Dighton Jr./Sr. High School

2025-2026 Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Series Feb 12, 2026

Dighton, Kansas

Feb 12

Project application deadline: Feb 6, 2026
Judge registration deadline: Feb 11, 2026
Entry fee: Free

Description

This is a youth entrepreneurship challenge. Junior High and High School students will have the opportunity to create a business. There is three components to the judging. The students must submit an executive summary, give a presentation to judges on their business plan, and have a booth for the competition.

Schedule and key dates

1:00-1:30pm Setup
1:30-3:30pm Competition
3:50pm All School Awards Ceremony
4:00-5:00pm Booths Open during Parent Teacher Conferences
5:00-5:30pm Clean Up

Organized by

Cyrus Haynes

Date & time

Thu, February 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM CST

Address and location

200 S. Wichita Street
Dighton, Kansas 67839

Components

Executive Summary

The Executive Summary is a written business summary, in PDF format, including de...

Weight: 33.3%

Formal Presentation

The Formal Presentation is a four-to-six-minute presentation where each business...

Weight: 33.3%

Tradeshow

The Tradeshow is a event where businesses will have the opportunity to pitch th...

Weight: 33.3%

Leaderboard

Watch them go! The leaderboard reflects all scores that have been approved by the competition’s host.

The leaderboard is not finalized until every score has a checkmark.

= Not scored = In progress = Complete

Rank	Project	Overall score	Executive Summary	Formal Presentation	Tradeshow
1	Mary's Makerspace and Creative Design	44.844 / 50	16.667 / 20 complete	22.75 / 25 complete	19 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 16 Judge #2: 20 Judge #3: 14	Judge #1: 24 Judge #2: 24 Judge #3: 22 Judge #4: 21	Judge #1: 19 Judge #2: 19
2	Hooked	37.157 / 50	14.333 / 20 complete	18.5 / 25 complete	15.5 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 11 Judge #2: 18 Judge #3: 14	Judge #1: 20 Judge #2: 23 Judge #3: 14 Judge #4: 17	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 16
3	The Sweet Stop	34.493 / 50	10.333 / 20 complete	19.5 / 25 complete	15.5 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 11 Judge #2: 10 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 17 Judge #2: 23 Judge #3: 21 Judge #4: 17	Judge #1: 15 Judge #2: 16
4	The Brew Crew	28 / 50	10.333 / 20 complete	12.25 / 25 complete	13.5 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 10 Judge #2: 9 Judge #3: 12	Judge #1: 11 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 13 Judge #4: 13	Judge #1: 12 Judge #2: 15
5	Key Designs	27.917 / 50	9.333 / 20 complete	12.75 / 25 complete	14 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 8 Judge #2: 10 Judge #3: 10	Judge #1: 13 Judge #2: 14 Judge #3: 13 Judge #4: 11	Judge #1: 11 Judge #2: 17
6	Bri's Bracelets	23.865 / 50	8.667 / 20 complete	11.25 / 25 complete	11 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 7 Judge #2: 8 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 10 Judge #2: 12 Judge #3: 10 Judge #4: 13	Judge #1: 10 Judge #2: 12
7	Elite Arc Welding	22.283 / 50	10.667 / 20 complete	9.5 / 25 complete	8.5 / 20 complete
	:project judge scores		Judge #1: 10 Judge #2: 11 Judge #3: 11	Judge #1: 6 Judge #2: 10 Judge #3: 10 Judge #4: 12	Judge #1: 8 Judge #2: 9

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