Xavier High School sweeps Junior Achievement Titan Challenge

Congratulations to the team of Braxton Hall and James Krouse for winning the Junior Achievement Titan Challenge! Each student receives $1,500 for college. Kyle Dlouhy and Abi Kramer took 2nd place, and receive $750 college scholarship money each.

Xavier teams swept the top four spots out of 32 teams from numerous schools throughout Linn County. Grant Hunt and Daniel Pape placed 3rd, and Josh Hewitt and Jordan Ratz placed 4th. Mrs. Donna Winter introduced the simulation to students in her Economics classes, and was moderator of the Xavier teams.

The competition involves running an online business and making decisions regarding price, production, marketing, research & development, capital investment, and charitable giving. The simulation is part of Xavier's Economics course, as students apply academic concepts in a simulated business. Xavier Economics classes participate in the Junior Achievement Applied Economics program, using textbooks, study guides, business volunteers, and the national business simulation through JA.