the National Elevator Pitch Competition
Proof of social media creation
Loan Application and/or Angel Investors and/or Bank Balance of $150,000 or more
Submitted a Lease Agreement with signatures

Period 2 (November 2023 - December 2023)

Cutoff for the period is December 31, 2023

Maximum Points for the Period = 14

List of Round 2 distinguished firms to be published January 2024

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW TO EARN POINTS FOR PERIOD 2

Participated in at least one trade show (Regional or National in Nov/Dec)
Participated in the National Company Branding Competition
Submitted the Executive Summary for the Business Plan Competition
Processed at least one Payroll (Nov/Dec)
Processed at least one Rent payment (Nov/Dec)
Processed at least one Utilities payment (Nov/Dec)
Evidence of student transactions (purchases made from student accounts)
Evidence of QuickBooks account setup
Submitted the 941 Withholding Payroll Tax Form (Nov/Dec)
Processed the 941 Remittance payment (Nov/Dec)
Developed a Risk Management plan
Established a Corporate Social Responsibility policy
Proof of purchased merchandise to sell or purchase of supplies to make products
Processed payment for General Liability or Workers Compensation insurance

Period 3 (January 2024 - February 2024)

Cutoff for the period is February 29, 2024

Maximum Points for the Period = 15

List of Round 3 distinguished firms to be published March 21, 2024

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW TO EARN POINTS FOR PERIOD 3

Participated in at least one trade show (Regional or National in Jan/Feb)
Submitted the Board of Directors Quarterly Report for Q3 (from Nov to Jan)
Participated in a local or regional round of the Business Plan Competition
Participated in a local or regional round of the FIN, HR, or MRK competitions
Participated in the National E-Commerce Website Competition
Participated in the National Video Commercial Competition
Processed at least one Payroll (Jan/Feb)
Processed at least one Rent payment (Jan/Feb)
Processed at least one Utilities payment (Jan/Feb)
Proof of sales made by the firm to individuals or other VE businesses
Evidence of student transactions (purchases made from student accounts) during the period Jan 1 to Feb 29
Submitted the 941 Withholding Payroll Tax Form (Jan/Feb)
Processed the 941 Remittance payment (Jan/Feb)
Submitted the Sales Tax Form (Jan/Feb)
Processed the Sales Tax payment (Jan/Feb)

Period 4 (March 2024 - April 2024)

Cutoff for the period is April 30, 2024

Maximum Points for the Period = 18

List of Excellence firms (Gold, Silver, and Bronze circles) to be published May 2024

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Participated in at least one trade show (Regional or National in Mar/Apr)
Submitted a written business plan
Qualified for the National Business Plan Competition
Received Top 20 Recognition for the National Business Plan Competition
Qualified for the National Marketing Competition
Qualified for the National Human Resources Competition
Qualified for the National Finance Competition
Processed at least one Payroll (Mar/Apr)
Processed at least one Rent payment (Mar/Apri)
Processed at least one Utilities payment (Mar/Apr)
Proof of sales made by the firm to individuals or other VE businesses
Evidence of student transactions (purchases made from student accounts) during the period Mar 1 to Apr 30
Submitted 941 Withholding Payroll Tax Form (Mar/Apr)
Processed 941 Remittance payment (Mar/Apr)
Submitted the Sales Tax Form (Mar/Apr)
Processed the Sales Tax payment (Mar/Apr)
Used TurboTax to file 1040 Income Tax Form
Completed at least one international transaction (incoming only)

Period 5 (May 2024)

Cutoff for the period is May 31, 2024

Maximum Points for the Period = 3

Final list of Excellence firms (Gold, Silver, and Bronze circles) to be published June 2024

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW TO EARN POINTS FOR PERIOD 5

Submitted an Annual Report
Submitted the 1120 Corporate Tax Form
Participated in the National Company Newsletter Competition

