Mundelein High School will host a People’s Choice Awards Wednesday, May 8, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., followed by “Pitch Night” for Business Incubator students at 6:30 p.m. Both are free, open to the public, and will take place at the District Office Building at 1500 W. Hawley ST, adjacent to the high school.

The People’s Choice Awards will begin at 5:30 p.m. where attendees will be able to vote for the student project they would like to see at the Pitch Night event later. Only three projects will be presented at Pitch Night, two chosen by the student mentors and the third voted on by the People’s Choice attendees.

The highly anticipated Business Incubator Pitch Night will start at 6:30 p.m. Business Incubator offers students an authentic entrepreneurship experience. In the year long course, students create and fully develop their own products or services with real entrepreneurs and business experts serving as volunteer coaches and mentors.  They help to guide the student teams through the processes of developing their business.

“Final Pitch Night is a high-octane event where INCubatoredu student teams present their final business concept before a panel of industry experts,” Fiore explained.  The board of advisors, made up of local business leaders, facilitate the event by asking each team a series of questions to determine if a business concept is worthy of investment.  Students have a chance to earn scholarships and also gain exposure for their business idea.  The winning group of students will then compete for funding dollars at the National INCubatoredu Student Pitch to be held this summer.

“As the final milestone of the year-long academic program, these inspiring events are open to the community and they celebrate student achievement,” said Michelle Sherwin-Petrucci, business incubator class instructor.