Girls' Middle School

Seventh grade girls at Girls' Middle School enroll in an Entrepreneurial Education course. This program gives the girls the unique opportunity to experience creating and running a business of their own. Working in small groups of 3-4 girls, s...

Girls' Middle School

Seventh grade girls at Girls' Middle School enroll in an Entrepreneurial Education course. This program gives the girls the unique opportunity to experience creating and running a business of their own. Working in small groups of 3-4 girls, students write business plans, request start-up capital from investors, receive funding for their companies, make product samples, manufacture inventory and sell their products or services to real-world customers.

 

In the process, students learn first hand the importance of creativity, teamwork, communications, consensus-building, personal responsibility and compromise as they experience the joys and frustrations of running their own business. Twenty percent (20%) of business earnings go to charity. The remainder is divided among team members and put into a fund for future classes.