Circles of Excellence Request for Review

Circles of Excellence Period 4 Results

Firm	School Name	Region	PF Code	Circles of Excellence Status
MendTality	Centennial High School	West	US015373	Gold
Tidy-Tech	Academy of Finance and Enterprise	NYC	US015564	Gold
MAIA	Academy of Finance and Enterprise	NYC	US015565	Gold
Fusion	Riverside High School	South	US015218	Gold
Torn n Worn	Brooklyn Technical High School	NYC	US015436	Gold
FleurPlan	Brooklyn Technical High School	NYC	US015435	Gold
Re:Start	Brooklyn Technical High School	NYC	US015434	Gold
Mysterra	Midwood High School	NYC	US015472	Gold
Soteria	Westhampton Beach High School	Long Island	US015337	Gold
UpRise	SOUTHOLD JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015581	Gold
Melting Pint	Fort Hamilton High School	NYC	US015520	Gold
NYC PIZZA	Port Richmond High School	NYC	US01OFF	Gold
Dentafine	VR Eaton High School	South	US015235	Gold
Tempus	PAUL D SCHREIBER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US011897	Gold
The Zone: Ping Pong	Fountain Valley High School	West	US015606	Gold
Mynet	Bakersfield High	West	US015255	Gold
Cultural Connection	South Granville High School	South	US015369	Gold
The Animal Kingdom, Inc.	Loretto High School	South	US01125	Gold
Prush	VR Eaton High School	South	US015237	Gold
Correcx	Rocky Point High School	Long Island	US015528	Silver
Ecostitch	Adams High School	Midwest	US015120	Silver
Refresh	HERRICKS HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015183	Silver
Triple Z	HERRICKS HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015420	Silver
Green $cape	Granville Central High School	South	US06242	Silver
Core Inc.	Timothy Christian High School	Midwest	US061860	Silver
Tru. Nutrition	Ann Arbor Skyline High School	Midwest	US015470	Silver
Adastra	Stoney Creek High School	Midwest	US012581	Silver
PawPack	Crystal Lake South High School	Midwest	US014540	Silver
Smart Scents	Syosset High School	Long Island	US015501	Silver
HELPR	Legacy Magnet Academy	West	US015125	Silver
Genzurance	Harry S Truman High School	NYC	US015141	Silver
Ear 2 Hear	Granville Central High School	South	US014645	Silver
Revive	LYNBROOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015506	Silver
Fit Fusion	Spartanburg High School	South	US014518	Silver
Cafe Fusion	WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015412	Silver
Ship'N Scoops	Oceanside High School	Long Island	US015398	Silver
ReVino Essentials	Stockdale High	West	US015345	Silver
Whatnots, Inc.	Summertown High School	South	US014412	Silver
Eagle Energy	VR Eaton High School	South	US015236	Silver
4ever Fan	PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL	Northeast	US015578	Silver
Metaphor Inc.	Blackman High School	South	US01509	Silver
Catalyst	Neuqua Valley High School	Midwest	US012491	Silver
Clever Contraptions	St Charles East High School	Midwest	US06347	Silver
Restoration	HERRICKS HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015182	Silver
Ambrosia	Legacy Magnet Academy	West	US015692	Silver
Eco-Sports & Lifestyle	Flushing High School	NYC	US01252	Silver
Dynamic 5oles	William Cullen Bryant HS	NYC	US015573	Silver
Hardheads	JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL	South	US015204	Silver
well-bee-ing	Bearden High School	South	US015340	Silver
College Crates	PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL	Northeast	US015579	Silver
Odyssey	Blackman High School	South	US015249	Silver
R3Fill	Beech High School	South	US014436	Silver
Summit	Neuqua Valley High School	Midwest	US013489	Silver
A Second Cup	Oceanside High School	Long Island	US015397	Silver
DogGo	Smithtown HS East	Long Island	US015513	Silver
Dried Delights	Syosset High School	Long Island	US015405	Silver
