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Lake Forest High School juniors win big for innovative products

The Peach Academics Team, (left to right) Cameron Litzinger, Leo Spano (back), Jon Day, Annabelle Capstick and Brandon Rancap, were presented with a $20,000 investment into their company during Lake Forest High School’s Business Incubator Pitch Night on Thursday, May 26. Claire Esker/22nd Century Media
Gwen Driscoll (right) accepts a $20,000 investment for Safe and Sound Spray during the Business Incubator Pitch Night at Lake Forest High School on Thursday, May 26. Photos by Claire Esker/22nd Century Media
Leo Spano speaks to the judges about Peach Academics’s marketing plans.

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Todd Marver, Freelance Reporter
2:52 pm PDT June 1, 2016

They are fresh off taking their ACT exams and are still a year away from knowing where they will attend college, but two groups of Lake Forest High School students are already well on their way to having their business ideas become reality.

Four student groups presented their business plans in front of a board of directors and investors at the high school’s Business Incubator Pitch Night on Thursday, May 26, and two teams were chosen to receive funding to help launch their business ideas.

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