The Most Magical Business Case Competition

More than 100 Greenwood Grade 10 to 12 students competed in small groups in this Spring’s Business Case Competition on May 1. 

The Grade 9 winners from last December’s Junior Case Competition also won the opportunity to participate in this case competition, normally reserved for Grades 10 to 12. 

Each team and guest judge receives the Ivey Business case study in the morning. For the rest of the morning and into early afternoon, the groups review the case, prepare their solution and create a presentation. During this time, the teams also had the opportunity to receive mentorship from coaches, Janie Goldstein, Ainsley Kane '23, Douglas Kong and Curtis Li '23. Using the coaches' feedback, teams can make adjustments to their proposals. This case competition took the teams to the magical kingdom where teams were tasked to not only select the best person to take over as CEO of the Disney Corporation, but to also propose avenues of growth. 

In the afternoon, the teams present to judges in one of four designated sections. The judges then select a team to advance to the finals. The four finalist teams then present to a larger panel of judges who make the final decision (after a long deliberation process) of the winning team. 

Congratulations to Matthew Hicks ‘25, Ainsley Parker ‘25, Claudia Schmid ‘25 and Olivia Warning ‘25 for winning this year’s Spring Business Case Competition. 

Well done to the other finalist teams:

And thank you to our guest judges who helped us tremendously through this process. The guest judges for this competition included Greenwood alumni, past and current parents/guardians and friends.

This case competition was also possible thanks to the management and planning by Jeffrey Preston, Subject Team Leader, Business, and Ryan Vachon, Director, Academics and Pluralism. Additional thanks to the facilities team, catering team and staff for accommodating this event.