News Release

FREDERICTON (GNB) – The winners of the New Brunswick ChatterHigh career exploration competition were announced today.

“Through this competition, students across the province had the opportunity to explore career paths to discover what their future could look like,” said Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Donald Arseneault. “It is never too early to start thinking about this important next step and I applaud all of the schools that participated.”

The top schools in each division include:

• AAAA Leaderboard: Polyvalente W.-Arthur-Losier (1st), Saint John High School (2nd), Riverview High School (3rd), Kennebecasis Valley High School (4th), Fredericton High School (5th).

• AAA Leaderboard: Carleton North High School (1st), Polyvalente Roland-Pépin (2nd), École Marie-Esther (3rd), École Sainte-Anne (4th), École Clément Cormier (5th).

• AA Leaderboard: École Marie-Gaétane (1st), Hartland Community School (2nd), Minto Memorial High School (3rd).

• A Leaderboard: Saint Mary’s Academy (1st), Campobello Island Consolidated School (2nd), Grand Manan Community School (3rd).

The competition, which ran from Sept. 19 to Oct. 28, required participants to research and answer 10 questions each day. The questions were provided by New Brunswick post-secondary institutions and related to various careers. Each correct answer earned a school one point. Schools with a similar number of students competed against each other and prize money will be allocated proportionally. This year, students answered more than 120,000 questions throughout the competition.

“I am pleased that so many students participated in this engaging and exciting competition,” said Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Brian Kenny. “Congratulations to all who took part. I hope the students learned a great deal and gained additional resources to help map out their future career.”

The Department of Post-Secondary Education and Labour has provided $5,000 for the winning schools. Finalists can use their monetary prizes at their discretion for a school-community project.

“This is a resource career educators can use year round with their classes to make exploring post-secondary education, labour markets and financial literacy resources a positive experience,” said ChatterHigh founder and CEO Lee Taal. “To increase engagement beyond career classes, competitions are run that allow schools to raise funds while students, parents and teachers explore."

Taal encourages students to continue using ChatterHigh to explore their careers and to participate in the nationwide competition which runs until Nov. 25.