At St. Matthew High School, students can explore career options through our Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program while still in high school. Those enrolled in the Business SHSM are gaining a competitive edge by applying their classroom knowledge in the Ontario Business Educators’ Association (OBEA) contest.
This Year’s OBEA Winner
Congratulations to Chace Burke-Black, a Grade 11 student at St. Matthew High School, for winning first place in the OBEA’s 2023 Video Contest. The competition required students to create a 30-45 second promotional video that encourages other students to take Business courses in secondary school. In his winning video, Chace emphasizes the practical application of business classes in the real world by stating, “In business, you actually do what you’re taught.”
St.Matthew High School students are perpetual winners
This is the seventh win of an OBEA Contest at St. Matthew High School since the Business SHSM program began in September 2018. Previous winners are:
- June 2019 – Jacob Dunham, Senior Web Development (2nd Place)
- June 2020 – Tucker Shields, Savings and Investing (1st Place)
- June 2020 – Jonathan Njeim, Joey Parker, and Austin Robitaille, Senior Web Development (1st Place)
- June 2021 – Leelen Anthony and James Vidal, Marketing (3rd Place)
- June 2021 – Jacob Bowles and Tommy King, Marketing (2nd Place)
- June 2021 – Tucker Shields, Business Leadership (1st Place)