WEYBURN – Nine business students from the Weyburn Comprehensive School competed at the 2023 SBTA Case Competition and Teacher Conference at the U of R on May 4-5.
The competition was hosted by the Paul J. Hill School of Business, which brought together the best and brightest high school students in the province to compete by analyzing cases and providing strategic solutions to real-life business problems.
There were 100 students from 12 schools who competed in a three-hour pressure cooker before the teams presented to a panel of judges.
Up to $36,000 of scholarship money was up for grabs for winning participants who choose to attend the Hill School of Business in the future.
In a statement on the competition from the Hill School, they said, “Providing meaningful learning opportunities is a core value at Hill School, and we hope to see these students continue their successful journey in one of our excellent business programs.”
WCS was a powerhouse and brought home four awards, including:
• Fourth place win in the School “Social” category;
• First place win in Personal Finance, with the team including Dalton Molnar, George Hoffman and Nikola Erasmus;
• a second place win in Entrepreneurship, including Conner Kerr, Maddie Gerry and Wylie Kopec.
• the third team competing in the Entrepreneurship Case category included Cedrick Perez, Amora Sonnenberg (a Cyberstone student combined with one WCS for the second WCS Entrepreneurship team), and Olivia Vogel (a Cyberstone student combined with one WCS for the second Entrepreneurship WCS Team)
“What a phenomenal achievement, as there were 30 teams from all around Saskatchewan and one Alberta team, including Regina, Yorkton, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Humboldt, Melville, and Stoney Plain, Alta.,” said WCS business teacher Margot Arnold.
The keynote speaker at the banquet on May 4 was Allison McMillan, the CEO of 7shifts. Arnold said, “This was an inspiring speech, an excellent message for WCS students to hear.”
