The Junior Achievement of Saskatchewan Business Hall of Fame Awards were held this past Thursday at the Delta Regina and the Weyburn Comprehensive School Entrepreneurship classes were well represented when the awards were handed out. The awards are in conjunction with the Junior Achiever small business program run through the high school's Entrepreneurship 30 class at the WCS taught by Margot Arnold. The nominations are open province wide to all of those competing in the Junior Achievement business education program.
They received five awards this year including two of the top three awards handed out and were represented with a finalist or a winner in every one of the fourteen categories for the awards.
The top award for Achiever of the Year went to Cody Schlosser, the president of Ace High, one of the second semester companies in Mrs. Arnold's class. The award is presented to the outstanding Achiever who has displayed dedication and overwhelming commitment to the Company Program throughout the year and will have shown exceptional leadership and perseverance as well as a willingness to help fellow Achievers develop business skills. Schlosser received an all-expense paid trip to London, Ontario and will be representing Saskatchewan and Canada, and will get to travel to the annual Next Generation Leaders Forum, which is an international conference hosted by Junior Achievement of Canada and attended by Achievers from around the world. That will be held later this summer in August. He was joined by three other students as finalists for the award, two of which also from the WCS, Jordyn Thompson and Tatum Abel.
The other major award acknowledged on stage was Company of the Year. This one has been won by a company from the WCS for three of the last four years now and was received by President of the company Jordyn Thompson and her team, Lux Bath Products. The first semester company was thrilled to have the honor bestowed upon them as they were joined by five other companies as finalists including two formed by their peers and classmates at the WCS, Cocoa Express and Ace High, receiving the nod as finalists for the award.
Thompson also picked up the prestigious award for President of the Year that night as well. An award that is presented to the individual who possesses qualities and abilities that make them an exceptional leader. As the president of the company she led with competence and confidence, providing mentorship to team members, and were an outstanding ambassador for their company. There were five other finalists for the award including two more from the WCS, Schlosser, President of Ace High and Reece Skjonsby, President of Cocoa Express.
Thompson's company co-worker, Jeena Johner, took home the HR Award of Excellence for her work with Lux Bath Products and the last award winner was Tatum Abel, taking home the Environmental, Health & Safety Award of Excellence for her work and contributions to her company, Cocoa Express.
The list of finalists from Weyburn for the rest of the awards is as follows: Most Improved Company Award - five finalists including Sweet Dreams; Product Design Award - three finalists including Sweet Dreams; Professional Leadership Award - five finalists including Cody Schlosser of Ace High; Financial Management Award - four finalists including Emily Richards of Cocoa Express; Marketing Excellence Award - four finalists including Kaylee Bjarnason of Cocoa Express; IT Excellence Award - four finalists including Braeya Wotherspoon of Sweet Dreams; Production Excellence Award - three finalists including Aiden Barrett of Cocoa Express; Salesperson of the Year Award - six finalists including Cody Schlosser of Ace High, Emily Richards of Cocoa Express, and Tyrell Mabee of Lux Bath Products. 
As the students put the finishing touches on their semesters work one of the last things that they get to do is donate back to the community non-profit sector in some way financially. Each company chooses somewhere that they would like to donate ten percent or more to and this semesters companies are donating to the Family Place (Homegrown); the Make a Wish Foundation (Sweet Dreams); and Big Brothers Big Sisters (Ace High). The seven previous companies to come through the Junior Achievement program through the WCS have donated back into the community just under five thousand five hundred dollars and with the three current companies to add to that growing total next week. Over the past handful of years that is quite the contribution given back, which as Mrs. Arnold reminds her students, "it is important to make a profit in business, but more important to make a difference!"
It has been another very successful year for both entrepreneurship classes at the WCS which combined for five companies this year. They continue to grow, improve and get better with each passing year under the tutelage of Mrs. Arnold and one can only imagine what they will come up with for next year's classes. Mrs. Arnold wanted to give a special thanks to Owen Skjonsby and Crescent Point as well as Verna O'neil and Sunrise Community Futures for sponsoring the banquet tickets for the students to attend this years awards ceremony and banquet.
Interview with Margot Arnold - Entrepreneurship 30 teacher
Interview with Cody Schlosser - President of Ace High, Achiever of the Year
Interview with Jordyn Thompson - President of Lux Bath Products, President of the Year and Company of the Year
Tue, Apr 23, 6:00 PM
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