Apponequet students take top three spots in business competition

LAKEVILLE - Apponequet Regional High School students showed they meant business at the recent JA Titan Business Challenge.

Teams from the school placed first, second and third at the competition, Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts (JA) and its title sponsor, Bristol County Savings Bank announced.

JA Titan Business Challenge is a business strategy competition in which high school students compete against other schools in teams using an online, interactive business simulation game. This provides students with essential business knowledge.

The top three teams and the final round winners received scholarships to a post-secondary school they choose to attend. Members of the first place team each received $1,000 in scholarship money, with $750 for second place team members and $500 for third place winners.

The first place team members were Aneil Barnick and Shann Barnick.

Second place winners were  Colin Cyr, Rowan Jensen and Colton Smith.

Third place team members were Fiona Boren and Elise Horton.

To prepare for the competition, students practiced and learned key business concepts that they needed to employ during the business simulation.

The day of the event, participants attended a leadership and strategy panel in which members of the business community reinforced concepts and offered professional advice.

Teams then engaged in three rounds of competition as each team made decisions under the guidance of more than 30 volunteer business mentor.

Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their futures, and make smart academic and economic choices.