Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship provides students with a model and may offer opportunities to take leadership roles that demonstrate initiative, innovation, and ownership to organize and operate their own businesses or projects in an alternative work program or as a part of course requirements.
Fall 2016- Willie, a Southland student, spent the fall working with Samantha, a Grand Meadow senior, with her cookie business. The students made the cookies from scratch, baked them, packaged them, and delivered them to various grain elevators throughout the consortium as a yummy snack for the local farmers. The team then went around and collect their money, budgeting, and bought more product. Willie's favorite part of the job was to put the frozen cookie dough just right on the cookie sheets before Samantha put them in the oven.
Spring 2015 -
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By participating in the Work Training course, this eleventh-grade student used his career interest of cooking to build his skills in meal preparation.
Under the direct supervision of a Minnesota Department of Health certified Food Manager, the student "prepared meals for people on the go." The student was responsible for all aspects of the business, which included: creating a business plan, advertising, shopping for ingredients, preparing freezer meals, and conducting sales. The profits of this business went to benefit the Next S.T.E.P. program. |
Spring 2014 -
April 8th was the opening day for the public to come in and have a refreshing cup of coffee or try a tasty morning pastry. The students at Next S.T.E.P. have been working on their café project for many months. They were set with a task to brainstorm an idea for a business that they could run from the store front of the building. Students from LeRoy-Ostrander High School and Lyle High School collaborated on creating their business plan in November 2013 and presented their plan to members of the school board in February. The students created long and short term goals for their business, contacted local newspapers inquiring about advertising costs, and researched prices for items needed to run their café. They have spent the last month budgeting, ordering, and preparing the building for their new endeavor and were excited to finally be open and serving the community. |
November 2013 -
Hunter G. started his own production of parachoard items for his business plan. This Lyle junior had been making these survival gear items as a hobby and decided to use his skills for his entrepreneurship class project. His service not only provided customers with bracelets and key chains, it also provided them with a potentially life saving product using the parachord material. Hunter designed the products using the school colors for each of the districts within the SMEC consortium. |