Esscentials Aromatherapy	Syosset High School	Long Island	US015510	Silver
Wags	South Pasadena Senior High	West	US015209	Silver
Sansa	Ridgeview High	West	US015126	Silver
Rizilient	New Dorp High School	NYC	US014809	Silver
Aura Corporation	High School for Arts and Business	NYC	US015539	Silver
KIYO	William Cullen Bryant HS	NYC	US015396	Silver
VENA	A.P. Leto Comprehensive High School	South	US015187	Silver
Port & Co	Northport High School	Long Island	US015303	Bronze
Clean Cravings	PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOL	Northeast	US015566	Bronze
Bamboo Breeze	Coral Springs Charter School	South	US015364	Bronze
NutriGum	Bearden High School	South	US015629	Bronze
Affinity	Neuqua Valley High School	Midwest	US012484	Bronze
LiveIt Unlimited	Metea Valley High School	Midwest	US015664	Bronze
livcomfy	Waubonsie Valley High School	Midwest	US015728	Bronze
Monstr Cookies	CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015543	Bronze
ViBrace	WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015113	Bronze
Balanced Bites	Legacy Magnet Academy	West	US015690	Bronze
Janus	Edward R. Murrow High School	NYC	US015479	Bronze
Learnifi	Edward R. Murrow High School	NYC	US015474	Bronze
MatchWear	Francis Lewis High School	NYC	US014826	Bronze
Coastal Treasures	COOPER CITY HIGH SCHOOL	South	US015259	Bronze
Nature Nooks	Lawrence County High School	South	US013134	Bronze
Pantheon	Rochester High School	Midwest	US015162	Bronze
Protectors Insurance Company	SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015670	Bronze
TIMEWISE	Legacy Magnet Academy	West	US015693	Bronze
Sweets on the Street	SUSAN E WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL	NYC	US015522	Bronze
Splitz	JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL	South	US015203	Bronze
Safe Sip	CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015544	Bronze
Apex Fitness	PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOL	Northeast	US015575	Bronze
Heart Break Rage Room	Montclair High	West	US015254	Bronze
Apex Jewelry	Neuqua Valley High School	Midwest	US015391	Bronze
FanBox	Metea Valley High School	Midwest	US06436	Bronze
Brook Street Bakery	SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015457	Bronze
Gimme Golf	COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015223	Bronze
Goodmorning Co.	BETHPAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015198	Bronze
On The Goal	East Hampton High School	Long Island	US015527	Bronze
Stage Stream	Syosset High School	Long Island	US015502	Bronze
Flotsam & Jetsam	Legacy Magnet Academy	West	US015691	Bronze
EdaptaWare	Stockdale High	West	US015346	Bronze
Opti Edge	Elmwood Park High School	Midwest	US015232	Bronze
Pure-O	Bakersfield High	West	US015311	Bronze
unwind	Greer High School	South	US015227	Bronze
A Helping Hand	West Hempstead Secondary School	Long Island	US011879	Bronze
At Your Service	West Hempstead Secondary School	Long Island	US01145	Bronze
Nutri-Shore	PLAINEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015559	Bronze
OH!SIP	Hampton Bays School District	Long Island	US015505	Bronze
Refill	HERRICKS HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015393	Bronze
SeaSweep	BETHPAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015197	Bronze
Sound Wave	San Juan Hills High School	West	US015309	Bronze
SafeNet Insurance	Yeshivah of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School	NYC	US015165	Bronze
REVE & Co	High School of Fashion Industries	NYC	US015685	Bronze
MINNE-SORTA NICE CO.	Minnetonka High School	Midwest	US014378	Bronze
VIBE	SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015467	Bronze
Oasis	Metea Valley High School	Midwest	US061218	Bronze
Iris	Ann Arbor Skyline High School	Midwest	US015471	Bronze
