Elizabeth Middle School in Kindersley had a great showing for their special entrepreneurship event earlier this week. Over the past few months, Grade 5 students have been creating items that were put up for sale in a trade show on Tuesday afternoon.
West Central Online has covered local Power Play Young Entrepreneurs events in the past. We caught up with Elizabeth teacher Kirsten Elder who has been involved with the program since last year to talk about the recent opportunity.
"Our Power Play event exceeded my expectations. In the morning our 67 Grade 5 students set up tables in the gym to display their products. Our trade show was open from 10-2, with many of the students selling out which was amazing to see!"
The next step after the final sale saw students count their total profit, and then calculate their donation percentage.
"The students were very generous with their donations, and were excited to take some money home."
Power Play day will likely stick out in the students memory looking back at the school year. Elder talked about a few more reasons why Power Play is beneficial.
"Schools should consider bringing Power Play into the building because it allows students to have fun gaining real life career experience by exploring the world of business."
They set and achieve goals, acquire confidence and develop practical life skills as they build their own independent business ventures.
"The program effectively supports learners with a diverse range of competencies and learning styles to allow all students to succeed. The program is also directly linked with the Saskatchewan curriculum, and has all the outcomes organized for teachers."
As for how the public enjoyed the afternoon, Elder talked about how great it was to have a packed house and make all of their work worthwhile.
"The response from the public was amazing. Everyone was so positive." said Elder as Grades 4-8 students, teachers from around the school division, Sun West Board members, parents, and other community guests were in attendance.
"I had numerous people share with me how great this program is, and how every student should experience it. I would like to extend a huge thank-you to everyone that came out to support our Grade 5 students who worked hard over the last seven weeks. Thank you again."
Elder brought her fellow Grade 5 teachers on board this year, knowing that exposing teachers to this program first-hand is a great way to spark their interest. During the afternoon Elder was busy showcasing the program's finer details to teachers from outside of Elizabeth.
"Part of my job in the afternoon was I brought those teachers who haven't done Power Play in their school yet, and I ran sessions and presentations to try and get them to try it out. I think many are on board and are going to try it out next year. We are going to hope to see Power Play in every school in Sun West."
Elder teased some big things coming up for herself and Power Play within the Sun West School Division next year. With some good experience at the helm, it will be nice for the exciting entrepreneurship opportunities to be spread throughout west-central Saskatchewan.
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