Meet the winning team (above photo): Front row (left to right) – Ingrid Neubert (Grade 12), Designing & Advertising; Paul Lalonde (Grade 12) Ticket Sales and Promotional Events; Amanda Foy (Grade 12), Ticket Sales; Kate Moseley-Williams (Grade 12), A
Meet the winning team (above photo): Front row (left to right) – Ingrid Neubert (Grade 12), Designing & Advertising; Paul Lalonde (Grade 12) Ticket Sales and Promotional Events; Amanda Foy (Grade 12), Ticket Sales; Kate Moseley-Williams (Grade 12), Advertising; Gabriel Rubio Maldonado (Grade 12), Project Manager; Gary Davison (Lakers’ VP Sales and Marketing). Back row (left to right) - Nick McGuire (Grade 12), Ticket Sales; Matthew Pilon (Grade 11), Ticket Sales and Promotional Events.
Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board News Release
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St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Catholic Secondary School students enjoyed the sweet taste of success on Tuesday. The seven-member student group who took on and won the Nipissing Lakers High School Business Challenge met with Gary Davison, Lakers’ VP of Sales and Marketing, to claim their prize - $1,000 for SJSH’s business program, a $250 bursary at Nipissing University for each team member, a pizza party for the entire school, and a pair of tickets to an Ottawa Senators game.
In this “The Apprentice”-style challenge, SJSH competed against other local secondary schools to sell the highest number of tickets to the Lakers’ February 5 home game. They sold 478 tickets to win.
“Future businesses will be in very good hands with these students as employees or owners,” said Lakers’ Gary Davison. “We were amazed at what they did and how they showed such enthusiasm and spirit in selling tickets until the very end.”
For team leader Gabriel Rubio Maldonado, this challenge provided a glimpse into the future.
“This experience as a whole has taught us the skills we’ll need to succeed later on in our careers,” he said. “Learning to work with due dates, expecting things to change at the last minute and not always going as planned and adapting to that is key.”
SJSH teacher Rick Belisle was impressed with the team’s ability to work under pressure. “Instead of quitting, they went into over drive and stepped up their game. That’s why they won.”
The team thanks their ticket buyers - SJSH students and staff, NPSC Board office staff and elementary school staff and students, local businesses and organizations, parents, and family members.