Uncharted	Waubonsie Valley High School	Midwest	US06551	Bronze
45North	Alpena High School	Midwest	US015116	Bronze
Midnight Cupcakes	WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015265	Bronze
Job Oracle	Archbishop Molloy High School	NYC	US012632	Bronze
LuxDesigns	Francis Lewis High School	NYC	US011212	Bronze
Herd Hive	The High School for Language and Diplomacy	NYC	US015432	Bronze
DataCore	New Dorp High School	NYC	US015600	Bronze
Nuapps	Francis Lewis High School	NYC	US014868	Bronze
Unboxed	PITTSFORD-MENDON HIGH SCHOOL	Northeast	US015567	Bronze
Solar Solutions	Lincoln Technical Academy	West	US015205	Bronze
BetterBox	Cary-Grove Community High School	Midwest	US015271	Bronze
The Geneva Collection	Geneva High School	Midwest	US015269	Bronze
greenprints	JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015462	Bronze
Revive1	Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS	Long Island	US015448	Bronze
K.O. Combat	COMSEWOGUE HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015372	Bronze
Tornado Watch	Lawrence High School	Long Island	US014153	Bronze
Maki Energy	Westminster High School	West	US015375	Bronze
Pangea Plates	La Mirada HS	West	US015189	Bronze
Aegis, Inc.	Homestead High	West	US015374	Bronze
DreamScape	Mount Sinai High School	Long Island	US015696	Bronze
Hairvana	Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK HS	Long Island	US015447	Bronze
SUPERCHARGED	Deer Park School District	Long Island	US015145	Bronze
Charge Caddy	Montville Township High School	New York Metro	US015343	Bronze
InVision	Montville Township High School	New York Metro	US015344	Bronze
DreamClean	The Academy of Mathematics, Science & Engineering	New York Metro	US015349	Bronze
Quisine	John Jay Senior High School	New York Metro	US015603	Bronze
Lightning Insurance	Roy C. Ketcham High School	New York Metro	US012662	Bronze
Waffle Wagon	Whippany Park High School	New York Metro	US015533	Bronze
Ess-Energy	Coral Springs Charter School	South	US015363	Bronze
POP Planning	Metea Valley High School	Midwest	US015707	Bronze
Cloud Co.	PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015568	Bronze
Shore2Shore	SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015456	Bronze
Clublinx	Archbishop Molloy High School	NYC	US014681	Bronze
Ambrosia Skin	Forest Hills High School	NYC	US015547	Bronze
Attire Wire	BABYLON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015532	Bronze
JobLinc	Abraham Lincoln High School	NYC	US01295	Bronze
Ship N' Chef	Murrieta Valley High	West	US015164	Bronze
REM+	San Juan Hills High School	West	US015308	Bronze
PetPoint	Robbinsville High School	New York Metro	US041309	Bronze
Baby Bloom	IN-Tech Academy	NYC	US015561	Bronze
H2Flow	South Hills High	West	US015476	Bronze
Baron Brew Cafe	Fountain Valley High School	West	US014706	Bronze
ALLTag	Smithtown HS East	Long Island	US015514	Bronze
EZ-Gym	WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015266	Bronze
WaveSync	ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015661	Bronze
Snappy Suits	PITTSFORD SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL	Northeast	US015601	Bronze
Lens Scape Photography	South High School	West	US015129	Bronze
Culinary Cruisers	La Mirada HS	West	US015188	Bronze
Lune	Homestead High	West	US015371	Bronze
Celestial	Genesee Career Institute	Midwest	US013338	Bronze
Xtreme Comfort, Inc.	St Charles East High School	Midwest	US014851	Bronze
Skyline	Marengo High School	Midwest	US012462	Bronze
Spectrum Sound	Neuqua Valley High School	Midwest	US061074	Bronze
P.I.E.	WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL	Long Island	US015529	Bronze
RenewU	GW Hewlett High School	Long Island	US015625	Bronze
edibottle	COOPER CITY HIGH SCHOOL	South	US015241	Bronze