Business Seminar Trip 2008
Delphian School student
poses with writer/director
Paul Haggis' Oscar won for
Crash
In March of 2008, 24 students from the Delphian School in Sheridan spent 9 days in
Los Angeles as part of an annual field trip sponsored by the school's business
seminar. The group was composed primarily of freshman and sophomores who attend
a special class on entrepreneurship.
While in Los Angeles, Delphian School students met with many hi-tech and entertainment
luminaries. The hi-tech side consisted of meetings that included Craig Jensen, the founder and
CEO of Diskeeper (maker of the number one disk defragmentation software in the world);
Chris DeWolfe, Co-Founder of MySpace; and David Hagan, CEO of Boingo, a company founded
by Sky Dayton, Delphian alumnus and founder of Earthlink.
"This trip not only allowed me to become familiar with the business environment,"
said Delphian School sophomore Melissa Trevens, "but it opened my eyes to the amount
of passion and persistence that real success requires."
Students also had face-to-face interviews with Academy Award winning producer/director
and screenwriter, Paul Haggis (Crash, In the Valley of Elah, Million Dollar Baby);
producer/director and screenwriter, Floyd Mutrux (Up in Smoke, Urban Cowboy, Dick
Tracy); and CEO of FOX Broadcasting Company, Peter Liguori.
Each year, students in the Delphian School's business seminar balance classroom
activities with guest speakers, local field trips and an optional field trip to
the east or west coast. "These trips expose students to a high level of professionalism,"
offered Delphi's business seminar instructor and Assistant Headmaster, Mark Siegel,
"and they provide students with the inspiration to achieve their dreams."