Small Business is a Tool of Learning

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Created on Monday, 05 November 2012 17:41

Written by Michael Howard

SAINT JOHNSBURY - A course at the Saint Johnsbury academy teaches kids business and entrepreneurship right on campus.

 "What the students have done is broke themselves up into four categories, we've got a team that focuses just on the store. As a group we helped relaunch the website where another team focuses on data collection" says Sarah Emery the teacher of the class. Different groups of the class focus on different aspects of the store.

The store team focuses on pricing, taking inventory and displays where student Jarrett Bridges says has to be very particular " we just make these look presentable and we try to have the hangers face the same way and make them by size."

The shop offers many different items including apparel and memorabilia but for students, Emery says it provides them with the knowledge of the world of business. "what I really hope is that when they leave here someday, they'll come back to the skills they learned in sales and marketing that will help them in the future."