Young entrepreneurs showcase innovative businesses

Rainbow District School Board held its annual Entrepreneurship Fair at R.L. Beattie Public School on Thursday, June 4, 2015.

Innovative businesses were on display as students from Rainbow Schools sold their products and services.

The event was hosted in partnership with the Learning Initiative and the Regional Business Centre.

A panel of judges from the business community evaluated the displays. The judges looked at the effectiveness of the presentations to select the winners for Best Business Plan, Best Service, Best Product and Best Presentation.

Participants voted amongst themselves to select the winner of the Young Entrepreneur Award.

“The Rainbow District School Board Entrepreneurship Fair gave students in Grades 7 and 8 the opportunity to create and run a business,” said Event Chair Paula Biondi in a press release.

“Students developed and implemented business plans; in the process they gained knowledge of basic marketing and applied a range of academic skills.”

Students used math for accounting and research skills to gather market information. Artistic abilities were used to create visual aspects and displays.

Students also used oral and written communications skills by speaking with the public, selling their products and services, creating professional business plans, and developing business cards, websites, brochures and other promotional material.

The tradeshow provided a dynamic learning experience for students, bringing the classroom curriculum to life.

The winners of the 2015 Entrepreneurship Fair were:

Best Business Plan

1st place – Be Jeweled
Jade-yn Noble, Grade 8, Churchill Public School

2nd place – Happy Hippy Headbands
Katryna Bryon and Teagan Penney, Grade 8, Pinecrest Public School
 
3rd place – Fresh Treats
Kaeleb Edmonds, Grade 8, Churchill Public School

Best Service

1st place – Face It
Katrina Thai and Arianna Ghorbani, Grade 7, R.L. Beattie Public School

2nd place – Siana’s Acoustic CD’s
Siana Malette, Grade 8, Churchill Public School

3rd place – DJ’s Face Painting
Dez-Rae Delisle and Jenna Scaife, Grade 8, Churchill Public School

Best Product

1st place – 2 Blue Girlz
April Torkopoulos, Grade 8, Charles C. McLean Public School

2nd place – Be Jeweled
Jade-yn Noble, Grade 8, Churchill Public School

3rd place – Duct Dynasty
Max Mahaffy and Thomas Bourdon, Grade 7, R.L. Beattie Public School

Best Presentation

1st place – Bombs Away
Lucy Dong and Katrina Mercier, Grade 8, MacLeod Public School

2nd place – Go Green Bags
Liam Socranski, Noah Grottoli and David Bousquet, Grade 7, R.L. Beattie Public School

3rd place – Eco Holders
Josh Hayes and Jonah Bennett, Grade 7, R.L. Beattie Public School

Young Entrepreneur

1st place – Duct Dynasty
Max Mahaffy and Thomas Bourdon, Grade 7, R.L. Beattie Public School

2nd place – Bombs Away
Lucy Dong and Katrina Mercier, Grade 8, MacLeod Public School

3rd place – Hairtastic
Delaney Bourget and Grace Tressider, Grade 7, R.L. Beattie Public School