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This dynamic program designed for fourth through eighth grade students will take them on an educational journey that will allow them to learn real world entrepreneurial skills while at the same time
foster a sense of their role in contributing to the greater good.
Where Private Enterprise meets Social Responsibility
Element One:
Led by qualified faculty, students learn the basics of business by using Junior Achievement's award winning "It's My Business" as prerequisite classroom work.
Element Two:
Working in small groups, students brainstorm their own business ideas and organize their collaborative findings into reports that will incorporate all the features of a traditional business plan.
Element Three:
Following a collegiate business school model, students will “pitch” their business plans to panels of peers who provide feedback and determine by vote the viability of each.
Element Four:
Students build their business from scratch and put their plan into practice.
Element Five:
Concurrent to the coursework students will be provided a turnkey business opportunity in the form of a brick and mortar “Thrift Shop”. The “Shop” will become a lab where students hone skills related to good business practices.
Element Six:
A basis for Social Responsibility will be built through Thrift Shop operations. Students will hold community events where other schools or nonprofits participate in the sale of Thrift Shop items and a percentage of gross receipts for that particular event are shared with the participating group.
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