High School Students from Cumberland & Aroostook Counties Earn Scholarships Competing in Virtual Business Event

IDEXX is the lead sponsor of the redeveloped JA Titan Challenge

Author: Jenna Jeffrey
Corporate Responsibility
Published: Monday, 12 Apr 2021

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Image caption: Sanford Regional Technology Center Students

Heading into its 15^th year hosting the business event, this spring JA released a redeveloped Titan Challenge program with an enhanced user experience. Featuring 23 competing high schools, the simulation-based program asks high school students to compete as business CEOs in the phone industry, experiencing firsthand how an organization evaluates alternatives, makes decisions, analyzes the outcomes of those decisions, and then strategizes what to do next.

This year’s JA Titan Challenge featured a brand-new user experience developed by a national design group. The 250+ Maine high schoolers participating in the experience were the first in the nation to compete on the redeveloped competition platform. The event took place virtually, connecting students from various high schools on two separate days of competition on April 7^th and 9^th. Students participated in redeveloped program modules leading up to the event.

Image caption: Freeport High School Student

This year’s first place winners are students from Yarmouth High School in Cumberland County. The team of Elliott (Zhi) Cowles, Owen Gillan, and Frazier Dougherty earned the title by strategically maneuvering their virtual business through three rounds of competition. A first-place finish earns each student a $1000 post-secondary scholarship provided by Machias Savings Bank, as well as up to $10,000 in scholarships to attend Thomas College.

Junior Achievement congratulates Henry Hebert, Blake Martin, and Rudy Quinonez, students from Van Buren High School in Aroostook County who took second place earning them each a $500 scholarship sponsored by the MES Foundation. See below for a list of all competing schools:

Image caption: Hodgdon JMG Brought 14 Teams to the Competition!

Biddeford Regional Center of Technology
Brunswick High School
Calais High School
Cape Elizabeth High School
Caribou High School
Caribou Technology Center
Erskine Academy
Fort Kent High School
Freeport High School
Gardiner Area High School
Hodgdon High School
Jonesport-Beals High School
Messalonskee High School
Mountain Valley High School
Presque Isle Regional Career and Technical Center
Sanford High School
Sanford Regional Technical Center
Van Buren High School
Washington Academy
Westbrook High School
Westbrook Regional Vocational Center
Woodland Jr/Sr High School
Yarmouth High School

The full event program can be found here. JA thanks the many sponsors of this year’s event, including Lead Sponsor IDEXX, and looks forward to next year’s competition scheduled for March 2^nd, 2022.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Jenna Jeffrey, Marketing & Events Coordinator
Junior Achievement of Maine
565 Congress St., Ste. 306
Portland, ME 04101
Phone: (207) 347-4333
jjeffrey@jamaine.org