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NEW BEDFORD, MA, — Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts and its Title Sponsor, Bristol County Savings Bank, announce that more than 230 students from eleven high schools throughout southern Massachusetts recently competed in the JA Titan Business Challenge at UMass Dartmouth. The top performing teams were: First Place – Apponequet Regional High School (Team 4) in Lakeville; Second Place – B.M.C. Durfee High School (Team 9) in Fall River; Third Place – B.M.C. Durfee High School (Team 10); and Final Round – Apponequet Regional High School (Team 5). The JA Titan Business Challenge is a business strategy competition in which high school students compete against other schools in teams using an online, interactive business simulation game which provides students with essential business knowledge.
The top three teams and the final round winners received scholarships to a post-secondary school they choose to attend. Members of the first place team each received 1,000 in scholarship money, $750 for second place and third place and final round, $500.
The winners are as follows:
First Place – Apponequet Regional High School, Team 4: Judson Cardinali, Logan Frias and Tyler Gray. The team’s business mentor volunteer was Jared Methia of Milestone Mortgage Solutions.
Second Place – B.M.C. Durfee High School, Team 9: Skyla Pereira, Aliah Ramos and Jaybee Rivera-Rosario. The team’s business mentor volunteer was Bernard Janoske of Santander Bank.
Third Place – B.M.C. Durfee High School, Team 10: Layla Martinez, Savannah Raposo and Alicia Warren. The team’s business mentor volunteer was Sadaf Nord of Santander Bank.
Final Round – Apponequet Regional High School Team 5: Jared Freitas, William Horton and Jayden Pierre. The team’s business mentor volunteer was Jared Methia of Milestone Mortgage Solutions.
“We are delighted and grateful to our Title Sponsor, Bristol County Savings Bank, for their support and partnership, which made the 12th Annual JA Titan Business Challenge our largest event to date. This program offered students a valuable day of real-world business experience,” said Jeffrey Pelletier, President & CEO of JA of Southern Massachusetts. “This year, nearly 230 students from 11 regional high schools gained insights from business community role models while competing in teams for scholarships to further their education.”
The following schools participated in the 2025 Junior Achievement Titan Challenge: Apponequet Regional High School, Atlantis Charter High School, B.M.C. Durfee High School, Bishop Stang High School, Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical High School; Fairhaven High School, Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, New Bedford High School; Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, Taunton Alternative High School and Taunton High School.
In addition to partnering with UMass Dartmouth and lead sponsor, Bristol County Savings Bank, Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts enlisted the support of local partners to ensure an impactful event for the participating students. Additional major sponsors included: Acushnet Company, BankFive, BayCoast Bank, First Citizens’ Federal Credit Union, HarborOne Bank, Lapointe Insurance Agency, Milestone Mortgage Solutions, Rockland Trust, Santander Bank, SCBA, Raw Seafoods, Webster Bank and Whaling City Tile & Closing.
To prepare for the competition, students practiced and learned key business concepts that they needed to employ during the business simulation. The day of the event, participants attended a leadership and strategy panel in which members of the business community reinforced concepts and offered professional advice. Teams then engaged in three rounds of competition as each team made decisions under the guidance of more than 30 volunteer business mentor. Students competed for college scholarships while gaining insight into the world of business, at no cost to the students or their high schools. In addition to developing budgets and interpreting financial reports, students increased their knowledge of pricing, production, capital investment, research and development, marketing and charitable giving.
Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their futures, and make smart academic and economic choices. JA provides in-school and out-of-school programs to students’ kindergarten through twelfth grade, which focus on three key content areas: Financial literacy, career readiness and entrepreneurship. This year, JA will impact nearly 7,000 students across 21 cities and towns throughout Bristol and Southern Plymouth Counties. For more information, please contact Jeffrey Pelletier, President & CEO, Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts, at jeffrey.pelletier@ja.org or call the JA office at 508-997-6536.
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